C-SPAN airing of Tony Blair's talk on Populism Politics

On the night of 3/16/20, C-SPAN aired a talk on Populism's Politics given by Tony Blair, former British Prime Minister and currently, holding the position of Executive Chair, the Institute for Global Change.  The talk was recorded the previous Thursday.

He started off by citing the many social and political problems that the movement attempts to cope with--immigration, low wages, and the preservation of our environment--for which it claims the traditional parties have failed in their promise to overcome for the sake of our off-springs' better days.

But he insists that at least the traditional parties have attempted to bring in modern technology into the picture of the brave new world that we must prepare for because it is in our future.  Indeed, it is a weakness of populism to attempt to hold on to a glorious remembrance of the good old days--without the need to contend with the presence of a workplace of computerized machines and automated processes that are in the forefront of today's rush toward a future where mankind must fight to maintain his very dignity and worth!

Change is what threatens and dispels the message of hope that populism heralds to its listeners and fellow citizens.  And it is change that is an inherent characterization of our future. Therefore, populism has no way to ward off the forces that make our future perilous for our very survival as a people.

Blair urges us to embrace the very technology that makes change the necessary feature of our future.
We must see technology and its A-I features as some things we can draw upon from our environment, that we can use to make our world a better place to live in than our forefathers had in their day.

Indeed, Blair suggests, we ought to be using medical technology to solve the problem of coronavirus we now face. Technology is the means to bring about new solutions, solutions we must find to lead a better life!  The change that the future holds for us can have therefore beneficial ramifications.  Above all, for our children, teaching them technology that is currently extant, prepares them for the jobs of the future.

Indeed, in my opinion, we must learn to deny populism its romantic qualities that makes its political appeal to the general public so cunningly deceptive as to lull hearers to ward off preparing for the changes inevitably it will mean to us in our years to come and to those of our offspring.