> What's causing the "populism" (which I assume means "democratic movements that the left don't like") is actually quite simple: the left are wrong and bad.

> Otherwise, the claim is arrogantly that all these people voting in characters like Trump are simply stupid and driven purely animalistically by emotions like hate.

> Which indicates, by the why, where most leftism flows from: narcissism.

So to summarize, it's perfectly OK to smear the entire left with one brush, but heaven forbid anyone does it to the right.