#TheWealthParadox

The 1882 'Chinese Exclusion Act' is an early example (from the USA) of #TheWealthParadox; Immigrants doing well economically, making it into government, and throwing down the ladder by which they rose ...

Populist radical right parties are often said to predominantly attract poor 'losers of globalization', and to benefit from economic crisis. However, when studying populist voting patterns longitudinally it becomes clear this is a (very pervasive) myth. #Populism #TheWealthParadox