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    Noel's Ideologies

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    Introduction In this paper, I outline Noel and Judis and display how they are in disagreement as to the ideologically coherent nature of Trump’s supporters and his campaign. The ideology of the candidate, their campaign, and the ideology of their supporters are not mutually exclusive. Donald Trump could be ideologically incoherent as a person, which I am not arguing, but his campaign and supporters that drove him to get elected were ideologically coherent. In this paper, I argue that Donald Trump’s

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    At the heart of the rise of populism in the United States is the issue of inequality. The gap between the wealthy and poor has been growing at an alarming rate. In response, Americans have turned to populist leaders on both sides of the aisle, most notably Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, for a solution. Wealth inequality poses a serious threat to future generations like mine, who, in pursuit of the American Dream, will find upward mobility nearly impossible. Disenfranchised, desire for innovation

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    Rise Of Populism

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    on the rise of Populism (the definition of populism i'm using Populism is a political outlook or disposition that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general population, especially when contrasting any new collective consciousness push against the prevailing status quo interests of any predominant political sector.) is and how both sides have populist running and one has won and the other is on the back foot but is making sure his voice is heard by the party. Populism was on the rise

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    Populist Leadership, Modern Tyranny Introduction: In the paper presented below, the author assembles an idea about populism as a modern tyranny, taking book IX as a reference for the similarity of certain features among a populist leader today, with the tyrant of yesterday described by Plato. According to Socrates the democratic man arose from the oligarchic father when he dared to place in the same rank the necessary and unnecessary desires enjoying them in moderation. In Book IX of the treatise

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    DBQ 13: The Farmer’s Revolt      Farmers were once known for being able to do everything themselves. They grew their own food and sewed their own clothes. People often yearn for the old days and complain about so many people living in cities. Many farmers had to give up their farms and move to the cities, because of something that happened in the late nineteenth century.      High prices forced farmers to concentrate on one crop. The large-scale

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    Huey P. Long 's Speech

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    Huey P. Long’s speech was judged based on his practices as a Louisiana senator and governor, however it had the potential to be so much more had he lived to continue his legacy. People appeared to be afraid of how Governor Long operated within the legislative system of Louisiana because of the fact that, he tended to find his way around legal statutes that hindered his agenda. Some could argue that he stepped out of the bounds of power that reigns in a representative of a democratic nation, however

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    7. The Populist Party was created in 1892 in a convention in Omaha by white farmers. This party's main goals was to have representations and equality, but a specific goal was to have silver coinage thus encouraging the mass printing of paper money and circulating currency, this would benefit all Americans because the poor would now have some money and the wealthy who had gold had more money because gold is more valuable. The second goal of the populist party was to settle a graduated income tax which

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    The populist movement The populist movement began in the 1880’s with the beginnings of the farmers’ alliances which were small political parties the represented as the name implies, farmers. These parties wanted to improve the conditions for farmers similarly to how the factory workers wanted improved conditions. To achieve this the farmers’ alliances were mainly focused on crop prices and credit facilities. Although they had some success in small scale elections, they never had any effect on the

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    Québec’s far right steps out of the shadows: How neo-nationalist and alt-right groups in the province benefit from a global momentum Populist movements are on the rise across the Western world. Donald Trump 's victory in the U.S., the Brexit vote in the U.K. and the surge of far-right parties in many European countries all stand testimony to this. Emboldened by this momentum, Québec 's far-right groups are growing their ranks. And while they may be less established, they, too, want to make themselves

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    American Populism

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    this noteworthy volume of articles that the total is more prominent than the parts is not to defame the parts. The book reevaluates the foundational strain in American governmental issues between responsibilities to racial pecking order and liberal populism. An attention on how this strain showed in the lives of three presidents noted for their enunciation of racially widespread standards, combined with the near point of view managed by setting these three inside a solitary edge, produces knowledge

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