You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.
All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
The measure is in line with the populist tone of the new regime in Bolivia; however how it is carried out in practice still seems somewhat unclear.
I won't dispute that bankers' privileged treatment in the 2008 crash merits populist scorn. But unfortunately, without a bank bailout, there probably would have been a worldwide depression.
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.
There's something in life that's cool, it's relatively cheap, and fun, and populist. Even when it's elitist.
The government has managed to turn something that feels pretty populist into an issue that elicits a great deal of discomfort. There's a perception that there's a population that is out of control and doesn't respect anything. The licensing rules are playing badly.
I'm anti-big power. I don't know if that's populist or not.
I think he wants to de-emphasize money and to draw attention away from the fact he is so wealthy. He perceives himself to have a populist administration.
I think he's trying to tell a restive populist base in his party that he gets it, ... It's a way to say, 'We understand that we need to get better control of our borders.'