Right-wing populism resembles the left-wing positions it coopts, but with perverse differences. Left-wingers tend to say that the government is running as inte

Right-wing populism resembles the left-wing positions it coopts, but with perverse differences. Left-wingers tend to say that the government is running as intended. "The government is all broken" sounds like nostalgia for national founding mythologies. (Benevolent Founding Fathers, etc.) "A major change is coming" maybe sounds more apocalyptic than revolutionary.