To loud cheers from the crowds, the populists damn elected politicians as thieves and looters, but in the process disparage the institutions and processes of representative government. In the not-too-distant past, widespread denigration of this sort in Africa, Latin America, and other parts of South Asia often made it easier for populist authoritarianism to take hold.
民粹分子向欢呼的人群批评当选政客是小偷和劫匪，但同时也贬低代议政府制度和流程。就在不那么遥远的过去，非洲、拉美和南亚等地区随处可见的这类诋毁往往降低了民粹独裁主义的控制难度。