The varieties of populism

In-depth article on the topic here. As a proactive progressive populist myself, I appreciate this information. Particularly this:

"This process has seen left populism infuse new content into old categories. For one, it has reframed the matter of social justice — long neglected in social democracy’s march to the center. Rather than focusing on workers vs. capital owners — an opposition that left populists deemed out of date for the new, complex economy — left populists have relied instead on a sense of economic injustice by appealing to cross-class categories such as “the 99 percent,” “the many,” and “la gente común.” This had the merit of performing the unity of extremely heterogeneous segments of the population — including classic blue-collar workers, members of the public sector, medium and small entrepreneurs, autonomous workers, and parts of the petty bourgeoisie — by drawing the attention to an increasingly tiny group benefiting from skyrocketing inequalities."

Except that I'm not guilty of this, instead highly critical of capitalism in favor of moving into the collaborative commons. And I label myself progressive rather than left.

"Left populism’s appeal rests mainly on a moral conception of the economy — pitting producers against parasites — rather than on a radical repudiation of capitalism itself."