"We Have Met The Enemy And He Is Us"

[Brighteye]

Ignorance trumps decency. It doesn't matter if you hate the man's opinions if you learn this one simple truth.
Although it's phrased from one point of view. One needs people to be decent but not ignorant.

 

[Phlegmak]

How do you mention "loudmouths" without adding thier king on the list?

Which king?

 

[Zulu Impi]

Which king?

Probably Rush due to his notable absence.

Because if you're pompous enough, loud enough, and make sure you don't accidentally use tact, people who already agree with your conclusions will find you convincing and hail you as a visionary.

Great post! Pretty much sums up the op and is very true.

 

[philippe]

no, every culture is different. would someone like Palin have come this close to being 2nd in line in Belgium? Wouldnt happen here. Ann Coulter wouldnt get a letter published here.

you're wrong in that. Else, explain, Haider, Le Pen,... Populism isn't USA-only.

and you got the daily mail in the UK, don't you think they got An-Coulter like crap in it?

No, this "HUR HUR RETARDISM IS USA-ONLY"-party isn't going to last.

 

[RedRalph]

you're wrong in that. Else, explain, Haider, Le Pen,... Populism isn't USA-only.

and you got the daily mail in the UK, don't you think they got An-Coulter like crap in it?

No, this "HUR HUR RETARDISM IS USA-ONLY"-party isn't going to last.

Loathesome as it is, the Daily Mail wouldnt even dream of publishing some of the crap Coulter has come out with.

I'm not talking about how right wing their politicians are, i know that happenes here, I'm talking about how STUPID they are.

 

[Yeekim]

you're wrong in that. Else, explain, Haider, Le Pen,... Populism isn't USA-only.

and you got the daily mail in the UK, don't you think they got An-Coulter like crap in it?

No, this "HUR HUR RETARDISM IS USA-ONLY"-party isn't going to last.

It is just wonderful, how we suddenly arrived to the conclusion that
(right-wing = populist and stupid)

 

[aelf]

It is just wonderful, how we suddenly arrived to the conclusion that
(right-wing = populist and stupid)

You mean how the conclusion arrived on us?

 

[Oruc]

I thought populist was socialist?

 

[aelf]

You thought wrong.

 

[Oruc]

You thought wrong.

Isn't socialism about the common people? the peoples party?

 

[aelf]

Isn't socialism about the common people? the peoples party?

That = populism?

 

[Phlegmak]

Isn't socialism about the common people? the peoples party?

Socialism being the people's party = fraud and propaganda.

 

[Cutlass]

Isn't socialism about the common people? the peoples party?

Populism is standing up for the majority. It does not reject capitalism.

 

[Formaldehyde]

Populism is standing up for the majority.

Which in socialist countries are typically .... socialists. And in most of the cases today, they elected the socialist representatives into power, and continue to do so at every election.

It does not reject capitalism.

Neither does socialism in many instances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

In western Europe, particularly in the period after World War II, many socialist parties in government implemented what became known as mixed economies. In the biography of the 1945 Labour Party Prime Minister Clem Attlee, Francis Beckett states: "the government... wanted what would become known as a mixed economy".[47] Beckett also states that "Everyone called the 1945 government 'socialist'." These governments nationalised major and economically vital industries while permitting a free market to continue in the rest. These were most often monopolistic or infrastructural industries like mail, railways, power and other utilities. In some instances a number of small, competing and often relatively poorly financed companies in the same sector were nationalised to form one government monopoly for the purpose of competent management, of economic rescue (in the UK, British Leyland, Rolls Royce), or of competing on the world market.

 

[philippe]

It is just wonderful, how we suddenly arrived to the conclusion that
(right-wing = populist and stupid)

you call that "right-wing?" what's extreme-right wing in your mind then? are you denying that Palin would be seen as extreme-right wing in western europe? or that extreme right-wing parties are populist?

 

[Cutlass]

Which in socialist countries are typically .... socialists. And in most of the cases today, they elected the socialist representatives into power, and continue to do so at every election.

Neither does socialism in many instances.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

The populists of a century ago in the US sought to save capitalism from itself. Not to replace it.

 

[Aegis]

This. I know most americans cant be morons, they are the technological driver of the world, for the most part. but ye have to consider, over here, people like Palin, Coulter, OReilly etc wouldnt get past the interview stage to be a politician or a journalist. There just inst enough of a stupid audience for them. People here are too clever, and people here arent particularly clever.

That's funny, considering the most popular newspapers in Britain are by far all of the yellow-journalism rags.

 

[Rashiminos]

They do:

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/media/1184907254/Never_Poll_the_Audience_on_the_French_Millionaire_Show

I've heard that in some versions the audience intentionally tries to give the contestant the wrong answer. However, it should be argued that the contestant should have known the answer already and not used a lifeline.

 

[Formaldehyde]

The populists of a century ago in the US sought to save capitalism from itself. Not to replace it.

Oh you are referring to the Populist Party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populist_Party_(United_States)

Well, that's different.

But I think the original party was referring to the generic term, which is extremely overloaded to mean just about any movement that is currently popular to even a precursor to fascism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism

 

[Phlegmak]

I've heard that in some versions the audience intentionally tries to give the contestant the wrong answer. However, it should be argued that the contestant should have known the answer already and not used a lifeline.

The daughter wasn't sure either. "I think it's the moon."