Fascism is on the ballot

[David Horn]

(10-16-2020, 04:19 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: "populist" is not an accurate term for these right-wing folk; that meaning of "populism" implies that "the people" at heart are fearful and prejudiced and can be preyed upon to vote their rights away on that basis, whereas the original meaning of the term means power to the people over moneyed and the other elite interests of a few...

Here we disagree, because the idea of populism isn't ideological, it's emotional.  Any leader who appeals to heart-over-head is being a populist.  Bernie Sanders is a populist but one based in the real world. QAnon is populist and maniacal.  The two aren't mutually exclusive.