There are three major lessons for we Europeans in the US presidential elections. They necessarily lead us towards the imagining of a transnational counter-populism.
Donald Trump ought to thank Modi for showing the way to electoral success. More and more leaders are convinced that perpetual confrontation pays in politics.
Donald Trump’s win in the US and Narendra Modi’s in India two years ago are both about the majority claiming greater victimhood.
Both left and right populism are based on a low opinion of public intelligence (an assumption, incidentally, shared with neoliberalism). What is needed is an ‘intelligent populism’.
"A future you can believe in" is the reverse of "Make America great again", because it doesn’t retreat into moral rejection or resistance politics.
As capital moves around the globe it leaves behind a trail of 'zombie identities' seeking to recover their former status and meaning.
Several reasons for opening our eyes to the new/old politics of identity.
Trump’s poujadist campaign effectively mainstreamed bigotry and ran amok all the way to the oval office.
TTIP, TPP, CETA et al. are bad for the climate, equality, democracy and social justice. So is Trump.
The ideological resonance of the globalizing and multiculturalist discourse has reached a limit, set by the American electorate.
Whatever happens over the next few years, if there is to be a storm, then it is best to prepare. It is essential that western liberal democratic societies are resilient enough to uphold their fundamental values.
A letter to President-elect Trump, thanking him for unifying progressive voices from all corners of the world by winning this election.
