The Return of the Living Dead Presidents

Populist leaders insist on coming back for more, but people aren’t stupid.

Trump image credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Source. CFK image credit Charly Díaz Azcue. Comunicación Senado., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source.

When Brazil’s Lula Da Silva showed up at his bunker for his victorious election night a few weeks ago, he was wearing a hat that said “CFK 2023”.

For those not following South American politics, it’s a direct reference to Argentina’s former…