I agree with your statement. France has the same problems. People do not necessarily vote for somebody so that this person can actually implement their program.

I agree with your statement. France has the same problems. People do not necessarily vote for somebody so that this person can actually implement their program. For years, in France it was always the centre-right, then the centre-left, then the centre-right and then the centre-left. Yet the problems remain. So what do people do? They decide to kick the hornet's nest. They vote for the far right or the far left. It is a desperate attempt to challenge the status quo. The Yellow vests, Trump, Brexit, they are all symptoms of deeper issues that mainstream politicians have failed to address within the last 30 years. I would even argue that if the politicians had done their jobs correctly there would be no Trump, no Brexit and no yellow vests. Yet instead of treating the underlying causes, we blame the people. The Trump voter is as smart as a bag of rocks, the yellow vest protester is a fascist and the Brexiters are idiots. This thing, whatever it is is not going away. People are pissed.