• JillyB@beehaw.org
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    9 hours ago

    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.