This is a consequence of the bad administrations that have caused the impoverishment and ruin of their populations.
This is how these politicians take advantage of these large groups of needy and mostly undereducated citizens, to convince them of their ideology and gain their unconditional loyalty, behind the offer to solve all their economic problems and on the basis that their governments will be to help the poor and stop social injustices.
Populism. Definition and general characteristics
Populism can be considered as an illusion proposed by people who pursue power and through manipulation and deception, play on people's needs, offering them magical solutions to all their problems, usually in the hope that they will achieve their dreams thanks to them.
Other characteristics of populism are the domination of people's thoughts, manipulating them in such a way that they achieve indoctrination to their approach and political tendency, leaving out all reason and logic in decision making, encouraging rejection and hatred towards the wealthy social classes, control of public powers, constitutional reforms, absolute domination of the media and information, among others.
Why does populism fit in?
The answer is simple: a population tired of unfulfilled promises, with needs to cover and misery, is very easily manipulated by populism.
Generally, populism has a greater number of followers in the lower social classes, whose cultural and educational level is very low because they are much easier to manipulate and deceive and to gain their loyalty in exchange for very little.
Additionally, populism focuses on those people who are in search of wealth easily and with little or no sacrifice.
How to attack it? Education and Technology
Among the most viable proposals are technology and the education of the people.
These two weapons are fundamental to attack populism, an educated, knowledgeable, and informed population is a very difficult wall for populism to break down.
Through the different technological tools, the population can reach information quickly and easily, as well as disseminate it in real-time.
Populist governments always attack the highly educated population, coercing them into decent and well-paid jobs, under the premise of social and economic equality for all.
To this end, they eliminate any possibility of meritocracy in order to demoralize the population that reaches professional levels of education.
In conclusion, with an educated population and access to technological tools, no country would be easy prey for populism.