Best Populist of Atlasia

[Mr. Smith]

In recent times, Atlasia: Once a land of Communists, Liberals, and Libertarians with a small Conservative hive, a slowly growing population of another viewpoint has come to pass.

One that espouses in general: regulation on social AND fiscal levels, rather than regulation to one or the other,...or in the case of Libertarians diddly-squat regulation.


But like the other political spectrum ideologies, there is still variety among us. Some of us have greater emphasis on the social issues, others prefer the economics. Some look more like Conservatives with lip-service to leftist economics,...others look like bleeding heart-liberals who are simply pissed off at the anti-theist tracts liberalism has taken.


And of course here's personality.


Why a poll for this,...because this spectrum of open Populists is still small enough for it,but not so small as to be some anaomaly.

So yeah of those who scored + socially, - economically, who comes off the best to you?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Populism =/= authoritarianism, regardless of what political matrix tests tell you.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Miles. Neither Hifly nor realisticidealist are populist.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Miles by a mile.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

I don't think that we really have any high-profile populists here.

[TNF]

Populism isn't an ideology, it's a rhetorical style. I don't know who beaver or aelrose are, but L.D. Smith is more or less a liberal, Miles a conservative, Tim Turner doesn't seem like anything that be described as having self-awareness, Hifly is very obviously a social nationalist, and turkisblau a progressive conservative ala Henry Wallace. Nothing unites these people

[Grumpier Than Thou]

You included yourself in this poll.

[H. Ross Peron]

Miles obviously although I fall somewhere under this category.

[Mr. Smith]

Populism isn't an ideology, it's a rhetorical style. I don't know who beaver or aelrose are, but L.D. Smith is more or less a liberal, Miles a conservative, Tim Turner doesn't seem like anything that be described as having self-awareness, Hifly is very obviously a social nationalist, and turkisblau a progressive conservative ala Henry Wallace. Nothing unites these people

As long as Populist is also used as a placeholder term for the position that opposes/complements Libertarianism/Classical Liberalism...that's how I'll use it. Not to mention The Populist Party of the 1890's took positions a bit like this (along with the other use of a mere anti-elitist position)

But for appeasement sake, I've changed the title here to "Best Statist" (can't do that for the polls).

Also, from all the posts I've read from all them, they all have advocated greatly for heavy regulation socially and fiscally instead of one (the usual conservative favors social regulation, the usual commie or liberal ends to favor economic) or hardly any. But this is the mere basis, the actual execution and emphases are going to entirely different.

You included yourself in this poll.

I fit the formerly quite tiny criteria of  + social, - fiscal on all these litmus tests which is the basis for this poll, of course I'm gonna include myself.

If I were doing this for Mormons (far as I know it's just two), would you insist I exclude myself on that too?

I voted for someone else for the record.

@Mung Beans: You're too far left socially for this specific criteria, but that's okay, you're a pretty cool dude.

[Panda Express]

You're never supposed to include yourself in polls. It's gauche

[Maxwell]

Gonna go with twerkisblau

[checkers]

What about Bandit?

[Türkisblau]

Well this is a fun poll! Voted for Miles

I do agree that it's hard to define what a populist is.

I don't think that we really have any high-profile populists here.

Miles is definitely high-profile...

[retromike22]

Hey how come I'm not a choice?

No abortions for you, comrade!

[morgieb]

Populism isn't an ideology, it's a rhetorical style.

Ding ding ding ding.

Americans are stupid when it comes to describing ideologies.

[Miles]

Miles obviously although I fall somewhere under this category.

I told you, I was so disappointed when you moved to the bottom-left quadrant

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

BushOklahoma of course

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Cool, my name's in a poll!
Is it okay to vote for myself?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

See but Miles actually is a populist so that's what I voted for. And we have plenty of statists, only a few of them in the upper left hand quadrant of the political matrix.

[Mr. Smith]

See but Miles actually is a populist so that's what I voted for. And we have plenty of statists, only a few of them in the upper left hand quadrant of the political matrix.

A lot my rhetoric and positions fit that type of populist mold as well.

But the aim here is specifically the upper left hand, which only 8 posters [including myself] have reached, if for vastly different reasons.

[Sopranos Republican]

BushOklahoma of course

^^^^ Correct as usual.

[Adam Griffin]

See but Miles actually is a populist so that's what I voted for. And we have plenty of statists, only a few of them in the upper left hand quadrant of the political matrix.

Wouldn't it be great if Miles actually went around day-to-day acting like this?

[Miles]

^ I do own a pair of suspenders; I may wear them more now

I actually usually wear a pocket square with my suit to work, like the Kingfish

[RI]

Probably Miles. I don't know most of the other posters listed, and he seems like a better poster than myself, so that's where my vote goes. Besides, I'm not much of a populist; a communitarian, sure, but I'm too elitist to be a populist.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Well this is a fun poll! Voted for Miles

I do agree that it's hard to define what a populist is.

I don't think that we really have any high-profile populists here.

Miles is definitely high-profile...

I always thought of Miles as more of a blue-dog than a populist (not that there is never overlap, but the two don't necessarily go as hand-in-hand as many assume).  I could easily be wrong though.