Right from the Voters Mouth: Populism and the Far Right with Political Scientist Cas Mudde

Geert Wilders’ PVV recent election win is the latest addition to a trend of far-right populists winning big elections. Spanning from Argentina with Javier Melei to Italy with Giorgia Meloni, the Far Right seems to be on rise.
There is no one better to talk about these events than Cas Mudde, the preeminent scholar on populism and the Far Right.
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[@Matt_D_370z]

“Cas Mudde is one of the world’s leading experts on right-wing extremism, populism, democracy and the global new right. Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a contributing writer for the Guardian. He is the author of several books, including ‘The Far Right in America,’ ‘On Extremism and Democracy in Europe’ and ‘Populism: A Very Short Introduction’ (with Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser). His newest book is ‘The Far Right Today’” (Chauncy Devega “Impeachment Won't Slow the Global Rise of the Radical Right - but an Alternative Vision Might” Q & A with Cas Mudde ‘Salon' 12/19/2019).
“Cas Mudde provides yet another insightful interpretation of what he calls ‘radical right-wing populism’ suggesting that it can be defined as a ‘combination of three core ideological features: nativism, authoritarianism, and populism’. As Mudde argues, nativism ‘holds that states should be inhabited exclusively by members of the native group (‘the nation’) and that non-native elements (persons and ideas) are fundamentally threatening to the homogenous nation-state’; authoritarianism implies ‘the belief in a strictly ordered society, in which infringements of authority are to be punished severely’; and populism ‘is understood as a thin-centered ideology that considers society to be ultimately separated into two homogeneous and antagonistic groups, ‘the pure people’ versus ‘the corrupt elite’” (Anton Shekhovtsov "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir" ‘Fascism and the Far Right Series’ 2018 digital: p. xxiii).
“The concept of ‘radical right populism’ has been introduced by Cas Mudde to refer to collective actors whose ideology encompasses three main features: nativism, authoritarianism and populism. Nativism is a worldview positing that states should be inhabited only by the native people, and that non-native (personas or ideas) are a threat for the survival of the national community. Authoritarianism refers to the worldview seeing crime prevention, order and punishment as the crucial conditions to keep society together. In its minimal understanding populism refers to a set of ideas ‘that considers society to be ultimately separated into two homogeneous and antagonistic groups, ‘the pure people’ versus ‘the corrupt elite’, and which argues that politics should be an expression of the volonté générale (general will) of the people’. In a radical right populist worldview, nativism informs who the people (and the elites) are, and the reasons for this normative opposition. For example, radical right populist parties blame elites who are accused of sympathizing with migrants” (Caterina Froio, Pedro Ramaciotti Morales, Jean-Philippe Cointet and Omer Faruk Metin “It’s not radical right populism! The Yellow Vests in France” ‘Center for Research on Extremism’ 03/30/2020).
(Science & Cocktails “The rise of populism: from Le Pen to Trump with Cas Mudde” ‘RUclips’ May 29, 2017). m.ruclips.net/video/wPt__1iALJo/видео.html

[@Matt_D_370z]

"This book is not concerned with the so-called 'mainstream right,' such as conservatives and liberals/libertarians, but only with those on the right who are 'anti-system,' defined here as hostile to liberal democracy. This is what I call the far right, which is itself divided into two broader subgroups. The extreme right rejects the essence of democracy, that is, popular sovereignty and majority rule. The most infamous example of the extreme right is fascism, which brought to power German Führer Adolf Hitler and Italian Duce Benito Mussolini, and was responsible for the most destructive war in world history. The radical right accepts the essence of democracy, but opposes fundamental elements of liberal democracy, most notably minority rights, rule of law, and separation of powers. Both subgroups oppose the postwar liberal democratic consensus, but in fundamentally different ways. While the extreme right is revolutionary, the radical right is more reformist. In essence, the radical right trusts the power of the people, the extreme right does not" (Cas Mudde "The Far Right Today" 2019 digital: p. 6).
“As I finish this manuscript, in May 2019, three of the five most populous countries in the world have a far-right leader (Brazil, India, and the US) and the biggest political party in the world is the populist radical right Indian People’s Party (BJP). Within the European Union (EU), two governments are fully controlled by populist radical right parties (Hungary and Poland), another four include such parties (Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Slovakia), and two are held up with support of a populist radical right party (Denmark and the United Kingdom).” (Cass Mudde “The Far Right Today” 2019 digital: p. 1).
(Cass Mudde “Why We Should Study Populism” ‘The Wheatley Institution’ ‘RUclips’ 03/23/2016). ruclips.net/video/zE9RkfRqGcE/видео.html

[@gtrdxz]

Cant take them serious when they start off with "The RADICAL right" 🤣If the whole world is shifting that way that makes you "EXTREMIST far left" because the majority is somewhere else 🤣

[@Matt_D_370z]

To a person that is on the illiberal radical-Right populist side of the spectrum, then of course, people even slightly to the Left of them is considered an "extreme-Leftist." For example, a few years ago Mitt Romney was giving a speech in Utah where Trump supporters in the crowd were attempting to boo him off stage and literally calling Romney a "communist." A person calling Romney a "communist" is most definitely on the radical-Right.

[@Matt_D_370z]

“Cas Mudde is one of the world’s leading experts on right-wing extremism, populism, democracy and the global new right. Mudde is the Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and a contributing writer for the Guardian. He is the author of several books, including ‘The Far Right in America,’ ‘On Extremism and Democracy in Europe’ and ‘Populism: A Very Short Introduction’ (with Cristobal Rovira Kaltwasser). His newest book is ‘The Far Right Today’” (Chauncy Devega “Impeachment Won't Slow the Global Rise of the Radical Right - but an Alternative Vision Might” Q & A with Cas Mudde ‘Salon' 12/19/2019).
“Cas Mudde provides yet another insightful interpretation of what he calls ‘radical right-wing populism’ suggesting that it can be defined as a ‘combination of three core ideological features: nativism, authoritarianism, and populism’. As Mudde argues, nativism ‘holds that states should be inhabited exclusively by members of the native group (‘the nation’) and that non-native elements (persons and ideas) are fundamentally threatening to the homogenous nation-state’; authoritarianism implies ‘the belief in a strictly ordered society, in which infringements of authority are to be punished severely’; and populism ‘is understood as a thin-centered ideology that considers society to be ultimately separated into two homogeneous and antagonistic groups, ‘the pure people’ versus ‘the corrupt elite’” (Anton Shekhovtsov "Russia and the Western Far Right: Tango Noir" ‘Fascism and the Far Right Series’ 2018 digital: p. xxiii).
“The concept of ‘radical right populism’ has been introduced by Cas Mudde to refer to collective actors whose ideology encompasses three main features: nativism, authoritarianism and populism. Nativism is a worldview positing that states should be inhabited only by the native people, and that non-native (personas or ideas) are a threat for the survival of the national community. Authoritarianism refers to the worldview seeing crime prevention, order and punishment as the crucial conditions to keep society together. In its minimal understanding populism refers to a set of ideas ‘that considers society to be ultimately separated into two homogeneous and antagonistic groups, ‘the pure people’ versus ‘the corrupt elite’, and which argues that politics should be an expression of the volonté générale (general will) of the people’. In a radical right populist worldview, nativism informs who the people (and the elites) are, and the reasons for this normative opposition. For example, radical right populist parties blame elites who are accused of sympathizing with migrants” (Caterina Froio, Pedro Ramaciotti Morales, Jean-Philippe Cointet and Omer Faruk Metin “It’s not radical right populism! The Yellow Vests in France” ‘Center for Research on Extremism’ 03/30/2020).
(Science & Cocktails “The rise of populism: from Le Pen to Trump with Cas Mudde” ‘RUclips’ May 29, 2017). m.ruclips.net/video/wPt__1iALJo/видео.html

[@Matt_D_370z]

"This book is not concerned with the so-called 'mainstream right,' such as conservatives and liberals/libertarians, but only with those on the right who are 'anti-system,' defined here as hostile to liberal democracy. This is what I call the far right, which is itself divided into two broader subgroups. The extreme right rejects the essence of democracy, that is, popular sovereignty and majority rule. The most infamous example of the extreme right is fascism, which brought to power German Führer Adolf Hitler and Italian Duce Benito Mussolini, and was responsible for the most destructive war in world history. The radical right accepts the essence of democracy, but opposes fundamental elements of liberal democracy, most notably minority rights, rule of law, and separation of powers. Both subgroups oppose the postwar liberal democratic consensus, but in fundamentally different ways. While the extreme right is revolutionary, the radical right is more reformist. In essence, the radical right trusts the power of the people, the extreme right does not" (Cas Mudde "The Far Right Today" 2019 digital: p. 6).
“As I finish this manuscript, in May 2019, three of the five most populous countries in the world have a far-right leader (Brazil, India, and the US) and the biggest political party in the world is the populist radical right Indian People’s Party (BJP). Within the European Union (EU), two governments are fully controlled by populist radical right parties (Hungary and Poland), another four include such parties (Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Slovakia), and two are held up with support of a populist radical right party (Denmark and the United Kingdom).” (Cass Mudde “The Far Right Today” 2019 digital: p. 1).
(Cass Mudde “Why We Should Study Populism” ‘The Wheatley Institution’ ‘RUclips’ 03/23/2016). ruclips.net/video/zE9RkfRqGcE/видео.html

[@Matt_D_370z]

""[The] left-right spectrum is very much a relative scale. Someone who is a ‘radical-Leftist’ may view a ‘moderate liberal’ as an ‘ultraconservative.’ Description may be to a large degree a matter of perspective" (Gregory S. Mahler “Principles of Comparative Politics" p. 40).