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by ghostly_s 2738 days ago
> A populist would generally be opposed to the concentration of wealth and power in a small subset of the population.

You (or the author of the full piece) seem to be describing Socialism. Populism is sometimes but not necessarily opposed to a wealthy elite, and the type of populism on the rise in the US and Europe seems generally to be a vague conception of a cultural elite, instead. Seems odd to bring into this discussion.