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MAGA: The Movement on Track to Destroy America
Understanding its origins and dangers to democracy is crucial to confronting its growth and influence.
MAGA: The Movement on Track to Destroy America
In 2016, the MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement surged onto the American political landscape, led by Donald Trump’s polarizing charisma and promises of a bygone era’s prosperity and power.
Behind the catchy slogan lies a complex, insidious movement rooted in deep-seated white evangelical nationalism and a vision for America that clashes with democratic values. The MAGA movement has grown beyond mere rhetoric into a force that threatens to undermine the very fabric of American democracy, disregarding diversity, subverting institutions, and normalizing political violence.
Understanding its origins and dangers to democracy is crucial to confronting its growth and influence.
Origins of the MAGA Movement
The roots of the MAGA movement are cultural and economic anxieties that have simmered within sections of America for decades.
In the wake of the Civil Rights Movement, white evangelical conservatives, uncomfortable with the growing secularization of…
