You could never be a populist under any definition you are an elitist ...

Submitted by The Dark Lord (United States), Nov 28, 2019 at 10:05

"but it always includes some degree of denigrating the rich and powerful while praising the virtuous and innocent common folk"

no it doesn't ... that's just a strawman ...

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