Reposted by David Huggins-Daines
Been thinking about this in light of the recent election where Québec (the metro area) elected a bucket of deplorables running under a right-wing populist* platform.
Thing is, they have identified actual problems, even if their solutions are stupid!
*but see also: www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idee...
ledevoir.com
Pour en finir avec le «populisme»
Cessons d’utiliser «populiste» comme synonyme de démagogue, de réactionnaire, d’anti-intellectuel ou d’autoritaire.