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FALL 2022
PAPER TITLE
ISSUES EXAMINED:
1. Rise of Populism
2. Climate Change
3. Refugee Crisis
Politics is a way of communication that we use to understand each other
needs and try to reach a rational outcome. However, in today’s political scene
we see growing number of politicians move away from the rational way and
All around the world, populism is on the rise. It heavily relies on emotions
rather than the rational thought. Politicians from both left and right parties
suffer from this. Politicians use populism to create enemies and demonize the
opposition. While try to oppose “elitism” it also opposes many actions that we
consider high-cultured.
At the first glance, populism may seem like a thought that can benefit the
that solve nothing. Current problems require conscience, rational thinking and
leaders get. Even the negative news about these populist politicians is an
actors since they create drama. Public can be educated to not to react to this
type of news which will result in less media coverage from TV channels and
tabloids.
the form of execration, can cause individuals to act with their emotions and
Populist politicians use a narrative that implies all other politicians except
themselves are out of touch with the public and became elites who do not care
about common good. They also claim that current parties are “system parties”
thus cannot come up with any solutions. In order to clear any confusion, parties
should enact reform that will help them with addressing today’s problems
more accurately. Moreover, politicians should meet with the people frequently