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[bellisaurius]

I can't personally abide populism, but I am intrigued how it can share such similar sentiments across the left/right spectrum. This but from John Haidt (author of "The Happiness Hypothesis")  really teases out something that's been on the tip of my tongue for a while:

We really hate cheaters, slackers, and exploiters. By far the most common message

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[anonymous]

I definitely agree the assumption of morality aspect can't be avoided. It also extends into another lib/cons populist/libertarian divide on the question of whether governemnt a greater potential evil than corporations? A libertarian type tends to view the government's monopoly on violence to be a greater threat (government pulls corporate strings), whereas a more populist type tends to think that if governmnet is doing evil, it's because of pressure from a corporate (I could use the general term "special interest", but I consider everything to be "special").

[bellisaurius]

That was me, btw.