Populist protests against Coronavirus-related restrictions in the US appear paradoxical in three respects Populism is generally hostile to expertise, yet it has flourished at a moment when expertise has seemed more indispensable than ever Populism thrives on crisis and indeed often depends on fabricating a sense of crisis, yet it has accused mainstream politicians and media of overblowing and even inventing the Corona crisis Populism, finally, is ordinarily protectionist, yet it has turned anti-protectionist during the pandemic and challenged the allegedly overprotective restrictions of the nanny-state I address each apparent paradox in turn before speculating in conclusion about how populist distrust of expertise, antipathy to government regulation, and skepticism toward elite overprotectiveness may come together ? in the context of intersecting medical, economic, political, and epistemic crises ? in a potent and potentially dangerous mix

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大流行期间民粹主义的悖论

和对精英过度保护的怀疑可能会走到一起吗？在交叉的医疗、经济、政治和认知危机的背景下？在一种强有力的和潜在危险的组合中