You have in fact hit the nail right on the head Al.

The mainstream politicians have been exposed as frauds....I dont think they ever did "believe"

And the results of "democratic liberalism" are there for all to see.

You are also correct in your assessment of the popularity of people who really believe in what they preach....be it on the left or on the right, it matters nothing.
As a country and as a society we have been comprehensively fucked by Capitalism.....but dont blame the messanger, we need to start seriously looking at alternatives.

Stick with the old parties and your heritage is the old discredited system......we are about to see it without the "sheeps clothing" of "democracy"