It is often said that populists cannot govern, or will be exposed as incompetent, when elected to office. According to this view, populist parties are essentially protest parties, and protest cannot govern, because it is impossible to protest against oneself.
人们常说，当选后的民粹主义者根本无能力治国，或迟早会暴露出无力胜任。根据这一观点，民粹主义政党本质上是反对党，而反对是无法治国的，因为你无法反对你自己。