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posted by on Wednesday March 29 2017, @10:39AM   Printer-friendly
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.


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  • (Score: 1) by Arik on Wednesday March 29 2017, @08:08PM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @08:08PM (#486159) Journal
    You have a point, and to be clear, I'm not disagreeing with you on that. But above and beyond that, I think it's rather obvious that many of the media figures at this point have indeed crossed the line into flat out consciously lying, and feeling completely justified in doing so. Several have even said so themselves.

    Which is why I never believe anything the MSM tells me without confirmation from other sources these days. I rather think they may be lying more often than not.
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    If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?