[qqvfredc]

The main bad is that populism is a monist and moralist ideology, which denies the existence of divisions of interests and opinions within “the people” and rejects the legitimacy of political opponents. As the populists are the vox populi, ie the voice of all the people, anyone with a different view speaks for “special interests”, ie the elite. Given that the key distinction is between the pure people and the corrupt elite, any compromise would lead to the corruption of the people and is therefore rejected. This uncompromising stand leads to a polarised political culture, in which non-populists turn into anti-populists. here

[The Doctor]

The main good is that populism brings to the fore issues that large parts of the population care about, but that the political elites want to avoid discussing; think about immigration for the populist right or austerity for the populist left. Leaders from different parties can come together to keep issues that divide their respective electorates off the agenda – such as European integration and immigration. more

[Eivind Nag]

In other cases they take it even a step further, excluding controversial areas from the democratic process altogether by putting independent, technocratic institutions in charge (such as the courts or central banks). In many cases political elites have worked hand in glove with cultural and economic elites, leaving virtually no space for democratic opposition. To paraphrase the Mexican political theorist Benjamin Arditi, in those cases populism behaves like the drunken guest at a dinner party, who doesn’t respect the rules of public contestation but spells out the painful but real problems of society. here

[Cryptome]

Populism tends to get ugly when it gets into power. If it has to share power with non-populists the effects, positive or negative, tend to be small (think about the Schüssel governments with the populist, radical right FPO in Austria). Even when populists dominate the government, as is now the case in Greece, the negative aspects of populism often are limited, although not for a lack of trying. Populists like Silvio Berlusconi in Italy, the Kaczyńskis in Poland, or Vladimír Mečiar in Slovakia regularly tried to circumvent or undermine the power of countervailing forces, including independent judges and the political opposition. In most cases they were successfully opposed by other parts of the political structure – often with help from outside influences, most notably the European Union. here

[tomdetroit]

T he recent electoral success of leftwing populist parties such as Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain has given a new impulse to the debate on populism in Europe. Until now, populism was almost exclusively linked to the radical right, leading to an incorrect conflation of populism and xenophobia. In its original form, populism is an ideology that considers society to be ultimately separated into two homogenous and antagonistic groups: “the pure people” and “the corrupt elite”, and argues that politics should be an expression of the volonté générale (general will) of the people. Practically, populist politicians almost always combine it with other ideologies, such as nativism on the right and socialism on the left.

[merlenebarrettl]

Secondly, most people still want to get married and have children, but fewer people do so because of an increase in ‘risk consciousness’ – There is more uncertainty about what a ‘normal relationship’ is. Changing roles of men and women and changing expectations of relationships and family life result in young people being more reluctant to settle down in a classic long term relationship.

[bdimych]

Evaluations (of the New Right): In reality, only 2% of single parents are teenagers, which is hardly a significant proportion compared to the overall numbers. here

[videodude]

Women’s increased financial independence has also led to relationships becoming more fragile and thus helps explain the increase in single parent households and single person households following divorce.

[hippich]

Rather than needing to depend on men for their financial independence, women are now much more likely to focus on building a career before ‘settling down’ and starting a family. This goes some way to explaining the increase in single person households. The increased earning power of women also explains the growth of the number of never-married women who choose to have babies on their own. While this only accounts for a relatively small proportion of single parent households, such numbers are increasing.

[UnnaturalIntelligence]

5. Social Policies

[fawkes]

Thirdly, Ulrich Beck also talks about indivdualisation – a new social norm is that our individual desires are more important than social commitments, and this makes marriage less likely. People are more likely to go through a series of monogamous relationships (serial monogamy) – which means cohabiting for a few years and then back to living alone again and then so on.

[Asheara]

Procrastination [links]

[Madoff]

An important aspect of educating the conscience is teaching it to focus on the right object—divinely revealed truth. If your conscience looks only to personal feelings, it can accuse you wrongfully.

[nowhereman]

The principle behind that law is binding on believers living in the New Testament era as well (cf. Luke 19:8; Philemon 19). [links]

[jojobeans]

Confess and forsake known sin . Examine your guilt feelings in light of Scripture. Deal with the sin God's Word reveals. Proverbs 28:13 says, " He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion." First John 1 speaks of confession of sin as an ongoing characteristic of the Christian life: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (v. 9). more

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[flemingo]

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[ikie]

The Pure Religion is the eighth book of Volume 1 of The New Message from God. more

[scepticus]

The Pure Religion is a book of revelation given from God to reveal anew the deeper heart and meaning of the world’s religions and the Power and Presence of God, which seeks to speak to all people of all faith traditions in the world at this time.