People Fail. When They Do, They Blame Something for the Failure

[MineralMan]

4. The funny thing about your post is that you're just saying

the same thing I said, but without understanding that I was not offering a way to fix it. I don't know of one.

Blaming others rather than ourselves is something we all do at times.

That's the reason Trump won, this time. He's a populist, using the strategies of populism. It's a very effective path to power, unfortunately. I was just talking about why that is.

Politically, populism is based on the lie that other people are the cause of your problems. The populist says, "I will destroy the the people who were the cause and return you all to prosperity and happiness." Of course, that never happens because it's a lie. Lies and promises can sell almost anything.