Demagoguery at work

But Sanders and Trump are doing well (although neither will ever command a majority) and much of their appeal is not about the particulars of immigration policy or international trade, but, as I say, the sentiment. It is about the notion that our problems can be blamed on someone else. They are doing something to us. What we need to do is blame them.

Via #BlackLivesMatter and Nativism: Demagoguery at work @ Shark and Shepherd.

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