As we saw in Back and to the Right: The Pendulum Swings Again, the political pendulum has shifted once again in recent years. Now, right-wing parties and populist movements are sweeping to power across the globe, toppling the entrenched left-wing establishment and its ESG-supporting, DEI-promoting, AGW-fearing, 2SLGBTQ+-rainbow-flag-waving orthodoxy.

But now that the pendulum is clearly swinging toward the right, what are these "populist politicians" and "anti-establishment radicals" actually accomplishing? Are we seeing a real revolution, or just more of the same?

Well, let's take a look at how the populist slogans compare to reality, shall we?

Globalism is out! . . . But suddenly the self-same people who were protesting the encroaching North American Union 20 years ago are now its most fervent cheerleaders, and the old globalist dream of an EU army is finally becoming a reality.

Technocracy is kaput! . . . But suddenly the people who were decrying AI, technocracy and the Big Tech censors are the loudest supporters of Peter Thiel, Larry Ellison, Palmer Luckey, Elon Musk and the rest of the gaggle of PayPal Mafia / Thielverse / government contractors / NSA enthusiasts and next-gen AI-weapons system manufacturers.