Rubicon seems to think that "Populism" is a bad thing. It is defined as:

" It can be understood as any political discourse that appeals to the general mass of the population, to the "people" as such, regardless of class distinctions and political partisanship. This is in opposition to statism, which holds that a small group of professional politicians know better than the people of a state and should make decisions on behalf of them."

Personally, I am in favor of populism. Sure seems better than the other choice.