• Suzune@ani.social
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    3 months ago

    Small lesson on populism.

    Populism: “They do nothing.”

    Not populism:

    • take a close look at a case where a convicted criminal hasn’t lost their protection despite being a previously recognized fugitive
    • look at the reasons why a court has difficulties with it
    • look at the situation that caused the crime
    • decide what to do with the laws or the situation of the fugitives

    Populism is just being a lazy fuck and don’t even start to search for any solutions. And being a lazy fuck is the primary problem with all those nazi fans in Germany.

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      3 months ago

      Populism is simple explanations meant for simple people.

      Same reason why Religion got so popular and it’s still so popular: it gives people the simple <deity> did it explanation for things which would be way harder for one to feel they understood if they got the Scientific explanation.

      It’s amazing how many people have an strong emotional rejection of anything even in the slightest way complex, especially as they age - I suspect they’re not even aware that their anger at being given complex explanations is not about the contents of the explanation but about the unpleasant feeling when one has difficulty following something.

      If I remember it correctly there are studies showing that people who fall for Rightwing Populist tend to be less intelligent and/or less educated.