Thank goodness, at least we have Fidias

A long-overdue mea culpa hangs in the air — owed by all of us who believed in, and argued for, seriousness in politics. By everyone who said with confidence “yes, the others are better,” every time a vote for one of the various odd characters presenting themselves as political Don Quixotes was held up as a counterargument.

They presented themselves as modern-day revolutionaries, with social media as their weapon of choice. They built on the naive thinking of certain people, or on the anger...