"One might ask how someone worth more than $8 billion has the nerve to cast himself as a populist. This is the familiar tactic of right-wing demagoguery: wearing the mask of populism in order to defend hierarchy and plutocracy.

This particular mask is increasingly slipping as Murdoch and his media minions are torn between a desire to stir up the mob while also defending their entrenched privilege."

#Murdoch #lies #lying #FauxPopulism
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Republicans can only pretend to support workers

https://doctorow.medium.com/joe-biden-is-headed-to-a-uaw-picket-line-in-detroit-f80bd0b372ab?sk=f3abdfd3f26d2f615ad9d2f1839bcc07

#Workerism #FauxPopulism #ClassWar

"The true 'rich men north of Richmond' are of course men like [New York-born] right wing corporate tool Leonard Leo, 'the most powerful man in Washington,' per the Washington Post. Leo was recently bequeathed $1.6 billion by another rich man north of Richmond, Chicago electronics magnate Barre Seid — the largest single tranche of dark money ever passed from a private citizen to a political operative in American history."

#Republicans #FauxPopulism
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