Oh for God's sake, S2. Just stop deluding yourself. This is the deafness I am talking about. But really, this is nothing new for you. You have always struggled with definitions.
pop·u·list
/ˈpäpyələst/
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noun
noun:
populist; plural noun:
populists
- a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
"he ran as a populist on an anticorruption platform"
adjective
adjective:
populist
- relating to or characteristic of a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
"party leaders plan to reprise the populist rhetoric that they used in the tax fight"
- appealing to or aimed at ordinary people.
"it seems their efforts in creating a populist movement for chamber music are paying off"
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Economic nationalism, or
economic patriotism,
economic populism, refers to an ideology that favors
state interventionism over other market mechanisms, with policies such as domestic control of the economy, labor, and
capital formation, even if this requires the imposition of
tariffs and other restrictions on the movement of labor, goods and capital. In many cases, economic nationalists oppose
globalization or at least question the benefits of unrestricted
free trade. Economic nationalism is disputed as the doctrine of
mercantilism, and as such favors
protectionism.
Jake has NEVER waded into a "definition" argument and been anything other than a whiny doosh.
Jake has no idea what the argument is, what he's arguing, what points are being made. He just thinks I was wrong in a definition. For a term that has a vague meaning, and multiple uses. Super helpful. I don't care WHAT definition of populism you want to use. Define it however you like. I'm not making anyone use my definition. What I object to in this instance and in basically EVERY SINGLE definitional argument is this tactic.
X word applies to Y situation.
I disagree based on my understanding of X word, and state why.
Others disagree that X word means what I say.
I don't care what definition of X word you want to use.
If you mean populism the way Jake defined it, then I AGREE that it applies to Trump. If you think populism means what the wikipedia definition says, then I DISAGREE that it applies to Trump. I don't need populism to mean what I say to make my point.
