Letter: Lessons of populism need to be heeded

Western Daily Press, 31 October 2024, p. 17

I write in response to an interesting exchange of letters in this newspaper this month: ‘Populism terrifies globalist politicians’ by Richard House (October 18) answered by Jeremy Comerford (October 22) and then by Mr House again (October 25), discussing the pros and cons of populism and nationalism in response to the rise of corporate globalism.

What appears to be happening is that the Davos billionaires’ rapacious march towards global hegemony, which accelerated in 2020/21, has not only been thwarted on a national level by BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) creating an alternative to the CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), but also by populists like Donald Trump.

To a lesser extent, but no less significantly, is Brexit, which in some respects is Britain’s stand against the European Union open-borders policy, not forgetting Elon Musk's acquisition of X (formerly Twitter).

These unrelated populist and nationalist projects all oppose different elements of the global corporate laundry list, which includes disastrous policies such as DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), mandated vaccines, and continuous forever wars around the world that created these considerable numbers of homeless refugees. These movements have proved to be spanners in the works to the globalist plan.

The mainstream media now has an all-time low approval rating. Free-speech platforms like X and emerging independent podcasts are now reaching such a critical mass that another totalitarian propaganda/censorship regime seizing control of the narrative again is rapidly becoming inconceivable.

Let’s also not forget a third movement that has the potential to undermine globalism. You could name it ‘localism‘, but this will never get the headlines of the other two, nor would it wish to. It comprises groups of individuals, no bigger than a small village, for instance 150 people all working together voluntarily to produce the food, medicine, education and the local means of exchange needed to sustain themselves, foregoing corporate convenience and state welfare.

Free speech is the bulwark against totalitarian censorship and propaganda. The lessons of populism need to be heeded.

Marcus Blackett

Stroud, Gloucestershire

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