Populism cannot be understood at the level of policies; rather, it is a particular way of imagining politics. It pits the innocent, always hard-working people against both a corrupt elite (who do not really work, other than to further their own interests) and those on the very bottom of society (who also do not work and live off others).
从政策的角度很难理解民粹主义；相反，民粹主义是一种想象政治的特殊方式。它将勤劳无辜的民众与腐败的精英阶层（这些人不真正工作，只关心自身利益）和社会底层民众（这些人同样不工作，依靠别人过活）相互对立。