A lot has been said about the divide between politics and the public. A lot of this has to do with corruption and broken promises, but to a large extend the public themselves are also to blame. They neither know what they want, nor do they care to actually find out what parties stand for before they cast their vote.
Trump is of course the obvious example but also low hanging fruit. Lets bring this closer to home. The Dutch will have a new government and public reaction to the coalition accord has been very grumpy due to putting all the burdens on the lower incomes. But during last election there was a shift away from labour and towards the center right D66, while at the same time the public declined to punish the right wing VVD for the decade+ of misrule. So now the new government consist of three right wing parties.....so duh! Of course they'll tax the poor instead of the rich. So why is the public angry? Did they not deliberately sideline the left in favor of center to hard right?
D66 is progressive on social issues but right wing economically, and the VVD is the rich people party. None of these policies are surprising. No one has been tricked. Yet austerity, less wellfare and the rich being cuddled was somehow a surprise to the public, and they're grumpy because of it.
Same happened last election. Saint Omtzigt ran on ''good governance'' and somehow the people who voted for him on vibes never heard him speak or read a single one of policies. Those voters very firmly wanted him to govern with Wilders. That saint Omtzigt was a fraud who actually did it doesn't change the fact his voters all but demanded he govern with his polar opposites, and then felt betrayed when Omtzigt broke all his promises.
Or our British friends. Brexit has now been widely regarded as a failiure and deception. And who do they turn to in order to set things right? Mister frigin Brexit.