"Don’t feed polarization, disarm it. This means leaving the theater of injured decency behind." Andrés Miguel Rondón is an economist who was born and raised in Venezuela. He observes a frightening parallel between Trump and Hugo Chávez: both are masters of populism. He pleads with us to recognize that populism can survive only amid polarization. “It works through the unending vilification of a cartoonish enemy. Never forget that you’re that enemy. Trump needs you to be the enemy, just like all religions need a demon. A scapegoat. “But facts!” you’ll say, missing the point entirely.” Article: In Venezuela, We Couldn’t Stop Chávez. Don’t Make the Same Mistakes We Did.