Category Archives: Populism

Populism Means Revolt Against The Managers

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Luke Ford

Nathan Levine (an Orthodox Christian) aka N.S. Lyons writes in the New York Times: …much of what is commonly called “populist” politics can be more accurately described as part of an anti-managerial revolution attempting to roll back the expansion of … Continue reading →

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The Embodied Expression Of The Elite Attitude

Posted on October 8, 2024 by Luke Ford

In his Oct. 7, 2024 “Israel Update” video with the Hudson Institute’s Middle East analyst Michael Doran, right-wing Israeli historian Gadi Taub selected this as his dumbest media commentary moment of the week: “[Journalist] Ilana Dayan speaking on CNN to … Continue reading →

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Populism vs Neoconservatism (12-17-23)

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Populism is popular but ineffective, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15365410:00 What is populism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism14:30 The rise of modern populism – Takis S. Pappas, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMNwUh0X5eI33:40 How to understand power – Eric Liu, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack53:00 Elliott Blatt goes to a sports bar 55:00 Colin Liddell joins … Continue reading →

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Populism, Neoconservatism & Lessons in the Application of Power

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Luke Ford

I’m a simple man who likes simple things like truth. Here is one truth as I see it — populism is usually popular but rarely gets anything done, while neoconservatism is unpopular but gets much accomplished (such as the disastrous … Continue reading →

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Ideology of Anti-populism & the Administrative State

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Luke Ford

In 2021, Stephen Turner wrote an essay called Ideology of Anti-populism & the Administrative State: The people, the state, and expertise form an unstable triad, and relating the three in a coherent way, either institutionally or theoretically, is ultimately not … Continue reading →

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