Rage against the political establishment has become a global phenomenon. Chinese bloggers, American Tea Party activists, British Europhobes, Egyptian Islamists, Dutch populists, Greek ultra-rightists, and Thai “red shirts” all have one thing in common: hatred of the status quo and contempt for their countries’ elites.
但意大利人绝非个别现象。对政治体制的怒火在世界各地随处可见。中国的博客写手、美国的茶党激进分子、英国的恐欧主义者、埃及的伊斯兰教徒、荷兰的民粹主义者、希腊的极右派和泰国的“红衫军”都有一个共同点：仇恨现状及鄙视国内精英阶层。我们生活在民粹主义时代。传统的政治家和传统媒体正在迅速丧失权威。