Reference to populism indicates little more than that mainstream politics is in trouble, thereby presenting tautology as explanation: mainstream politics is in trouble because mainstream politics is in trouble.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in campaign rally November 3, 2016, in Selma, N.C. John Bazemore/ Press association. All rights reserved.
"It's the same the whole world over/ Isn't it a crying shame?/ It's the rich that get the pleasure,/ It's the poor that gets the blame."
(Also known by the unpleasant title 'She was poor but she was honest'.)
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