Now, here is this big-beautiful question -> who is more MAGA? Is it Mr. Turmp OR Mr. Musk? Both at one point were Democrats, criticized isolationism of the then Republicans, indeed never marketed themselves as Christians! Further, both are Immigrants. So, what changed in the last fifteen years or so that Mr. Trump, whether bringing the topic of birtherism of Mr. Obama, to going against Mrs. Clinton, with whom he had great political and economic relations once upon a time? Furthermore, what made Mr. Musk from being a typical RAD, to becoming a Christian MAGA? And this is an important question to understand general political science! Is it the possibility that only under the Republicans, Mr. Musk’s ascent started especially since 2015, hence a compulsion to support MAGA? But again, under Democrats too, Mr. Musk’s name only grew hundred times, and so as his wealth, so why animosity against Democrats then? Is MAGA a Deal, for the economic and political survival of both Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump, especially for Mr. Musk, as He’s a Naturalized Citizen?
Now, what MAGA wants, while not restricting the word MAGA since 2015 rather taking it back to several decades? Firstly, those who were born in the US and studied with a particular dialect, MAGA wants only that aesthetics to be continued in US! Thus, it is going after and against those who were naturalized and were not born there! Fine! Yet, I’ve always said that there’s always a reason behind change in any ideologue overnight! And if your ideology or habits change overnight, then find out the reason why? Thus, why Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump changed their ideologies in the last ten to fifteen years!
Is Mr. Musk’s dilemma of no way he can go back to South Africa, thus, the reason, he wanted to flow with the wind? But what was then Mr. Trump’s dilemma? He’s a citizen by birth, so no issues and no one would ever raise topic of his birtherism! Then, is it because, as Democrats in the beginning questioned his presidential candidature, hence wanted to prove otherwise, and thus, pushed further inside in the MAGA campaign? Or is it because, and no doubt, under Democrats, litigations were instituted against him, and he lost some business too, thus, now, no going back from MAGA, to Avenge? Or could be a reason that in one of the studies, it was concluded that US is losing hegemony, hence both Mr. Trump or Mr. Musk wanted to reverse it, hence the best option was MAGA, as Democrats they thought would fast forward the process only? Now, herein I’ve one question? Did US become hegemon only under Republicans? Nope! I would say, under the Democratic Leaderships too, whether of Mr. Clinton or Mr. Obama, US maintained its control all over, and not only restricted to Western Hemisphere! Do you think Wall Street would ever want to lose that status ever? Then, what is the reason if both sides would never want that?
And as I already stated in my earlier blogs, If MAGA was against hegemony, then why support global DOLLAR dominance? Just Leave it! And De-Globalization dream would come true for them! But that’s not the case either it seems. YET, what true MAGA wants is still at least somehow clear as what’s stated in the above paragraphs, that they want only those people who took birth in the US and studied there and speak the same dialect, to maintain that aesthetics. But then what about Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump? Is Mr. Musk bonded by the Federal Deals that made him famous and at one point even could’ve replaced NASA with SpaceX? But MAGA would’ve never agreed with that also as NASA is their status symbol! So why remain with MAGA then? Power is a fluid, would flow from one hand to another eventually; so is it because Mr. Musk thinks next turn is of DEMS, thus flow with the wind? And if the Hon’ble Supreme Court has given certain expansive powers to the President, so isn’t this also true that, the next President, whomsoever is elected, would enjoy the same set of powers too? That’s why I say, never bring Politics in the Legal System, because, when the tables turn, the same decrees would be used by the other side also?
Hence, what is pure MAGA? You decide! Is it an Abstract Theory that cannot be implemented as everyone’s connection to a certain land was only for some or the other kind of a Transaction since the beginning? Or, is it truly a connection, bonding with the Soil that was never Transactional? Even I would be looking for answers henceforth from this point of view!😊
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