Around the world, right-wing politicians demonstrate their power by showing they can get away with crushing truth and honesty.

Bolsonaro demonstrates his power by showing he can get away with supporting torture and dictatorship.

I don't like the use of the term "populists" for these liars. The populists of 1900 were admirable and honest, and they made the US a better place.

Let's call today's truth-hating right-wing politicians "bullshitters". That's what describes them.

There may have been left-wing bullshitters in the past — perhaps Lenin and Stalin fit that term — but I don't know of any today.