[lbo-talk] Kinky... Why the hell not?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Jan 29 09:03:19 PST 2006


Max B. Sawicky wrote:


>I'm inclined to be supportive for various reasons, but the talk about
>"closing the border" and the alleged cost of providing public services to
>illegals is a big problem. It's common for populists to make some kind of
>concession to conservatism. This one is not a good choice.

Concessions? Or is that "conservatism" part of the populist territory? Has there ever been a populist movement that wasn't nationalist? It seems inseparable from the Us against Them, Insider/Outsider psychology of populism.

Doug



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