The absolute fantasy world of the anti populists is amazing
Yes Progressivism took some populist ideas and bastardized them into big government and statism which populism rejects.
The idea that populism is mob rule is another bastardization of populist ideas such as consent of the governed.
Populism rejects the idea of welfare rather promoting self determination and hard work, grabbing power away from the rich and powerful and giving it to the people.
The cockroaches are showing their shine these days. When supposed Conservatives like Levin start this type of revisiontist propaganda color him corporatist.
“Grabbing power from the rich and giving it to the people” is pure marxism. You’re only proving Levin right.
There’s nothing conservative about demonizing and attacking rich people. You sound like Bernie Sanders, just like Trump often does.