Does right-wing populism have some traditional left-wing ideas?

Like (qualified) opposition to the free-market, anti-establishment tendency and anti-war. This always seemed strange to me how neo-con people could seemingly change their ideology over a few years.

I'm interested in the responses from both left and right. I'll be polite to all those who do likewise. :-)

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

Oh yeah, absolutely.

If you look at an American example of Trump vs Sanders you see that they are both targeting neo-liberalism with similar talking points, primarily against free trade and how the establishment political parties are compromised by the interests of the wealthy.

But I mean, after that point it's all different. They're still reactions to neo-liberalism. It's just the populist right call it globalism and do not consider private business to be a party to it and treat it more like a conspiracy theory than a rough political consensus of countries and major corporate players.

room101 · 51-55, M

@CountScrofula I understand what you are saying but, we really can't include trump in such conversations. The man will say and do anything.