It’s difficult to be an elder statesman of American politics when the president is 81 and his main rival is 77. But at 89, the activist, author, podcaster and three-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader has been orbiting the political system for six decades.
This time next year, an inauguration will be taking place. That we’re likely set for a year dominated by a desperate and dirty Trump campaign is a distressing prospect (even before we consider how our own general election may be infected by that brand of populism) but what’s behind his enduring appeal for many?
“Here it is,” Nader begins, “in a political world with a very limited choice given the two-party duopoly that increasingly operates to the same drumbeat, it’s not enough of a difference.
“The Democrats turned their backs on blue-collar workers. These workers are not hearing about progressive economic agenda. The vacuum is taken up by the social-cultural,
