You know, it’s funny how affluent folks have gotten away with pretend populism in the years since Reagan, the most privileged people around.

So, Reagan is a “people”? I had thought he was a person. May I ask you, sir, what subject it is that you teach the high-schoolers of Houston?

As Groucho might say, “Hope it ain’t English!”

Let me answer my previous post’s question for you, so that we may move on to your accusation of “pretend populism”. Your truthful answer can only be based on history, and can thus only be “It depends on how well the secret police execute their duties”. You may have other answers, but the one I’ve supplied is “of the first water”.

Now, who is guilty of “pretend populism”?

One the one hand we have “freedom” (‘capitalism’ is a Marxist term, its nearest unloaded match would be ‘freedom’, as both refer to what people do when not coerced), which, by creating ‘capital’ (which acts to invest value-added into the future), and according to history, tends to lift individuals and societies and nations up and out of poverty.

On the other hand, we have “socialism”, which forces a breakdown of the conditions of “freedom” and thus, according to history, tends to stall individuals, societies and nations in the state of poverty.

So, assuming that words have meanings (an assumption to the benefit of mankind and the glory of God), and that ‘populist’ is one of those, which of the two concepts, that is, freedom vs socialism, is real, and which is “pretend”?

Tell the truth, now, Mr Alred. Remember your answer will be here in writing, and so riposted.