Movement isn’t populist

Newspapers are either outright labeling what is happening as a “populist” movement or even a worldwide democracy movement. This bothers me and others who think of themselves as populists, yet have no sympathy with what’s happening.

Could newspapers call it what it is — illiberalism, faux-populism or maybe some better term?

There is a real democracy movement out there. Could we hear more about that?

This story was originally published April 7, 2017 at 3:13 PM with the headline "Movement isn’t populist."