Plutocratic populism: how the right defends elites while posing as the people's friend

An opinion piece argues that plutocratic populism — defending the interests of financial elites while redirecting voters' anger toward migrants, "woke" ideology and universities — has arrived in Poland. The author identifies President Nawrocki, Konfederacja and Kanał Zero as examples of this trend, drawing parallels with the American Trumpist right. The piece contends that such movements deflect attention from inequality and economic concentration of power they themselves sustain.

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