"People"as"Producers":An Analysis of the Discourse of producerism in the American Populist Movement
Due to its extreme importance to American identity and American ethos,producerism,along with its inherent moral bearings,has become a common element in the discourse of American populism.Producerist discourse is instrumental in constructing the core concept of populism,"the people",with different images of producers,which has led to different political and policy orientations in specific historical contexts.Thus,producerism has shaped the basic characteristics of American populism on three levels:first,it defines"enemy"for populism in the image of"parasites",thus defining the political orientation of populism;second,it marks the American populist movements with a distinct rural nature,resulting in the politicization of rural American identity;third,it provides an interface for American populism to combine neoliberalism and conservatism.The combination of producerist discourse and populism has prompted American populism,which originally had egalitarian tendencies,to gradually turn right,exacerbating social divisions in the United States while increasing international instability.
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