So, I’ll answer for those that don’t have a PHD in the study of fascism/rascism and the far right. You’re normal and shouldn’t have to know this.
You probably heard about MTG (Margary Taylor Green) leaving her place in the House. If you follow politics at all. Well, this and Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News would be the early adopter’s of the shift in the right we are seeing right now.
It’s the same thing that Trump actually ran on that was so appealing to the normies that started paying attention to politics when he ran. The anti war/conflicts in the middle East (not yet anti Israel in 2015), the “make America great again” shit and anti NAFTA trade policies. The “I’ll protect social security” stuff.
People forget that Trump got popular on a lot of economic talking points he never had any intentions of actually following through on. But he captured a large portion of the population that (1) didn’t understand why their kids weren’t obtaining the same success they had; and (2) had inherent rascism built into their politics because of… well, read a fucking history book.
So, MTG is an example of timing. But Tucker Carlson is the real ideologue that we can track. A real white supremacist that is constantly looking to push his agenda on any hook of populist interest. And, to his credit, he read the room better than Trump did. He’s been hooking onto the left and saying a lot of true things about Israel. But, it’s not with good intentions. He read the room and decided to get in early with a position that he saw would need to be inevitably addressed. Trump did not. That’s why he’s stuck in Iran and failing. This is a fundamental difference.
This created a small shift in the right. That was largely working to connect to the people that didn’t get what they wanted from Trump. Their lives didn’t get better. But it was a small part of the right initially. That we will see explode before the next election. They are in a transitional phase. But are still captured by these two factions of the right that are at an impasse right now.
It’s a nationalist movement that is still holding onto the xenophobic and economic populist policies that Trump lied about (focusing only on the xenophobia). And it is attempting to capture the real economic changes that the leftist movement (DSA/Mamdani) have made popular.
It is yet to be seen, but, the upcoming presidential elections will likely be fought on the right trying to convince the population that the xenophobia and anti Israel position is “more pure” on the right than the left. The leftist politicians will be filtered by attempting to appeal to a center that does not exist. And their lack of ability to engage in class based politics will give the right wingers (following Tucker Carlson’s lead) the advantage in their lies. And, if we allow the liberal zionist to maintain control within electoral politics within the Democratic party; we on the left will lose that fight.
The “Tucker Carlson” wing of true white supremacist fascism will outweigh the good intentions of the liberals that cannot call out the class structures as the core problem.
The larger population will fall for the truths that the fascisg speak with no intention of addressing. And this time; it won’t be an incompetent old TV show host in power. It will be a competent and capable white supremacist like Tucker Carlson (or whatever puppet they put in to run) that will be more interested using their position of power to do more than just enrich themselves. They will be an actual ideologue (see Stephen Miller) that will know exactly how to direct the anger of the masses, and their worsening material conditions, towards the perfect scapegoat of whatever minority group is the best target.
That is IF there is not already a mutiny brewing within the Trump admin. That the fascist ideologues are not already looking to maintain power before the next elections. This will depend on their confidence; and, the interest of the capitalist class that looks to maintain their hold over the economy.
We will see. But that’s my explanation of what is happening on ‘the right’ right now. I’d appreciate any criticism of the analysis.
Tons is left out. Nick Fuentes, Epstein, etc. But, that’s more of a 202 class in your second year in these studies. I’ll leave it alone for now.
I must applaud this analysis cause rarely in the wild do I find sickos that know ball this well
So bravo
And cause I am also a sicko I want to add a few more things to chew on
As you already alluded to, and I will add an additional allegory, Tucker is the Daniel Day Lewis of political pundits.
When he changes characters he is in a league of his own. And part of that is he has a genius level read on the pulse of politics. And ironically, cause it is typically something you more often find Marxists doing, not so much modern right-wingers, is that he is insanely good at identifying the contradictions in our politics, in our imperialism, and even in capitalism itself.
Like if someone is so inclined, if you read the opening chapter or so of his book, I think it was Ship of Fools, it basically just reads like semi accurate leftist critique of American capitalism translated into America B language. But he peppers in just enough ethnonationalism and causation misdirection to seed people in a more right wing Trumpian direction and away from a true capitalist and class critique.
And I suspect that is what he is doing here again thru this new persona that as you rightly note is targeting the political/voter contradictions on Israel and repackaging ethnonationalist right wing economic populism and astutely incorporating some of the DSA energy as well(see him praising Abdul El Sayed and note the shift in people under 40 embracing socialism and socialist policies, even on the right).
And I will add this elite/counter-elite push and pull is a pattern we see repeat again and again in right wing politics and media.
There is the Establishment and the elites that are backing them. Then there is typically some counterfroces to their right dialing up the rhetoric on various tension points between the party elite and the right wing masses, identifying those contradictions and misalignments so they can exploit them as the more authentic voice for “the people.” Who themselves are usually backed by some counter elites seeking to gain more influence in the larger political space.
They embrace positions, posturing, and/or manufacture a movement that presents like it is challenging the Republican Party, eschewing unpopular aspects while fronting certain populist energies thru that anti establishment image. Gain enough support for it to create a crisis within the existing status quo, use that to leverage to gain more power and influence within the party/politics in exchange for sheep-dogging people back into the party.
Reagan Revolution, Moral Majority, Tea Party, Trumpism, etc. All followed a similar pattern.
And on the media side no one has done it better or more often then Tucker. He is a bellwether people should not ever ignore or underestimate.
And a cheat code for seeing who and where people are aligning themselves is not to just look at what they say, but what they do behind the scenes.
Peek thru the veil at Tucker and you will find someone maneuvering in between his post Fox News backer Omeed Malik and toward the JD Vance wing of oligarchs(not a fan of the source but it is the one I could find reporting on this recently)
My personal theory is Tucker, and this is based on his movements behind the scenes, is trying to position himself as a kingmaker voice in 28 for using his clout on this issues he is on the correct side of to then sheepdog people into Vance. Which he will use to demonstrate he is a goodboy to the Thiel wing of the oligarchy he is trying to ingratiate with, and he is smart enough to know Vance has no chance in 28(in 150 years no party with an incumbent president anywhere near this unpopular has won a non-incumbent presidential race and the Republican Party under current material conditions is in no position to break that trend).
And I would also go out on a limb and say I would not be shocked if Tucker wants to then position himself as a Trumpian like figure for 2032 or 2036.
So the overton window has shifted so far to the right that the far-right maga policies are now viewed as too moderate for the new new insurgent wing of the republican party?
And the lesson they take away is that instead of shifting back towards the center and being more honest and actually delivering for their voters, is to double down on the hatred, greed, and fear-mongering?
It’s so disgusting that Democrats can’t talk about climate change, healthcare, higher education, accountability, or repairing democracy, because these are supposedly “culture war issues,” and yet the right-wing digs its feet in on aggravating discontent and pointing the ire directly at the only ones trying to solve the actual problems people feel.
How have we not learned this lesson yet as a country? It’s like deja vu, or more accurately groundhog day.
No no. Don’t leave that out. I would be interested in hearing it. I also think you are no giving the credit due to the white evangelical faction that Eisenhower let into the White House. These people are a death cult that believe that all Jews must return to the homeland before Christ can return and they are willing to burn down the whole world to prove themselves right. While I think Berry Goldwater is a shitheel he was completely right the evangelical faction that was invading the Republican party.
So, I’ll answer for those that don’t have a PHD in the study of fascism/rascism and the far right. You’re normal and shouldn’t have to know this.
You probably heard about MTG (Margary Taylor Green) leaving her place in the House. If you follow politics at all. Well, this and Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News would be the early adopter’s of the shift in the right we are seeing right now.
It’s the same thing that Trump actually ran on that was so appealing to the normies that started paying attention to politics when he ran. The anti war/conflicts in the middle East (not yet anti Israel in 2015), the “make America great again” shit and anti NAFTA trade policies. The “I’ll protect social security” stuff.
People forget that Trump got popular on a lot of economic talking points he never had any intentions of actually following through on. But he captured a large portion of the population that (1) didn’t understand why their kids weren’t obtaining the same success they had; and (2) had inherent rascism built into their politics because of… well, read a fucking history book.
So, MTG is an example of timing. But Tucker Carlson is the real ideologue that we can track. A real white supremacist that is constantly looking to push his agenda on any hook of populist interest. And, to his credit, he read the room better than Trump did. He’s been hooking onto the left and saying a lot of true things about Israel. But, it’s not with good intentions. He read the room and decided to get in early with a position that he saw would need to be inevitably addressed. Trump did not. That’s why he’s stuck in Iran and failing. This is a fundamental difference.
This created a small shift in the right. That was largely working to connect to the people that didn’t get what they wanted from Trump. Their lives didn’t get better. But it was a small part of the right initially. That we will see explode before the next election. They are in a transitional phase. But are still captured by these two factions of the right that are at an impasse right now.
It’s a nationalist movement that is still holding onto the xenophobic and economic populist policies that Trump lied about (focusing only on the xenophobia). And it is attempting to capture the real economic changes that the leftist movement (DSA/Mamdani) have made popular.
It is yet to be seen, but, the upcoming presidential elections will likely be fought on the right trying to convince the population that the xenophobia and anti Israel position is “more pure” on the right than the left. The leftist politicians will be filtered by attempting to appeal to a center that does not exist. And their lack of ability to engage in class based politics will give the right wingers (following Tucker Carlson’s lead) the advantage in their lies. And, if we allow the liberal zionist to maintain control within electoral politics within the Democratic party; we on the left will lose that fight.
The “Tucker Carlson” wing of true white supremacist fascism will outweigh the good intentions of the liberals that cannot call out the class structures as the core problem.
The larger population will fall for the truths that the fascisg speak with no intention of addressing. And this time; it won’t be an incompetent old TV show host in power. It will be a competent and capable white supremacist like Tucker Carlson (or whatever puppet they put in to run) that will be more interested using their position of power to do more than just enrich themselves. They will be an actual ideologue (see Stephen Miller) that will know exactly how to direct the anger of the masses, and their worsening material conditions, towards the perfect scapegoat of whatever minority group is the best target.
That is IF there is not already a mutiny brewing within the Trump admin. That the fascist ideologues are not already looking to maintain power before the next elections. This will depend on their confidence; and, the interest of the capitalist class that looks to maintain their hold over the economy.
We will see. But that’s my explanation of what is happening on ‘the right’ right now. I’d appreciate any criticism of the analysis.
Tons is left out. Nick Fuentes, Epstein, etc. But, that’s more of a 202 class in your second year in these studies. I’ll leave it alone for now.
I must applaud this analysis cause rarely in the wild do I find sickos that know ball this well
So bravo
And cause I am also a sicko I want to add a few more things to chew on
As you already alluded to, and I will add an additional allegory, Tucker is the Daniel Day Lewis of political pundits.
When he changes characters he is in a league of his own. And part of that is he has a genius level read on the pulse of politics. And ironically, cause it is typically something you more often find Marxists doing, not so much modern right-wingers, is that he is insanely good at identifying the contradictions in our politics, in our imperialism, and even in capitalism itself.
Like if someone is so inclined, if you read the opening chapter or so of his book, I think it was Ship of Fools, it basically just reads like semi accurate leftist critique of American capitalism translated into America B language. But he peppers in just enough ethnonationalism and causation misdirection to seed people in a more right wing Trumpian direction and away from a true capitalist and class critique.
And I suspect that is what he is doing here again thru this new persona that as you rightly note is targeting the political/voter contradictions on Israel and repackaging ethnonationalist right wing economic populism and astutely incorporating some of the DSA energy as well(see him praising Abdul El Sayed and note the shift in people under 40 embracing socialism and socialist policies, even on the right).
And I will add this elite/counter-elite push and pull is a pattern we see repeat again and again in right wing politics and media.
There is the Establishment and the elites that are backing them. Then there is typically some counterfroces to their right dialing up the rhetoric on various tension points between the party elite and the right wing masses, identifying those contradictions and misalignments so they can exploit them as the more authentic voice for “the people.” Who themselves are usually backed by some counter elites seeking to gain more influence in the larger political space.
They embrace positions, posturing, and/or manufacture a movement that presents like it is challenging the Republican Party, eschewing unpopular aspects while fronting certain populist energies thru that anti establishment image. Gain enough support for it to create a crisis within the existing status quo, use that to leverage to gain more power and influence within the party/politics in exchange for sheep-dogging people back into the party.
Reagan Revolution, Moral Majority, Tea Party, Trumpism, etc. All followed a similar pattern.
And on the media side no one has done it better or more often then Tucker. He is a bellwether people should not ever ignore or underestimate.
And a cheat code for seeing who and where people are aligning themselves is not to just look at what they say, but what they do behind the scenes.
Peek thru the veil at Tucker and you will find someone maneuvering in between his post Fox News backer Omeed Malik and toward the JD Vance wing of oligarchs(not a fan of the source but it is the one I could find reporting on this recently)
https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/vance-fundraiser-with-tucker-carlson-backer-omeed-malik-raises-eyebrows/
My personal theory is Tucker, and this is based on his movements behind the scenes, is trying to position himself as a kingmaker voice in 28 for using his clout on this issues he is on the correct side of to then sheepdog people into Vance. Which he will use to demonstrate he is a goodboy to the Thiel wing of the oligarchy he is trying to ingratiate with, and he is smart enough to know Vance has no chance in 28(in 150 years no party with an incumbent president anywhere near this unpopular has won a non-incumbent presidential race and the Republican Party under current material conditions is in no position to break that trend).
And I would also go out on a limb and say I would not be shocked if Tucker wants to then position himself as a Trumpian like figure for 2032 or 2036.
Have you written this up in an article or blog or class somewhere? If ai you should link it, please.
Haha. Just a Drunken ADHD rant.
So the overton window has shifted so far to the right that the far-right maga policies are now viewed as too moderate for the new new insurgent wing of the republican party?
And the lesson they take away is that instead of shifting back towards the center and being more honest and actually delivering for their voters, is to double down on the hatred, greed, and fear-mongering?
It’s so disgusting that Democrats can’t talk about climate change, healthcare, higher education, accountability, or repairing democracy, because these are supposedly “culture war issues,” and yet the right-wing digs its feet in on aggravating discontent and pointing the ire directly at the only ones trying to solve the actual problems people feel.
How have we not learned this lesson yet as a country? It’s like deja vu, or more accurately groundhog day.
No no. Don’t leave that out. I would be interested in hearing it. I also think you are no giving the credit due to the white evangelical faction that Eisenhower let into the White House. These people are a death cult that believe that all Jews must return to the homeland before Christ can return and they are willing to burn down the whole world to prove themselves right. While I think Berry Goldwater is a shitheel he was completely right the evangelical faction that was invading the Republican party.
Please write a couple of articles on this, this is very interesting.