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Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Populism is simple explanations meant for simple people.

Same reason why Religion got so popular and it's still so popular: it gives people the simple did it explanation for things which would be way harder for one to feel they understood if they got the Scientific explanation.

It's amazing how many people have an strong emotional rejection of anything even in the slightest way complex, especially as they age - I suspect they're not even aware that their anger at being given complex explanations is not about the contents of the explanation but about the unpleasant feeling when one has difficulty following something.

If I remember it correctly there are studies showing that people who fall for Rightwing Populist tend to be less intelligent and/or less educated.