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How Economic Populism WorksSANTIAGO – Now that
populists
are coming to power in the West, a conflict over the intellectual ownership of their approach is brewing.
If critics do not understand that and act accordingly,
populists
will have as long (and destructive) a run in the rich countries as they once had in Latin America.
But Renzi failed to change much, soon became unpopular, and resigned after losing a referendum last December, leaving anti-euro
populists
well placed to win the next election.
Elites dismiss their opponents as empty-headed populists, and are accused, in turn, of being out of touch with the concerns of ordinary people.
It is hard to imagine today’s mainstream politicians and public intellectuals engaging publicly in such profound and mutually respectful debates with today’s radicals and upstarts, whether populists, economic nationalists, Euroskeptics, or something else.
Defenders of liberal democracy must debate the
populists
not to change the populists’ minds, but to make the public understand what each party really stands for, not simply against.
Yes, this could mean giving
populists
more airtime, and it risks normalizing extreme views.
Populists
of the World UnitePARIS – In 1965, Henry Kissinger wrote a book called The Troubled Partnership, in which he examined the tensions affecting the transatlantic alliance during the Cold War.
Despite Bannon’s own political setbacks, he maintains that the “tide of history” is irresistibly moving toward the
populists.
Those solutions must address not only technical challenges, but also citizens’ feelings – skillfully tapped by
populists
– of disenfranchisement and loss of identity.
Then, she led Europe’s humanitarian response to the refugee crisis, earning praise from former critics but condemnation by
populists
and other anti-EU nationalists, particularly in the United Kingdom, France, and Central Europe.
Now,
populists
blame her for not just refugees, but for terrorism, too.
Some European populations, frustrated with the EU’s handling of past crises, had already begun to fall prey to nationalist sentiment; so it was not difficult for
populists
to portray the hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming into European countries as a new threat to national identity.
Without such clarity,
populists
seeking to tear us apart with their simplistic xenophobic propaganda will thrive.
But the relentless fear-mongering of populists, together with genuinely terrifying, tragic, and infuriating experiences, is undermining people’s better judgment, causing them to fall prey to inflammatory rhetoric.
And, make no mistake: despite what the
populists
say, ISIS is losing.
It’s bad enough that terrorists want to take our lives; the last thing we need is
populists
taking our souls.
Mainstream politicians, bowing to pressure from fear-mongering populists, are calling for tighter restrictions, and some countries are openly flouting their legal obligation and moral responsibility to provide protection to refugees fleeing conflict.
Italy’s present would become France’s future, and the
populists
who come to power in Paris would probably put an end to the entire European project.
But it is likely that the very same
populists
and nationalists who drove EU leaders to craft the agreement with Turkey in order to contain the refugee crisis will now lead the backlash against visa-free access for Turkish citizens.
Right-wing
populists
in Europe regard Islam as the greatest threat to the West.
But the main reason for this new solidarity between Western right-wing
populists
and the state of Israel might lie deeper than shared antipathy toward Islam.
Oligarchs fight to keep control over the oil revenues,
populists
promise to redistribute them, and both groups steal as much as they can for themselves.
I know that there are too many
populists
on the left (notably the bitter Mélenchon) and on the right (the pathetic Nicolas Dupont-Aignan skittering away from the cameras Friday night after leaving the cathedral in Reims, where France’s kings were crowned), who, under a fig leaf of scorn for finance, betray the true spirit of France.
Are Europe’s
Populists
Calling the Shots?
Yet for all their talk of transforming the European Stability Mechanism into a European Monetary Fund and reining in the Italian government’s behavior on refugees, one gets the sense that it is the
populists
who are calling the shots.
In doing so, they have created a template for left-wing anti-austerity
populists
and right-wing anti-immigration
populists
to forge similar alliances in other member states – including Germany.
Those who favor deeper integration and openness have wasted a lot of time, while
populists
and nationalists have marshaled their forces.
For populists, however, indecipherable rules made in Brussels are a simple, straightforward political target.
Inaction benefits only Hofer and his fellow
populists.
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