Hi Hari, > On Jun 13, 2026, at 12:05, hari kumar via groups.io > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > For Mark - you say that: “the ruling class is split”. > > There are indeed splits in the ruling class. > But the main stream in the ruling class is moving towards a full blown > fascist state.
Last week, I posted a message that the Trump regime, Donald Trump the person, and MAGA were distinct from one another. MAGA is arguably a developing fascist movement. But Trump may be no more than a Jim-Crow reactionary on the take; Trump is an accomplished lynch-mob leader but does not possess a coherent ideology. He is what Gramsci might call a "regressive Caesarist" or "Bonapartist" who exploits the crisis solely for personal benefit. Here, I am referring to the papers that Anthony, Steven, and others have shared on this list related to 18 Brumaire. Most people who have posted on this topic seem to agree that Trump's regime is "Bonapartist" rather than fascist. Trump appears to rise above classes by repressing them and not by systematically smashing working-class organizations. I don't believe Trump can bring fascism "from above." It starts from below, and today lacks (1) a mobilized mass base (one of Trotsky's conditions), and (2) an ideology that unites the nation's dominant social forces to win the active consent of the governed (one of Gramsci's). The principle that united the US capitalist class for half a century was neoliberalism. It has today failed the ruling class owing to an underlying contradiction: Neoliberalism assumes a dominant US that no longer exists because neoliberals have outsourced US industry in pursuit of maximum profit. The US today lacks the supply chains that can compete with China in industrial goods, such as military ships. Rather than sign a peace treaty, the US of course needs to militarily compete. > I have long agreed with the need for a UF with any progressive remaining > faction of the DP in the USA. I consider an alliance with the party of the ruling class to be "more like" a popular front. > ... > The full article of "Theses on The Trump 2 Administration and the USA Ruling > Class: A re-set to a new imperialist order > 13th April, 2025” is at > http://mlrg.online/current-events/theses-on-trump-2-and-the-usa-ruling-class/ You don't offer any evidence for your conclusion that Hence the bulk of the capitalist class of the USA – is overwhelmingly behind the Trump administration. The Democratic Party is not far behind the Republican Party in fundraising, https://ballotpedia.org/Party_committee_fundraising,_2025-2026. Dems have more small-money donors this cycle, but their bankers have not left them and many are betting on the Dems taking Congress in 2027. The strength of the opposition is my argument against the idea that the US ruling class wants Trump and is not split. The MLRG Online paper offers its evidence: That the Trump administration was favoured by the majority of the capitalist ruling class is clearly confirmed by the manner in which the Democratic Party maneuvered in order to effectively ‘throw’ the election. The evidence that the capitalist have opted for a fascist Trump is "clearly confirmed" by the fact that the Democratic Party conspired to throw the election??? To me, this statement substitutes a conspiracy theory for evidence. thanks, Mark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#42043): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/42043 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/119773879/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
