Populism is always decried as unserious by media because they are biased towards status quo. FDR was elected four times being a democratic populist. EDIT: the

Populism is always decried as unserious by media because they are biased towards status quo. FDR was elected four times being a democratic populist. EDIT: the paper does mention right wing populism specifically. It's dangerous because it's antidemocratic by nature.