One is that universally there are material conditions, political conditions, cultural conditions that can sow the seeds for far right movements. But they are also opportunities to go a different way. One in terms of material conditions is that When you have economic stagnation for the working class, that especially in an environment where GDP is growing, that is the stuff of populist movements. period. The choice is what direction those populist movements can go. I was at Munich just a few days ago and this conversation about populism came up and it was universally derided as negative. (13:45–14:01)
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Asserts that economic stagnation for the working class amid GDP growth fuels populist movements.
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