Essay:The problems with right-wing populism
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Being someone who just a year ago was considerably less informed of U.S. history compared to as of right now when typing this essay, I admit I previously was led to believe that right-wing populism was just a stronger wing of the conservative movement. However, having now paid closer attention and studied key aspects of history, my views have flipped, to say the least.
Here are a few key points to recognize:
- Right-wing populism is not conservatism. Right-wing populists reject traditional fiscal conservatism, for example, and justify domestic government spending programs, aka welfare.
- Right-wing populism emphasizes achieving its goals by "whatever means possible." As such, its leaders in particular tend to lack moral principles in their zealous vanities.
- Right-wing populists do not believe as conservatives do in judging people individually by the content of their character. Similar to leftists, they tend to focus heavily on racial demographics.