@skykiss I think this view is very pedantic and anti-democratic. What this basically says is that most people that voted for Brexit or Trump were dumb, and only their stupidity would let them fall for some Kremlin narrative. This is usually followed by some with "we need to test ones ability to vote to make sure they can't be swayed by misinformation". Yuck.

People weren't just misinforme, before Brexit and Trump, most people got screwed over by the financial elite in 2008, Americans saw banker bailouts while they became homeless, Brits saw endless austerity become even more... endless. Trade deficit countries in Europe were forced by the EU's deficit balance system to use austerity when their economies required capital inflow.

Everything you see as a result is people being exposed to the forces of markets, after politically, governments chose to "tighten the belt" and remove welfarism.