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Podcast: Truce - History of the Christian Church
Episode: Populism | Christian Fundamentalism Series
Description: Give to help Truce. www,trucepodcast.com/donatePopulism is a tricky subject. We use it these days as a slur, but populism can be a useful phenomenon. History professor and author Michael Kazin says that populism is an important tool when it comes to regulating power. In the late 1800s, railroads and banks were out of control. Industrialists like John D. Rockefeller had uninhibited control of their markets. Rockefeller believed in social Darwinism and didn't mind using dirty tactics to undermine his competition.The Populist Party sprouted out...