Interesting! Back then I had a playstation and a pc. Never have i ever had a patch for any of the games i owned. The magazine mostly had demo versions of games, freeware or sometimes even a full version of a game. However never seen a path! Perhaps i was an ignorant kid not aware of such features.
The thing is that these populist politicians are do not have most of the views they are communicating. Many of them might even have very liberal and modern world views. However, the main goal for them is to gain as much power for themselves and their cronies. To achieve that they simply say what their supporters want to hear. The statements of populist are not the statements they believe in, they are the direct reflection of their supporters beliefs.