> So... intellectuals were right about the issues that they were focused on, but somehow populists are right that they are out of touch? Those seem contradictor

> So... intellectuals were right about the issues that they were focused on, but somehow populists are right that they are out of touch? Those seem contradictory to me One can be factually correct yet emotionally incorrect (indeed, in my experience that's been at the root of some nasty interpersonal unpleasantness).