Populism doesn't work. People like to hear easy answers that making some first order change couldn't possibly affect anything else, and end up supporting leader

Populism doesn't work. People like to hear easy answers that making some first order change couldn't possibly affect anything else, and end up supporting leaders that promise these poorly thought out changes. It's true for all political stripes. This article is as good an example as any, if a minor one. People need to be more critical of simple "mandates" that they think will fix anything.