A boring theory of the populist right

A boring theory of the populist right

Ina FassbenderAlmost all theories in elite discourse about why people vote for right-wing populism posit that deindustrialization or free trade or “neoliberalism” or some other thing that left-wing intellectuals think is bad induces support for political parties on the right. A simpler explanation is that a significant minority of the public in most Western countries agrees with right-wing cultural politics. I tend to believe that the latter is …