{"id":66134,"date":"2020-09-14T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T02:29:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-13T23:29:00","slug":"why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why the left shouldn\u2019t bash \u2018populism\u2019 and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4148481b898\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4148481b898\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_left_Dont_Bash_%E2%80%98Populism\" >From the left: Don\u2019t Bash \u2018Populism\u2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_right_Good_News_Is_Out_There\" >From the right: Good News Is Out There<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/#Pandemic_Journal_Bidens_COVID_Sloganeering\" >Pandemic Journal: Biden\u2019s COVID Sloganeering<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/#Foreign_desk_Behind_Dons_Diplomatic_Triumph\" >Foreign desk: Behind Don\u2019s Diplomatic Triumph<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/#Iconoclast_Recovering_the_Joy_of_Football\" >Iconoclast: Recovering the Joy of Football<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why the left shouldn\u2019t bash \u2018populism\u2019 and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 13, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:29pm            <\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_left_Dont_Bash_%E2%80%98Populism\"><\/span>From the left: Don\u2019t Bash \u2018Populism\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At The Guardian, Thomas Frank admits he cringes every time he hears fellow progressives treat \u201cpopulism\u201d as a \u201csynonym for everything that is wrong\u201d with conservative-nationalist leaders like President Trump or Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orb\u00e1n. After all, the word traces its roots to left-wing movements in the late 19th century \u2014\u00a0including \u201cthe rough American equivalent of the labor parties and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-democratic unions springing up in other lands.\u201d The original populists formed \u201ca mass movement of farmers and industrial workers demanding action by the government to \u00adimprove the economic situation of ordinary people and .\u2009.\u2009. a war on corruption, as well.\u201d It wasn\u2019t until the 1950s that intellectuals soured on populism, and the word became a byword for \u201cirrational\u201d resentments \u2014 this, even though historians have since disproved that assessment. Elite anti-populist disdain persists today, especially among \u201ca certain class of people\u201d \u2014 professional-managerial elites \u2014 for whom \u201chating populism\u201d is part of their \u201cgrand vision of how society ought to be directed\u201d: namely, by them.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_right_Good_News_Is_Out_There\"><\/span>From the right: Good News Is Out There<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s a dark moment in American life \u2014 but not without its \u201cgood <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>,\u201d Glenn Harlan Reynolds writes at USA Today. The recent Arab-Israeli \u00adaccords have \u201ctaken the poison\u201d out of the\u00a0\u201cbiggest destabilizing force in the region.\u201d The US economy is starting to look up, too, with unemployment numbers down, promising a return to \u201csomething like pre-pandemic levels in the next few months.\u201d Finally, take comfort that \u201cthe new frontier keeps getting closer,\u201d with a Venus mission and a moon lander in the works.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pandemic_Journal_Bidens_COVID_Sloganeering\"><\/span>Pandemic Journal: Biden\u2019s COVID Sloganeering<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While President Trump\u2019s critics accuse him of mishandling the pandemic, Joe Biden\u2019s \u201cfollow-the-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>\u201d plan is less a strategy than\u00a0a \u201cslogan\u201d \u2014 and one that misunderstands \u201cthe nature of science and its limitations,\u201d explains Bloomberg Opinion\u2019s Faye Flam. Countries like Sweden, China and New Zealand, after all, have set wildly different priorities in responding to the same scientific facts. \u201cHow we weigh those priorities is a matter for public policy.\u201d America\u2019s problem isn\u2019t that lawmakers are ignoring science, but that they have followed a \u201cpatchwork\u201d \u00ad<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roach, marked by the same \u201cpolarization\u201d that disfigures so much of\u00a0our national life. We can\u2019t decide where the line should be between \u201cprotesting even the most basic, voluntary measures\u201d and \u201cwanting to forbid face-to-face human interactions indefinitely.\u201d But contra Biden\u2019s talking points, that isn\u2019t a scientific question \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s a political one.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreign_desk_Behind_Dons_Diplomatic_Triumph\"><\/span>Foreign desk: Behind Don\u2019s Diplomatic Triumph<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Israeli and Bahraini leaders will gather Tuesday at the White House \u201cto sign a historic peace deal,\u201d Charles Lipson notes at Spectator USA. What prompted this \u201csignificant\u201d achievement, following on the earlier Israeli-Emirati accord? It\u2019s all thanks to President Trump\u2019s approach, which differs radically from his two immediate predecessors\u2019. \u201cUnlike George W. Bush, who fought a land war in Iraq post 9\/11 and deployed thousands of troops throughout the region, Trump is pulling back\u201d \u2014 thus impelling\u00a0Sunni Arab states to form a \u201ccommon front\u201d against Iran with Israel (rather than depend on US power). Unlike President Barack Obama, however, Trump has reassured the Arab states, even declining to criticize Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on human rights. \u201cNoxious or not, his policy had a larger strategic purpose, one that is bearing fruit in recent agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Iconoclast_Recovering_the_Joy_of_Football\"><\/span>Iconoclast: Recovering the Joy of Football<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After months of COVID-19 grimness, The Week\u2019s Matthew Walther cheers, \u201cI and millions of other Americans were able to forget about the last half year and enjoy a football <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u201d last Thursday night. The game \u00adwasn\u2019t \u201cone for the ages,\u201d as the Kansas City Chiefs utterly and predictably crushed the Houston Texans. And the sight of \u201csentient adults\u201d \u00adpretending that on-and-off masks help fight the virus was plain \u201cabsurd.\u201d But never mind all that: \u201cI have a serious sinus infection. My wife\u2019s right foot is in a cast boot. And Thursday night was the most fun we have had since March.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by Sohrab Ahmari &#038; Ashley Adams<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Opinion News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/13\/why-the-left-shouldnt-bash-populism-and-other-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Why the left shouldn\u2019t bash \u2018populism\u2019 and other commentary&#8221; September 13, 2020 | 7:29pm From the left: Don\u2019t Bash \u2018Populism\u2019 At The Guardian, Thomas Frank admits he cringes every time he hears fellow progressives treat \u201cpopulism\u201d as a \u201csynonym for everything that is wrong\u201d with conservative-nationalist leaders like President Trump or Hungary\u2019s Viktor Orb\u00e1n. 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