Current day populist movements are bankrolled by billionaires. Left wing and right wing. Protests against pipelines in Canada are driven by left wing populism in Canada and sponsored by some US billionaires who use environmental organizations like the Tide Foundation to make sure that their investment in the companies that transport oil by train is protected. The left is blinded and thinks that they won by blocking a pipeline while it's worse for the environment and Buffet and Co pocket billions in profits.
And on the other side we have right wing populists crying against globalism. Attacking trade agreements left and right. Trump is a right wing populist, but also a billionaire from New York and member of the elite class. He decried the unfair trade deficit with Mexico and told the world how bad the NAFTA deal was. Then he sent two Wall Street billionaire bankers to renegotiate NAFTA. In four years he managed to double the trade deficit with Mexico. Biggest increase under any US president in history. And the right wing is blinded by the praise of the new USCMA deal and they think it's a win while car factory after car factory closed in the US and Canada, but not a single one in Mexico.
There is a populist movement in Canada, it's just a left wing populist movement.
And nothing would change.
Current day populist movements are bankrolled by billionaires. Left wing and right wing. Protests against pipelines in Canada are driven by left wing populism in Canada and sponsored by some US billionaires who use environmental organizations like the Tide Foundation to make sure that their investment in the companies that transport oil by train is protected. The left is blinded and thinks that they won by blocking a pipeline while it's worse for the environment and Buffet and Co pocket billions in profits.
And on the other side we have right wing populists crying against globalism. Attacking trade agreements left and right. Trump is a right wing populist, but also a billionaire from New York and member of the elite class. He decried the unfair trade deficit with Mexico and told the world how bad the NAFTA deal was. Then he sent two Wall Street billionaire bankers to renegotiate NAFTA. In four years he managed to double the trade deficit with Mexico. Biggest increase under any US president in history. And the right wing is blinded by the praise of the new USCMA deal and they think it's a win while car factory after car factory closed in the US and Canada, but not a single one in Mexico.
Genuine populism doesn't exist.
The mass supports this billionaire funded populism. They are cheering for the elite class, as long as they think the elite class represents them.