The media versus the populists

I get despondent sometimes at how the mainstream media treat US President Donald Trump, feeling the urge to shout that they're making the same mistakes we made in the summer of 2015 with the bogus referendum.

The first mistake they're making is creating the sense that the entire "system" is picking on one man who's opposing them. This is the biggest mistake you can make in anti-systemic times. Politicians cast as David against a mythical Goliath tend to gain popularity. It's a role and a piece of theater that always scores points. It doesn't matter whether they are part of the system themselves, as is the case with Trump, nor if they are in a constant game of give-and-take with representatives of the system. What matters is the image they project, so the more the system appears to squeeze them, the more they win.

The media's persistence is often viewed as an obsession...