Mixing elitism with populism

What is it about?

This article analyzes speeches of Donald Trump (US), Boris Johnson (UK), and Thierry Baudet (NL), all politicians that blend populism with elitist style elements. It introduces a method to identify populist, elitist, and pluralist discourse based on a shared logic, defining populism at an inter-contextual level.

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Why is it important?

The article explains a new method to analyze political discourse, based on a shared logic underlying populism, elitism, and pluralism. The analyses show that Trump and Baudet integrate populism with elitism by constructing an 'elite people' - not only suggesting that they are better leaders than other leaders, but that their people are better people than other people as well.