One of the more fascinating divides that's become apparent in the era of Donald Trump and Brexit has been the clash between populism and globalism. This was front and center aboard the inaugural Mark Steyn Cruise last year, which featured among its special guests Michele Bachmann and John O'Sullivan.
Michele holds the honor of being Mark's favorite presidential candidate (not to mention part of the two-person Crow's Nest rock group Bachman-Bachmann Overdrive), while his favorite editor John served as a speechwriter and advisor to the late Baroness Thatcher in the United Kingdom.
They appeared with Mark individually on the cruise, as well as together. The latest episode of The Mark Steyn Show is a compilation of these three segments, throughout which a common thread emerged, as you'll see.
Mark, John and Michele unpack the global populist trends that continue to grow, and look at Minnesota as a case study on what unfettered immigration can do to a society.
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Todd Lewis
I know globalism and populism are both pejorative terms depending on where you're coming from. But the omnipresent double standard of the Left seems to be attached to this as much as anything else. Populism is supposed to conjure the image of toothless peasants with torches and pitchforks who don't know or understand anything. To me a populist could be anyone who believes in cultural and social norms that should command our loyalty and be upheld. A populist believes the Constitution, in it's plain language and intent, is the framework in which government should function. A populist believes unalienable rights are real and should not be transgressed. A populist believes the judicial system should be impartial and actually just. A populist does not regard economic activity as a political "ism", but as the ordinary, natural enterprises of building a prosperous society. Maybe I've misunderstood the definition, but this doesn't seem like low-brow knuckle dragging to me. I'm just so sick of these double standards. I just had to get that out of my system before this discussion passed into the archives.