Global movements claiming to speak for the people are winning power across democracies

Evidence

Words always reflect and alter the worlds that produce them, and the uptake of the term marked a deeper structural trend. Globally, movements purporting to speak on behalf of “the people” won majorities, ousted incumbents, attacked courts, even locked up opponents. In this story, “populism” is both an actor and a symptom, the expression of a deep, protracted crisis rolling across democracies of which Europe is but the epicenter. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 41

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Successful movements broaden from sectoral protest to a unified ‘the people’ appeal. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 173; Global protest movements of 2011 coordinated through shared tactics against the 1 percent; Many populist movements expand rather than restrict who counts as the people — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment: The Left After the…, 52 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Successful movements broaden from sectoral protest to a unified ‘the people’ appeal. #expands (0.90) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 173
• Many populist movements expand rather than restrict who counts as the people #qualifies (0.80) — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 52
• The 2008-2020s protest wave managed elite-mass relations rather than shifting them #contradicts (0.80) — Anton Jäger, Hyperpolitics, 25
• Global protest movements of 2011 coordinated through shared tactics against the 1 percent #complicates (0.75)