2016-10-08theglobeandmail.com

The rage that created Donald Trump voted for Brexit and is wreaking havoc on the continent. It's Marine Le Pen in France and Norbert Hofer in Austria. It's the Law and Justice party in Poland and Jobbik in Hungary and Alternative for Germany.

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Let's not sign those trade deals until we know which jobs will be at risk and what we can do for those workers. Let's not shut the coal mines without a thought for what will become of the miners. Don't offer amnesty until you have control over the border. As we move to driverless cars and machine learning and an economy in which any action that is repeated can be automated, let's spare a thought for the kids who only get Cs in school. What will become of them? What do you mean you have no idea? That's your job! Let's bring some small measure of consensus back to political culture. Let's bring humility back. Let's go back to asking: Will it play in Peoria? And if it won't, then let's think about that before we push ahead. Because you really, really don't want to see what comes after Donald Trump.



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