06/28/2026
This week's op-ed is something I feel must be discussed more regularly within the political discourse of this election season. The difference between surface level populism and a strong political stance of populism and collectivism aimed at the welfare of the people. You all have heard people say left leaning policies aren't popular in Idaho, so we should leave and go somewhere where they are. I argue that the frustration so many on both sides of the political spectrum come from one of two things. Either populism with no true direction of policy, or a populist collectivism that directs power to the few and away from the masses. Both are harmful and both are destroying Idaho's working class.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/columns/opinion-populism-and-collectivism-are-they-the-same/article_02d76e1b-9b9b-484d-bb83-09cd897b48e2.html
https://bonndemocrats.org/populism-and-collectivism-are-they-the-same/