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I like how he calls out what is going on as Populism. Its interesting to think how a few years ago, the spectre of populism was mainly seen as a threat from the right. There was Orban, LePenn, the PIS in Poland, Bolsonaro, Trump, etc. (And to be clear, evidence supported right wing populism as a threat, although there were left wing variants too).

And then suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of a serious populist threat that is not coming from the right, but from both a one-size-fits-all technocratic front, and what some people call the woke left (personally I don't think the characterization as "left" is accurate or adds value). My point is, across some key areas, we are now in a regime where recourse to due process and liberties normally afforded to liberal democratic societies has been dropped in the name of what the (real or percieved) majority is pushing for. That is populism, that everyone agrees is bad when it runs against something they want, but that somehow people are ok with when it aligns with their desires. It's nice to see this being called out.

[telxos]

Also using populism + race in a moral context to gain political power.

We have seen this one before.