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Same story unfolds in UK and Poland: the loud "anti-elitists" abused their elite status to get special treatment during pandemic lockdown. The whole thing was always so phony.
No one was allowed to visit any public space, but ruling party leader Kacyznski visited a cemetery (an event which is now the subject of a controversial pop song). No one was allowed to travel but Dominic Cummings gave himself permission anyway.
The goal of these "populist" movements was always to bring a new elite to power: themselves
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