I think it's people who have no confidence in themselves who vote for parties like this. They see themselves as downtrodden so think they can never get all the greedy things they want and think people will steal whatever they do have.
No, they are people who think outside the box and go against the spin of the media and the elites. They don't feel downtrodden because they are against the status quo, they want change and something positive. They are postive and pro-active because they have a vision for a freer, more independent society based on sovereignty and self-determination. In a way, they are similar to the Scottish people who are voting for Scottish independence.
They are not greedy, they just want to stop the elites abusing expenses and taxpayer subsidies paid for out of the pockets of the poor. they are against injustice and elitism and for common sense and ordinary people. They are for democracy and self-determination and against unelected, unaccounatable bureaucrats making decisions on their behalf without asking their opinions.
You get what you give. Successful people are successful because they have educated themselves and they are kind.
Ordinary people are giving lots in taxes and they get hospitals where people die of dehydration on wards, where old people are badly treated in care homes and where fat cats and bureaucrats are protected against whistleblowing to expose the true state of what is going on. Successful people stand up against mismanagement of public services paid for by the public and it is not kind to allow this to continue while fat cats earn six figure salaries with large expenses and pensions paid for by the hardworking public.
Your solution seems to be 'stamp out the opposition and we can get to the top.
Not at all. The solution is democracy and a referendum and asking the public what they want. No spin, no smears, no calling the opposition "racist", just democracy.
And above all your beliefs are cruel
Not at all. Self-determination and sovereignty is what democratic representation is all about and it prevents rule by an unelected, unaccountable elite. Democracy is not cruel, it is the best way of meeting the people's wishes.
And stop usurping the socialist concept of the elites. It's not new
It is not new, it is as old as the hills. It is the same old, same old and now everybody understands that it is about populism vs elitism, about democratic control by the people against unaccounatble power and elitism is now mentioned in every newspaper and people now openly discuss the elite because it is now so obvious that it can no longer be hidden. People now understand that it is not about left vs right, it is about the people vs the elite, because the left contains just as many privileged elite public shool Oxbridge PPE millionaires and think tankers as the right.
Here is what Suzanne moore said in the Guardian
Nor is everything easily divisible into right and left. Right now it is "ordinary people" versus the "trendy metropolitan elite" (people who live in London and enjoy a wide range of dining opportunities
UKIP however is a suicidal way to go. Do you really think they will represent you when they've used you for their vote? They already claim to represent hardly anyone
That is your opinion, but the majority disagree with you which is why UKIP is riding high in the polls. People have decided that UKIP represents them better than the establishment parties. If UKIP do not do a good job, then the people will vote them out, that is what democracy is all about.
But one thing is for sure - the cat is now out of the bag, the genie is out of the bottle - the public knows that it is not about a phoney choice between left and right, it is about the people vs the elites who have let them down and sold them out to an EU superstate that has diminished the democratic oversight of the people over the unaccountable fat cats, bankers and elites.