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Both outsiders sketched the outlines of a new common sense, but each did so in his own way. At its best, Trump's cam- paign rhetoric suggested a new proto- hegemonic bloc, which we can call reac- tionary populism. It appeared to com- bine a hyperreactionary politics of recognition with a populist politics of distribution: in effect, the wall on the Mexican border plus large-scale infrastructure spending. The bloc Sanders envisioned, by contrast, was progressive populism. He sought to join an inclusive politics of recognition with a pro-working-family politics of distribu- tion: criminal-justice reform plus Medicare for all; reproductive justice plus free college tuition; LGBTQ + rights plus breaking up the big banks.

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Both outsiders sketched the outlines of a new common sense, but each did so in his own way. At its best, Trump's cam- paign rhetoric suggested a new proto- hegemonic bloc, which we can call reac- tionary populism. It appeared to com- bine a hyperreactionary politics of recognition with a populist politics of distribution: in effect, the wall on the Mexican border plus large-scale infrastructure spending. The bloc Sanders envisioned, by contrast, was progressive populism. He sought to join an inclusive politics of recognition with a pro-working-family politics of distribu- tion: criminal-justice reform plus Medicare for all; reproductive justice plus free college tuition; LGBTQ + rights plus breaking up the big banks.
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As the multisystem crises of late capitalism intensify, faith in these assumptions will continue to deteriorate. People embrace radical alternatives that would be unthinkable in the dying social order.
Fraser identifies two alternatives: European-style social democracy or White nationalist populism.
The Democratic Party, as recently as the Harris-Walz campaign, has resisted calls for more redistributive economic policies from people like Bernie Sanders.
While the GOP and Trump offer fascism.

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