Populists offer simple solutions that fall short of solving complex problems, says Rachel Haddad 1/6 

False argument -- she's using the phrase "immigration," and not "illegal immigration." Few Americans are upset at legal immigration, except for the excesses of the H1B Visa program which harms young STEM graduates looking for work. No, they are angry at the massive, unending flow of ILLEGAL immigrants from developing countries globally flooding across the border, about 3 MILLION people per year. This is being done against the will of the super majority of Americans. 70% oppose it, and it's rated the number one concern of Americans overall, higher even than the economy. It is this massive, unending illegal immigration created and enacted by the Biden Admin which is making Americans angry.

Trump may be the best President the United States has ever had. Pelosi has been a problem for a long time and needs to retire.

Rachel is being funny considering that 'elitism' and not populism destroyed Lebanon. Clearly, she lived in a bubble in her own country.

The problem is rich Oxford students are the exact type that wouldn't understand the modern populist

How can you, ‘an intellect’ believe that mainstream media is unbiased? So young and naive.

Funny how she doesn't mention ANY Muslim country!!!!

Does she really consider cable news channels reputable news channels? She needs to look into who gives them their talking points on a daily basis. All we have for truth in news is the independent journalists now that are growing, they do investigations and report on it. You can trun on any cable channel and hear the same mockingbird speak, they are told by their puppet masters what to say and stick to script or get fired. .

Oxymoron argument applies to elites too. Oxford has dumbed down.

Rachel: Chat GPT, please write me a paper on how bobulism baaad. Chat GPT: On it, bruh!

I just discovered the best debater was a guitarist.

Her argument is that sometimes populist leaders are narcissistic? That's why populism is bad?

basically her argument is..i dont like how the other side defines populism therefore im going to redefine it and call the other side racist and trump is bad.

Propaganda again 😅

Her definition of populism falls down, when the examples she refers to (Trump, Modi) are typical critisism of conservative/sosial right politics and are not balanced, or examples of issues that have been made much clearer after the fact (Trumps criticism of "main stream media". Unless you've lived under a rock these last few years, there have been plenty of leaks showing that Trump where right in a lot of the critisism he had). That is not to say that there are plenty of other populist strategies Trump and Modi uses... but for fairness, she could balance it with also talking about the populist strategies that leftist use, such as Bernie Sanders or any of the socalled "green" parties that uses climate fear and easy solutions...

Why doesn't oxford union just release full videos instead of these clipped bs? Ruins the flow of the debate.

9:04 Why because you guys constantly attacked him? You had him in court his entire presidency.

US Senators and Representatives swear an oath to uphold the Constitution not simply democracy. The US Constitution codifies the rights of the individual above the tyranny of a majority or populism. The US House of Representatives is populism constrained by the Constitution. In the US, division is sowed by disparate interpretations of these Constitutional rights especially as they relate to state right sovereignty. After all, the US is 50 sovereign states united through a single Constitution.

OMGosh! Do they EVER consider that they are describing themselves? Funny... Bring on Pelosi! LOL *face palm* Talk from your heart... NOT a script. This is college level? (I could have had a V-8)

Darlin'.... when you're the only one laughing at your jokes, that's a clue as to how funny they really are! 🙄

She makes false statements that aren't backed up by actual facts

Basically her argument boils down to Orange man bad. It's kind of boring at this stage.

Nigel Farage never claimed Brexit would allow £350 million per week to go into the NHS. The famous slogan appeared on the official Leave campaign by, headed byBoris Johnson. And even in interviews during the campaign, Johnson did not commit to spending all the £300 million on the NHS, simply that the country could do that if that is what in wanted.

Lol. As if this doesn't apply to all politicians, most don't even offer solutions, only 'desirable' goals with no realistic means of attaining them.

what they call simple solution is actually the end result of a long chain of complex thought process. But since the solution seems unsophisticated in their eyes, it's counter intuitive to them. For their notions of sophistication, stems from their elitist upbringing.

Upload the full debate

She should graduate high school first. Then try again.

America let's over 1 million immigrants every year ..we love immigrants that love this country..not people who think they can skip the line by breaking U.S immigration laws ..

Always remember that the opposite of populism is elitism.

Everything she said about Trump is exactly what Biden actually is doing.

Can whomever sets the playlists for these things PLEASE put them in order 🙏

Funny how she took over 5 minutes to attack an opposition in the room directly to prove how her ideas are somehow superior. The arrogance and ignorance of today's academics should horrify every free thinker today.

bro why these kids are speaking ignorantly. watching tiktok 8 hours a day then you have got some idea about democracy out of the blue.

Oxford must invite trump for debate .

Why the skip at 9:16?

Those are excellent arguments. It has to be stressed that while populists often claim to strive for the working class, they have always worked for the billionaires and the powerful while enacting racist policies.

Dear me. That was a terrible speech.

10:11 We didn't oppose democracy. We ended it. That's why we are a constitutional Republic.

7:11 Why is it our job? Deal with your own shit.

I'm bewildered by the amateur sophistry and facile ignorance of supposedly intelligent people-allegedly the most intelligent. Firstly, she possesses no gravitas and is poorly expressed. It is tedious to watch someone racing through a script like an automaton. There's something childlike about it. Anyway, "For the people of the United Kingdom who feel loss of sovereignty and immigration the popular solution says Brexit. Totally ignoring the ramifications these quick fixes have on the economy and the political dynamic as a whole'- this is highly amusing in that it is unbelievably fatuous. I'm really quite astounded that someone attending Oxford seemingly thinks that the economy is more important than sovereignty and independence, and therefore everything, and doesn't recognise the 'political dynamic' she wants to protect is the very 'political dynamic' MISREPRESENTING the people in a democratic state in the first place! The democratic will commanded Brexit. It was a DEMOCRATIC referendum not a putsch. The woman is railing against the democratic process! The democratic majority are ENRAGED over the ongoing crisis of illegal economic immigrants, and the tens of millions of immigrants already here foisted on the people without consultation, and the abject failure to deal with it. The very reason the full intensity of that rage is not acknowledged is a real consequence of the suppression of free speech at play within our 'political dynamic' that is almost completely detached from the concerns and interests of ordinary British people.What that woman is actually saying is don't threaten my privilege with your democracy shit because populism is the politics of the ordinary man in contention with the elites. I have no tertiary education whatsoever and I'm quite stunned by that woman's infantile transparency.

Clearly, in order to SAVE democracy, we need to make "democracy" more elitist! Come on....

I reject the premise that democracy is something we should preserve or strive towards. If democracy is what led us to here, than of what use is democracy?

Democracy is a threat to me! 😂

All their arguments are the popular candidate is not popular and the guy no one likes should run everything

Such simplistic thought. Good thing she has other attributes to get by on.

What's baffling is that even if her case against Trump is her own true belief she can't for the life of herself criticize her own side and as such will ride and die with them with all of their hypocrisy. It would be funny if things were like only in New York where rich snobby liberals get a taste of what they voted for but its not the case every state could be affected and much worse there are definitely people in New York who voted against such a notion. We all love policy and debate but when you fail to criticize your own especially when you are in power that sets a dangerous precedent. Also isn't it funny how these leftist utterly butchered the classical meaning of liberal, now that word is more like an insult more than anything else.

Vote for UPI, Vote for UCC, Vote for constitutional improvement

Peter Griffin seating right back there 😂

"Populism" is what you get when all those people you once coitized for "not getting out to vote"....do. rr Normandy, France

I hope she reads this comment section and rethinks her participation in academic debates on any subject concerning the world.

Wow... She basically starts with adhominems... Personal attacks to undermine their arguments from the off... Shame.

I used to respect Oxford University. Then this video happened

Be very careful with trying to resolve so called “Inequities.” You will be the one giving up something.

They’re Incredible, Huge talent, despite the inability to focus.

How is populism not democratic? Sure like anything it can be turned into something bad. But if democracy is based on majority vote and so isn't every election winner through populism, being the most popular?

Populism as a strategy ins indeed a problem. But it is telling if someone detects populism only in those one disagrees with. Somehow, they imagine that Trump was the first populist presidet developing a personality cult when then preceding eight consisted of nothing but big talk, simple solutions to complex problems, divisive rhetoric, abuse of power and a Messiah complex.

How much did the media pay this girl?

Reputable news outlets??? Where? 😂

What are the people yelling out when the speaker replies, no thank you. ??

Someone who cannot see any basis to argue the opposite is a fool.

She is absolutely wrong in so many ways. Modhi has transformed India. She has absolutely no idea.

She is DTF for that guy. This wasnt a debate, its a flirty roast.

This whole shallow presentation has extractive internet scraping by Chat GPT written all over it.

insulting her opponent's intelligence?

In truth, I agreed with the opposition, but I see this girl’s points.

She's just giving a cut and paste narrative. No real argument being made.

If anything, a nice introduction to her opposition

nah

Does anyone know why they always repeatedly say, "no thank you" at these Oxford Addresses????

Wow I rather go to my dentist for root canal

Trump is the Champion of the people. If he was a Pokémon I’d choose him 90% of the time.

Notice the scatterbrained girl doesn't bother to define her terms. Classic Leftist tactic: engage in equivocation fallacies (using multiple definitions, sometimes even conflicting ones in the same argument, as if the meanings are the same and interchangeable) and twisting definitions to appeal to emotion and manipulate the audience into agreement without engaging their critical thinking skills. She acts as if democracy "a system by which public policy is determined by popular public vote" somehow is in opposition to populism "political tactic of appeal to and acquire support from members of the public, particularly in holding and promising implementation of popular public policies", when a casual admission of the terms' definitions makes it clear the two typically accompany each other.

question for the anti-populists: what simple or complex solutions do you offer?

Unfortunately her argument is so off and out of touch with the United States of America.

Quae est ista meretrix in controversia?

Why is she giggling like a school girl?

I didn’t get his point. Sound like word salad

Totally gonna be voting for Trump.

CRITIZED.... opps rr

Good speech beautifull lady... Populism looks awesome because its liberalis... How to achieve good interest or income in max... But it hears negative too because it never say "how the way to achieve those? " Mad or good, who knows... Better is the privilege mandates... There " Look how origin conservative said " We walk together with what we have been believed. I mean religion in vertical and horizontal approaches, blessings and deeds coming... Populism is good too, look labour there, how they working hard for the country or kingdom or empire more... There America, they choose republic and Democrate, all said " From the people to the people nor to God Allah... Founding fathers there, "perhaps" Beside God Allah, perhaps i said... In the Kingdom or empire countries looks awesome more because they elect "God's leaders" you know, i mean, someone who crown as a good icon to be followed, to be adore, to be salute... Because he or she speaks with the God's words... Democracy, like Indonesia or perhaps America or ukraine or radical waves hamas there, many and more do not believe the kindness that hide behind them... Because they forget God, faith missing... Because we are many, speak in whole... But worse... Salutation for conservative because they believe... Not only human but its Creator too... Populism is good too but better privilege mandates... Democracy is good too but looks the object nor subject, support subject but still looks privilege mandates behind it... Indonesia is dead because democracy with good mandates because they are many and dead all, nor mandates... Without faith, nothing... Blessings and deeds missing... Very sad indeed... Amerika looks like too perhaps, because we are many then forget God Allah... Looks British or saudi Arabia, Christianity and Islam have mandates, follow God Allah, vertical and horizontal accepted... God'Will... There are other world after this... Written... 🌐🇬🇧❤

Ahh..whatta beauty. Forget the debate

Haute Couture Royale

Maybe dress appropriately when giving a speech? Idk

Best thing I can say about her 'thoughts' is that she has an amazing set of sweater cannons.

Beauty

#the cranky women go to bed 🛌 all same wake up bright Ande early a new day maybe alittle better

FAIL

I have heard better Rap Battles of History. The "roast" in the beginning was trite and petty. The arguments are weak and unsupported by logic. Sad.

Spend half the time ad-hominem.

I watch From Bangladesh 🇧🇩 But love the speech ❤

Oh my!! What a beautiful speech!!! I love Lebanon 🇱🇧❤️🇱🇧❤️🇱🇧

What does her culture have to say about democracy? Asking for a friend.

many of us here not for the debate

India is mother of Democracy .........................Modi.

Why is everyone dressed up, and then ya got that guy in the background with the North Face jacket and Walmart runners. Is he a janitor taking a break? Security? C'mon guys.....

Modesty n morality is the beauty of humanity and Women is the key of that beauty which shapes the world. Immorality and immodesty destroyed n devastate humanity core culture values and society morally and socially.

She is wrong, but my god, she is stunning!

I’ll vote against anyone she tells me to.

She's cute af, Lebanese girls are nice

Moo

I am here for her milk