Subverting powerful people is a natural objective for dissidents but they must ask, "What can we offer them?" Right now, dissidents are a liability to anyone of real influence.
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Populism since ancient times happens when some elites calculate they can get more power by defecting to the lower classes. Trump is a recent example. He was treated as a flashy Gatsby by his own kind, so he embraced the masses to better advance his interests and get revenge
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So the question may be how to identify highly successful people who may feel resentful that they are not in with the "cool kids" at their own level and are looking for an edge even if it means a deal with the devil(dissidents).
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