美国的政坛人物反对或者假装反对首都华盛顿的权贵，或者法国民粹派呼吁“深度法国 ” 。 以上两种现代民粹主义必定对首都或者大城市抱有敌意。
Modern populism – American politicians running, or pretending to run, “against Washington,” or French populists speaking for “deep France” – is invariably hostile to capital cities.