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from the no-one's-leaving-until-we-have-unanimous-agreement dept.
The rise of populism has rattled the global political establishment. Brexit came as a shock, as did the victory of Donald Trump. Much head-scratching has resulted as leaders seek to work out why large chunks of their electorates are so cross.
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The answer seems pretty simple. Populism is the result of economic failure. The 10 years since the financial crisis have shown that the system of economic governance which has held sway for the past four decades is broken. Some call this approach neoliberalism. Perhaps a better description would be unpopulism.Unpopulism meant tilting the balance of power in the workplace in favour of management and treating people like wage slaves. Unpopulism was rigged to ensure that the fruits of growth went to the few not to the many. Unpopulism decreed that those responsible for the global financial crisis got away with it while those who were innocent bore the brunt of austerity.
2017 Davos says: The 99% should just try harder.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday March 31 2017, @03:14AM
I am indeed socialist-leaning on a lot of issues. And of course it's been decades since each of those policies I mentioned were enacted, and both the economy and country are still here. Which says a lot about the predictions of doom and gloom that always seem to show up whenever somebody proposes giving the citizens what they're asking for.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.