Great piece. Painful read. The irony is that this guy is only possible because of the worst qualities of the elites these populists are supposedly against. Someone like Amy Chua stands for absolutely nothing; she lives only to be a power broker. For her, this is a mission accomplished, the republic be damned. She exemplifies in a person the soulless “meritocracy” that proves our elites unfitness for rule, which is the deeper reason behind the public unrest.