> Perhaps the opposite of a populist is a technocrat. Aside from possibly Angela Merkel, can you name some technocats that are good examples of what you descri

> Perhaps the opposite of a populist is a technocrat. Aside from possibly Angela Merkel, can you name some technocats that are good examples of what you describe? My impression is that technocrats, generally, are just as populist as all the others, if not more deliberately so. The amount of time spent on voter sentiment and polling data, not to mention a target audience of 'intelligent, enlightened voters', makes me almost as suspicious of 'technocrats' as they make of the typical populists.