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But, in an increasingly complex world, meritocratic and utilitarian technocracy is likely to produce far better outcomes than today’s divisive and fact-averse populism.
Both accepting and anxious pessimists focus so much on the risks and difficulties of change that they ignore the pitfalls of inaction – not least the rise of populism – while angry pessimists assume that they can smash the system while maintaining its benefits.
Authoritarian nationalism and economic populism endanger that.
Improved access to higher education would broaden horizons, inoculate against populism, and boost incomes.
The advent of the Trump era – together with the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom and the rise of right-wing populism in other European countries – seems to herald the precipitous decline of liberal democracy’s ideological attraction.
Moreover, the biggest political risk in Europe is still populism – and next year’s European parliamentary elections will give the likes of France’s far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, a golden opportunity.
Spain’s resilience to far-right populism probably has deep historical roots.
Crucially, the PP has made this move without losing voters who lean further to the right – the kind of voters who presumably would lead a backlash of right-wing populism.
Just when recent electoral results in Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela, coupled with term limits for incumbents in Bolivia and Ecuador, suggested that South America was reaching the end of a cycle of left-wing populism, the US – and much of Europe – seems to be entering a cycle of right-wing populism.
For Latin America, a return to the facile rhetoric and self-defeating policies of populism would be the most dangerous side effect of Trump’s victory.
In the US, the first attacks have been on government; the Gingrich revolution is a form of populism that tells people that "their" hard earned money is being wasted.
The idea that voters will turn against protectionism and populism of their own accord may be no more than cosmopolitan wishful thinking.
When they look at the West nowadays, they see populism, demagoguery, and deep divisions, rather than harmonious, inclusive societies.
How Eastern European Populism is DifferentWARSAW – In 2016, the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and Donald Trump’s election to the US presidency created an impression that Eastern European-style populism was engulfing the West.
Aside from hard data, we need to consider the underlying social and political factors that have made populism so much stronger in Eastern Europe.
It is worth asking if populism will come to define the true cultural – and, in turn, political – boundaries of the European Union.
The United Kingdom is currently negotiating the terms of its withdrawal from the EU;Catalonia’s regional parliament has just declared independence from Spain; and populism is resurgent in Central and Eastern Europe.
She wants a strong mandate to “negotiate for Britain,” and that means crushing what one tabloid – in the typically incendiary rhetoric of Brexiteer populism – described as “saboteurs” of the national interest.
Surveys show that the two main political forces, conservatives and social democrats, are still running close (and far ahead of the rest); however the rise of populism is deeply worrying to everyone who believes in European unity – not only conservatives and social democrats, but also liberals and greens.
But while Macron’s victory is good news, it does not augur the defeat of populism in Europe.
On the contrary, Macron represents a kind of “enlightened populism” that comes with its own set of problems.
Nonetheless, Macron’s populism may not be altogether a bad thing in the short term.
If so, Macron’s enlightened populism certainly is preferable to the nationalist populism that Le Pen espouses.
The question is whether enlightened populism can play a role in steering political systems away from populism altogether – and toward real solutions to their countries’ problems.
The only true antidote to populism – the only real way to resolve the problems that ordinary people are facing – is greater political globalization.
Yet, as Macron proves, not all populism need be nationalist.
Historically, left-wing populism has been more common than its right-wing variant, the strength of which in the West nowadays reflects the perception, in the eyes of many citizens, that the left has become elitist.
There is, therefore, a case to be made that populism can be taken back from the nationalists and used to advance European integration and political globalization.
Long before the current wave of nationalist populism, Europeans rejected a cautious European constitution.
Past experience with enlightened populism reinforces this somewhat bleak perspective.
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