Le Pen and her fellow populists claim that globalization was either an act of foolish generosity that helped the rest of the world at the expense of the nation, or a phenomenon that benefited only the elites and not ordinary people. For them, patriotism means being harder-headed about protecting the national interest and adopting more democratic policies that help the working masses, not jet-setting fat cats.
勒庞和她的民粹主义追随者宣称，全球化要么是愚蠢的慷慨行为，慷国家之慨帮助全世界；要么是只有利于精英而无益于人民的现象。对他们来说，爱国主义意味着强硬地保护国家利益，采取有助于工作的群众而不是坐地分赃的“肥猫”的更加民主的政策。