What Do these MAGA Fascists Want Anyway?

Today's politics are a puzzlement to me. We say "fascism," and that works well enough to understand our immediate challenges. But when you turn its aspects against the background of history, our politics become much less intelligible.

From the bizarre cacophony of white supremacy, Christian nationalism, Opus Dei fetishists and Q-Anon hangers-on that compose MAGA red hats writ large, there emerges one unifying notion in Trump's actions. I do not believe the power and money behind Trump's 2nd ascendancy cares for any of these ideologies the left frets about.

Revenge of the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age was great for the gilded—rich folks had it made, but for most, it was Hunger Games. The rich did not need to worry about running Brown Shirts in the streets because the system simply protected the privileged and their property.