I’m always wary of “populists” who come out of nowhere in a time of crisis and are adored by the angry crowds. That usually doesn’t end well.
I agree with you...for the most part. However, how are things going now? How are those Republican majorities in the House (2010: "We just need to get control of the purse-strings and we can shut Obama down.") and the Senate (2014: "We have to be able to pass laws to shut Obama down.") working out for you? I'd say not so well.
The simple fact is that the politicians of this country - virtually all of them, definitely from both parties - have miserably failed the people of this country for over 50 years. The Dems are outright against the values and ideals of the Founding Generation, and the Republicans are so corrupt as a group, and so desperate to be accepted or loved, that they can't stop the Dems even when they have the power. What is the use of continuing to slip and slide down the oily, teflon-coated slope that we're on?
It has been said that war is too important to leave to the generals. That may be true, or not, but I can definitely state after watching the politics of this country closely for the last 3 1/2 decades that "Politics is too important to be left to the politicians." It is time for a change - a big change - in the status quo. LIFE ITSELF IS A GAMBLE - and if we know that more of the same is simply not going to work, then why keep doing the same thing over and over and over and over again?
>> I’m always wary of “populists” who come out of nowhere in a time of crisis and are adored by the angry crowds. That usually doesn’t end well <<
Agreed. But as opposed to calling DT a “populist,” maybe it might be more accurate to call him “a man on a white horse.” And Don’s political philosophy might be closer to “caesarism” than it is to populism. But now is just too early to say for sure. Only time will tell.