This is excellent, and I look forward to the continuation of this series. When you write "What’s struck me about populism is how it accurately diagnoses the pain that’s out there..." I'm reminded of Naomi Klein's observation in her book Doppelgänger about the Mirror World we now find ourselves in, “conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right.”
We don't talk about Steven Bannon as much these days, but as Klein lays out clearly, his fingerprints are all over this peculiarly American version of far-right populism.
This is excellent, and I look forward to the continuation of this series. When you write "What’s struck me about populism is how it accurately diagnoses the pain that’s out there..." I'm reminded of Naomi Klein's observation in her book Doppelgänger about the Mirror World we now find ourselves in, “conspiracy theorists get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right.”
We don't talk about Steven Bannon as much these days, but as Klein lays out clearly, his fingerprints are all over this peculiarly American version of far-right populism.