Talk:Essay: Refuting the distinction between right-wing populism and conservativism

Huey Long was a racist. He lifted the poll tax cause it basically amounted to two days' pay for poor whites in the Depression Era. It had nothing to do with promoting civil rights for blacks. RobS^{Free Kyle!} 01:35, October 23, 2021 (EDT)

True, and I condemn that aspect of him, but I think we can all admire his opposition to FDR, who was more supportive of the Democrat establishment at the time. -Mr. Nationalist (talk) 02:23, October 23, 2021 (EDT)

The Roosevelt Myth has a good chapter on Long. It is said that Long did not believe FDR went far enough, and some old timers who lived through that time say that FDR, in fact, saved capitalism. The boomer generation that came afterward never quite realized how close the U.S. came to Marxist Revolution in the early 1930s. RobS^{Free Kyle!} 02:46, October 23, 2021 (EDT)