Populism Remains Triumphant Donald Trump continues to provide us with great entertainment. We think it was Mr. Kasich who first referred to him as a ‘wrecking ball’. In a recent comment on the New Hampshire primary, Stefan Molineux has amended this to the more precise definition ‘funny-haired wrecking ball’. As he correctly notes, a large part of the Republican base has simply had it with the establishment GOP – and Mr. Trump’s success is reflecting that.
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The same is happening on the Democratic side, where Bernie Sanders has clearly become a serious challenger of Hillary Clinton (who in turn incidentally remains in danger of being indicted over her sloppy handling of top secret emails while secretary of state). This is getting a lot less attention than Trump’s triumphs, but it reflects the very same underlying trend: people have had it with the political establishment.
This post was published at Acting-Man on February 23, 2016.
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