Should a discussion of populism be concerned with populism—along with revulsion of its various extremisms (perhaps along with hints of social and psychopathology and hence, implicit endorsement of ‘moderate’ positions)? Or should it rather be concerned with the failure of institutions and the misbehavior of elites in a world in which 8 billionaires own as much as half the world population? Option a) will yield a totally different and probably somewhat more predictable discussion than option b), which may include ‘from bad to worse’. According to option c) different types of populism—including ‘pluto-populism’—should generate different treatments. This discussion follows options b) and c).

中文翻译：

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民粹主义是一种干扰

民粹主义的讨论是否应该关注民粹主义——以及对其各种极端主义的反感（也许伴随着社会和精神病理学的暗示，因此，暗中支持“温和”立场）？或者，它更应该关注机构的失败和精英们在一个 8 位亿万富翁拥有世界一半人口的世界中的不当行为？选项 a) 将产生与选项 b) 完全不同且可能更可预测的讨论，其中可能包括“从坏到坏”。根据选项 c) 不同类型的民粹主义——包括“冥王星民粹主义”——应该产生不同的处理方式。此讨论遵循选项 b) 和 c)。