Fortuyn’s outrageousness was deliberately provocative and always entertaining. His rants against the elites were often confused, but he was funny, which made the old elite politicians look like stuffy old bores – which many of them were.
2002年遭狂热素食主义者暗杀的夸张的荷兰政治表演者皮姆·佛杜恩是现代欧洲民粹主义的原型。佛杜恩肆无忌惮的故意挑衅常令人忍俊不禁。他对精英阶层的斥责往往令人困惑，但他的滑稽可笑让老派精英政治家看去古板而令人生厌——这也确实是很多人的真实写照。