Populism is the cynical use of people's prejudices to gain decisions that otherwise would have been unobtainable
Hitler chose the Jews, Farage chose immigration
A recent example of the use of Populism when a no-hoper candidate in the Irish Presidential election targeted Travelers and the lesser well of and shot his expectations from virtually nothing to 22% of the vote
Trump appealed to the Redneck States
None of this has the slightest thing to do with democracy - it's about diverting the attention away from the main problems of society and scapegoating the weakest

It is reckoned that there is a Nigel Farage in most of the European countries now - hence the rise of fascism
The "Democratic States" have made sure there is no alternative system as yet - America chose napalm and Agent Orange
Jim Carroll