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Regarding Mark Landler’s reporting in the New York Times on Brexit (“Brexit already seems out of touch,” Dec. 25). One indication of when we’ll be living in more honest and better times: when “populist” is no longer used with such ignorance, conformity or even dishonesty. For over 2,300 years, starting with the populares of the ancient Roman Republic, “populists” were activists from the lesser classes fighting the oppressive rule of dominant classes. Th...