This explains why populist governments’ clientelism and corruption do not erode their leaders’ core support among the electorate. Such practices are perceived as serving a moral “us” at the expense of the immoral or foreign “them.”
这就解释了为何民粹主义政府的裙带关系和腐败不会影响到领导人获得选民的核心支持。这些行为被认为是为道德的“我们”服务的，打击的是不道德的或外国的“他们”。