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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Populism arises from corrupt and incompetent elites mismanaging the state. That’s historical fact.
I’d say the difference between the GOP and Dems is the GOP are French aristocracy and the Dems are Romans. One lies and tells the rabble to eat cake. The other lies and placates the rabble with bread and circuses.
Looking at what happened to those two states, it can be argued the French mismanagement results are preferable.
(But yes, generally, the GOP is more loathesome on the issue at hand. However, that’s immaterial where neither one has a useful solution and is only trying to kick the can down the road by bullshitting the little people.)
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Republicans have made a decision to turn to populism. It's not something "we" did.
I went to a high-school graduation last night and one of the speakers pointed out that Marie Antoinette (who was Austrian) did not say, let them eat cake, a myth that appeared about fifty years later. So that eighteen-year-old is a step ahead of you.
Your comparison of Republicans/Democrats to the French aristocracy/Romans is dumb, and sheds no light on either. Saying that both sides lie is, when the White House Press Secretary lies from the podium, not a bold truth but a lazy way to avoid coming to terms with who is lying about what. As is saying that neither side has a "useful solution".
