Beer And Conversation With Pigweed And Crowhill

The boys drink and review Winter Storm, "a Category 5 ale" from Heavy Seas, then discuss populism in the U.S., and the career of Javier Milei. Most politicians want to appear as an ordinary, regular person -- at least when they're campaigning -- but a "populist" adds a critical element of a contrast between the people and the elite establishment, whom they ridicule or demonize. Populism might become more prevalent when there's more of a disparity between the rulers and the common man. Populism is not left-wing or right-wing. Donald Trump is a populist, but so is Bernie Sanders. Populists appeal directly to the people and tend to bypass the establishment. Left-wing populism has an economic focus and emphasizes economic and class struggle. They talk about redistributing resources, and are against corporations. Right-wing populism has more of a focus on cultural and nationalistic issues. It tends to be anti immigrant. There seems to have been more right-wing populism recently. T