For a while, the idea of 'MAGA communism' was a joke, with only a few strange far-left & far-right online figures promoting it. The overarching idea - which few took seriously - was that Trump's alignment with Russia, his disdain for the institutions that helped the West win the Cold War (NATO, WTO), his opposition to free trade, his zero-sum worldview, his affinity for communist-linked dictators (former KGB agent Putin, Communist Party leader Xi Jinping), his veneration of labour jobs over service jobs, and his creation of a personality cult were all similar to elements of communism as it was implemented in numerous nations throughout history.
Reading the above, you can likely see the similarities between 'MAGA thought' & 'Communist thought'. Yet, it still all seemed so implausible to imagine that a movement backing a Republican President could have links to communist ideology. After all, Trump has built a political alliance with Elon Musk, the world's richest man. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, META CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai all notably attended Trump's inauguration, and Trump has long been linked to right-leaning billionaires. Why would conservative billionaires want to support a movement that thinks the way communists do...
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