I’m not even sure populists will have to make that argument to succeed. Our economies are crashing, millions of people will lose their jobs. That alone will be a big boost to people who promise easy “solutions” and radical change. What/who they blame is of secondary importance https://twitter.com/benjaminhaddad/status/1248348902572646400

Populist in Italy? Blame the EU. Populist in Germany? Blame your government for spending billions to help “lazy” Italians and Spaniards. In Hungary? Blame foreigners. And on and on

The thing about this crisis and populism is this: Everyone can keep blaming the people they’ve already been blaming, but voters will be more receptive to it because there’s more misery to go around