As I see it: The Uprising of the Scorned
A populist revolution is under way in Britain, Europe and now in America. We may be in for a very rocky ride. On Tuesday night, the second shoe dropped with a terrific bang. Those of us who understood the full import of Britain’s Brexit vote last June had observed a similar phenomenon at work in the unstoppable rise of Donald J. Trump. As his stunning victory in America’s presidential election sank in, the reaction echoed the Brexit vote aftermath. For distraught liberals, it’s the end of the world as they…
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