Bernie and Trump share an era even though they are opposite political phenomena

Evidence

“Men resemble their times more than they do their fathers,” as the Arab proverb has it. Much like the late nineteenth-century Populists should be put in their post– Civil War context, the fact that Bernie and Trump are two of the protagonists of the new era—just as Lenin and Mussolini were once the epitomes of mass politics—does not mean they should be considered as a single political phenomenon. — Arthur Borriello and Anton Jäger, The Populist Moment, 83

Categorization

• SEED: Angle for an essay or piece on how the ‘populist’ label flattens opposite politics via historical analogy misuse.
• CANDY: The Arab proverb ‘Men resemble their times more than they do their fathers’ is an enjoyably quotable line.