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Do you think Jon Stewart should run for president of the United States? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (4 children)

The last populist TV personality worked out great, so why not?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Popular" would probably be more accurate.

Populist

populism as an ideology that presents "the people" as a morally good force and contrasts them against "the elite", who are portrayed as corrupt and self-serving ... Populists typically present "the elite" as comprising the political, economic, cultural, and media establishment, depicted as a homogeneous entity and accused of placing their own interests, and often the interests of other groups—such as large corporations, foreign countries, or immigrants—above the interests of "the people".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

By that metric, anything that is critical of capitalism is populist.

Really becomes a meaningless phrase.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is Jon Stewart considered a populist?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would consider him one, since he hasn't held public office before. But I'm not sure if there's a more strict definition.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

It's generally defined by a claim to represent some unified idea of the "true people" as opposed to the corrupt elites running everything.

Stewart is not pretending to represent anyone, he's just a guy highlighting problems and making jokes on television. If he ran for office he could decide to use populist or non-populust rhetoric.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I think Volodymyr Zelenskyy was more recent than Trump but I would need to check the dates.

Stewart isn't a populist and neither is Volodymyr. Being popular isn't the same as populist.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

What kind of outerspace rationalizing nonsense is this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

The Democrats should be forced to nominate him, just to even things out.