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To: Thorin
From www.publiceye.org/sucker_punch/Reform_Party.html back in '99. :

Liberals and progressives who join in coalitions with right wing populists see the anti-corporate and anti-government arguments. What they don't see (or choose to ignore) is the flip side of what is called the "producerist" narrative of right wing populism. The producerist narrative sees a hard-working productive middle class and working class being squeezed from above and below by social parasites. Historically, this has led to scapegoating and conspiracy theories of power.

The overall outcome of the producerist model of populism is a broad social and political movement sometimes called "Middle American Nationalism" or "The Radical Center" or "Middle American Radicals." Whatever the label, this is a form of repressive populism with a producerist narrative.

The list of scapegoats seen as among the alleged elite parasites includes international bankers, Freemasons, Jews, globalists, liberal secular humanists, and government bureaucrats. The parasites below are stereotyped as lazy or sinful, draining the economic resources of the productive middle, or poisoning the culture with their sinful sexuality.

The so-called "lazy parasites" in the producerist narrative of right wing populism are frequently Blacks and other people of color, immigrants, and welfare recipients.

The so-called "sinful parasites" in the producerist narrative of right wing populism are frequently gays and lesbians, abortion providers, and feminists.

And the issue goes far beyond Buchanan and the Reform Party. As the size of the repressive populist sectors grow, politicians and activists within electoral reform movements try to recruit the populists toward participation within electoral political frameworks. As they seek votes, some politicians begin to use populist rhetoric and pander to the scapegoating. At the same time the Far Right seeks to pull right wing populists further toward bigoted ideological positions and aggressive insurgency or violence.

36 posted on 07/29/2008 7:48:15 AM PDT by Pharmboy (Democrats lie because they must.)
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To: Pharmboy

This posting from a far-left website proves what exactly? That the far left hates Buchanan and doesn’t think anyone should support him? I could have told you that. What you have not shown—because you can’t—is that Buchanan and Francis endorsed the ideas of Fulani. In their writing, you will see plenty of references to such eminent conservatives as James Burnham and Russell Kirk. You will see zero references to the ideas of Lenora Fulani.


37 posted on 07/29/2008 8:06:35 AM PDT by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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