• JillyB@beehaw.org
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      The right wing has embraced populism going back to the tea party movement in the late 2000s. The democrats are having a harder time embracing left wing populism because it scares away their big rich donors. That’s always been a factor but more so now that corporate donations and dark money in politics makes those rich people so much more important for fundraising.

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      They have the advantage of stupidity. Truth is complex and mostly requires longer sentences to convey all nunces, while lies are simple and can be conveyed by just a couple of words.

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        12 hours ago

        You mean the answer to all of life’s problems isn’t just “immigrants”, “the gays”, or “woke”?

        Sounds like liberal lies to me!