[CliffFletcher]

The issue isn’t the candidates. People who resent the expert class are going to find some way to lob bricks through the edifices of authority. And there’s nothing stopping educated professionals from playing the demagogue for political gain.

The problem is the alienation and resentment of a large chunk of the electorate in the West today. Yes, demagogues exploit that resentment. But they don’t conjure it up out of thin air. We need a way to restore trust among the less educated and socially mobile that our institutions are still operating in their interests, and not solely in the interests of a technocratic elite who they are growing to hate (and who in turn increasingly regard them as contemptible lumpenvolk).