Populism as a Venacular Practise explores the dictator, Rafael Trujillo, of the Dominican Republic. He fused populism with everyday practices to incorporate it into people’s lifes. It thereby blended in with the personal life, making it indistinguishable from its policital aim. His style was not based on love or admiration, it was based on fear but was also deeply personal. That sense of closeness made people feel obligated to him as they received gifts, food, jobs and other favors. In a way, Trujillo manipulated people in a very clever but indruting way. It got impossible for people to resist his power as it felt like a part of their personal everyday world. In what way does this exemplify the danger of populism to blur the line between state loyalty/interest and personal loyalty/interest?