[hospitate]

“Populists” lol. It’s not like anyone on the political spectrum has any shame. All political entities will abuse every mechanism that is at their disposal that won’t get them in trouble. Maybe the “populists” were the first to take advantage because they are smarter?

[int_19h]

Populist/technocrat is really more a function of who your key supporters are, and what kinds of appeals are more efficient with them.