[i]"It is amazing how these small groups of near-extremists have been able to capture such key positions in politics and the economy."
Agree. But after massive, unprecedented flooding and storms around here, people started to change their mind - and are looking for quick solutions, often based on stories, guessing and social media experts, twisted by alghorytms into extremist babble, instead on as-solid-as-possible facts.
And this wave is what politicians are riding on.