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nostrademons 5 hours ago

I actually meant populist, meaning affiliated with populist ("of the ordinary people") political parties on both right and left.

beepbooptheory 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Do all the non politically affiliated people who hate billionaires not count? Or why is the granularity here important? Your point is stronger the other way!

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nostrademons 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Populism is a "thin" political ideology that often gets layered on top of other political ideologies, both left- and right-wing. It simply means "policies that appeal to ordinary people" (vs. a rich and perceived corrupt elite). By definition, someone who hates billionaires simply because they are billionaires is a populist. They might hate other populists that have attached themselves to other political ideologies (and have different scapegoats or preferred policy prescriptions to rectify the inequality), but they are still a populist.