In the US, long strain that mixes economic populism with racist ("good old days") rhetoric and calls for strongman & sometimes violence.
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(Adding links: Tea Party: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/williamson/files/tea_party_pop.pdf … democracy: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/2/new-evidence-suggests-that-the-rich-own-our-democracy.html … decline of institutions: http://www.edelman.com/news/trust-institutions-drops-level-great-recession/ … etc.)
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Also: I say people feel unrepresented. Does NOT mean I sympathize with the racism. (They'd deport me first!) BUT.. always try to understand.
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@zeynep Trump uses showbiz market research model 2 get as far as possible by pandering 2 the idiocracy no matter what. It might just b him?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep we had Tony Abbot in Australia!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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