"The MAGA Ideology and the Trump Regime" | John Bellamy Foster

John Bellamy Foster, “The MAGA Ideology and the Trump Regime,” Monthly Review
77, no. 1 (May 2025).

In line with all movements in the fascist genus, the current regime will inevitably betray its mass MAGA supporters on the radical right, seeking to relegate them to a more and more subservient and regimented role and negating any policies in fundamental conflict with its capitalist-imperial ends. Nevertheless, a mass of think tanks and influencers has arisen that seek to rationalize the irrational, building on those ideological elements that appeal to a white lower-middle class, but ultimately serving the needs of the billionaire capitalist class. Understanding the basis of this new irrationalism and the forms of class rule associated with it is crucial in the counter-hegemonic struggle for a democratic, egalitarian, and sustainable—and thus socialist—future for humanity as a whole.

“The MAGA Ideology and the Trump Regime” | John Bellamy Foster