slopulism

Noun

slopulism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory, neologism) Populism characterized by low-quality (often gen AI) memes and conspiracy theories.
   • Excessive contrarianism against the liberal establishment has also resulted in slopulism spiralling off into the most moronic of conspiracy theories.2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025
   • A spectre is haunting the online right—the spectre of slopulism. Musk now pays X users for impressions. This financially incentivizes people to produce slop (they're putting PRONOUNS in the drinking water!).2025 May 19, Russell Walter, “The Spectre of Slopulism”, in The Russell Walter Substack, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2025
2. (derogatory, neologism) Populism characterized by vague, disingenuous, or excessively idealistic claims.
   • Slopulism, as described by these commentators, is a kind of political post that elides concrete political concerns in favor of the fast-acting satisfactions of social media rage and culture-war jargon.2026 February 13, Nathan Taylor Pemberton, “Is 'Slopulism' Shaping Our Politics?”, in The New York Times
   • But Democratic lawmakers are failing just as badly to articulate an alternative vision. Instead, some of them seem to be trying to out-Trump the president with their own brand of “slopulism”—half-baked policy proposals that sound good only if you don’t think too hard about them, and that would, if...2026 March 18, Ben Ritz, “Democrats Learned the Wrong Lesson From 2024”, in The Atlantic