Once in power, they simply make for bad government. Taking two recent European examples, Poles and Slovaks will likely soon realize that their new populist governments do more harm than good to the people and their country.
不过这个民粹主义者名单还告诉我们另一件事：他们大多好景不长。只要他们承认选举和选举结果，垮台的速度几乎可以和他们崛起的速度媲美。选民们用不了多久就会发现民粹主义者的许诺空空如也。他们一旦掌权，只会形成糟糕的政府。举两个欧洲近期的例子：波兰人和斯洛伐克人多半很快就会发现，他们的民粹主义新政府给人民和国家带来的弊远大于利。