#populist

These romantic visions of the peasantry were constantly undone by contact with reality, often with devastating consequences for their bearers. The populists, who invested much of themselves in their conception of the peasants, suffered the most in this respect, since the disintegration of that conception threatened to undermine not only their radical beliefs but also their own self-identity. ↗

— Orlando Figes

#populists #respect

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective. ↗

— Brian Eno

#anything #good #popular #populist #rarely

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence. ↗

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

#exploiting #extremists #fear #form #like

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#i think #more #party #populist #republican