A core appeal of populist leaders is past-oriented politics promising return to a 'glorious past' where more people had jobs, spoke the same language, looked the same, and the economy was growing, combined with a cult of personality framing ('I alone can solve this') that exploits deep disappointment with modern life.
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Michelle CottleEvidence Quote
“what a lot of these leaders are promising is a kind of past oriented politics it's both a a sort of cult of personality that like I alone can solve this problem and also that I am going to take us back to when things were good”
Created: 8/10/2026, 9:56:08 PM
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