[yakcyll]

> Populist has a derogatory connotation

For a very good reason.

> insulting peoples will seems improper

It does seem improper, but drawing the connection between calling out people drawn to populism and insulting them is one of the least discrete attempts at muddying the waters I've seen recently.

[vibrato]

What is that reason? Why should people not advocate for their own interest?

[douglaswlance]

Socialism is populism on the Left (i.e. distributing wealth at the point of a gun). Populism on the Right is instead via a more democratic method of building a strong market that lifts all ships.

[krapp]

>Populism on the Right is instead via a more democratic method of building a strong market that lifts all ships.

...also at the point of a gun.

You're being disingenuous in evoking the monopoly of force but only applying it to "the left", in order to imply that, "socialist" governance is more coercive (and thus less legitimate) than any other.

If you live in a state that collects taxes or regulates the market, or any system other than anarchy, then you live under a regime that distributes wealth at the point of a gun.

And with anarchy, you're just trading the monopoly on violence for a free market of violence.

[douglaswlance]

Socialist Populism seeks wealth redistribution for individuals by using force against people (in addition to organizations) via taxation.

Market Populism seeks wealth redistribution for organizations by using force against organizations exclusively to break up local maxima (monopolies, duopolies, etc.).

Both use force, but one operates on the individual level, the other at the organizational level.