Give populism a chance

The image is broad. Even Teddy Roosevelt (early 1900’s) advanced the idea. His political sales pitch idea then was called the “square deal”. The principles still apply today. And the term populism and all its variants are all over the American political landscape. This author chooses to present it as a we vs. them. Is America about its citizens, or the businesses that drive the economy? The question is debatable. The future course of our Country is less debatable. We citizens can either kill the goose that lays the golden egg, or nourish the American way. And amazingly in this display of world coverage, we can be populists, as in do a “square deal”. Talk about having our cake and eating it to, we may be there. And being there means being unique in world history. At the same time, we can be Americans defending our home communities that are so sacred to family life and respect. In this is a great political change going on, not recognized just yet in D.C. but so profound the less astute politically will suffer. So what.

All the soothsayers and political (paid) operatives will intervene as normal. They are out of touch, though trying to catch up. Defending local communities is a sad state of consequence to come to. Most American workers just want “free” trade as advertised, with all the normal “American” rules to make it even. Then, and only then, will America’s voters begin to respect the politicians advancing the academic theories, with a little respect.

Give populism a chance. This idea is both the American way, and the way to many other futures. There is much for the voters to sort out.