Source: The Atlantic
by Tom Nichols
“Thousands of people, mostly from the working and middle class, line up to spend time with a very rich man, a lifelong New Yorker who privately detests the heartland Americans in his audience — and applaud as he excoriates the ‘elites.’ This is a political charade: Trump and his running mate, the hillbilly turned multimillionaire J. D. Vance, have little in common with most of the people in the audience, no matter how much they claim to be one of them. … The British writer Martin Wolf calls this ‘pluto-populism,’ a brash attempt by people at the top of the financial and social pyramid to stay afloat by capering as ostensibly anti-establishment, pro-worker candidates.” (10/07/24)