great to hear your sharing bro. I’m currently 19 and I, too, have a dream of being a founder of a hedge fund. I’m living in VietNam where there is not many people do that kind of job in here. So it would be great if we could talk and exchange what we know!

But then make the rules for everyone, including the rich.

Because "we the people" don't want the truth. We don't want to hear that for decades our government has made promises that can't be kept and now the bills are coming due and someone is going to get screwed. The politicians know it but they dare not speak it.

Because the majority of the population can't handle the truth

Populism is the phase before a tyrant is born! Hitler and Mussolini we’re populist leaders, populism is equal to religious fanaticism in politics.

Populism is used opposed to reasoning. Democracy is not just about voting. It should be a continuous process to find a better approach or correct past mistake for the country. If we vote for those we like, we are not using our brain to analyze what is the best for the country. We vote for the benefits of the subgroups. In order to get more votes, both parties try to differentiate themselves with more extreme concepts, leaving the majority of the people near center powerless. I would vote a candidate who I don't like but agree with.

Because the masses are easily swayed either way by populist leaders. They don't think, people just do what the majority does because of the fear of not being accepted or being shunned by society