Populism isn't a strategy. It's not a basis for anything constructive and valuable. It's a reaction to grievances, real or imagined. Some people love the mantle of downtrodden-ness and "long-suffering". For them it's cathartic to open the window and shout to the street that you're mad as hell and won't take it anymore.  It's how they self-actualize. Other people just love to watch the world burn. They hate being reminded of their own failures. They're attracted to populism like metal shavings to a magnet. In the end, they're still stuck to a useless magnet and all the other shavings.

Populism isn't a strategy. It's not a basis for anything constructive and valuable. It's a reaction to grievances, real or imagined. Some people love the mantle of downtrodden-ness and "long-suffering". For them it's cathartic to open the window and shout to the street that you're mad as hell and won't take it anymore.  It's how they self-actualize. Other people just love to watch the world burn. They hate being reminded of their own failures. They're attracted to populism like metal shavings to a magnet. In the end, they're still stuck to a useless magnet and all the other shavings.

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