Eron Musk did not have to take office on January 20, but it may be better to oath. The newly appointed Donald Trump has already exercised unprecedented power through state power. Government efficiency bureauThe name itself is exactly the name of the name itself. Crypto Merome Culture That made Musk a populism hero.
but, The wealthy man in the world It is not just a reorganization of a federal organization. His social media platform X is a far -right ideology megaphone. He was just witnessed recently Despise British Prime Minister about immigration policy.
Welcome to the trampism 2.0. It combines the efficiency of Silicon Valley and the enthusiasm of the nationalist, and the rally is replaced by retweets.
President Trump's first administration Mainstream Foreign excursions, female disdain, white supremacy, harmful nationalism. His Last campaign rally Madison Square Garden had a creepy sound. 1939 German American band Nazi rally It reminds me that the far -right exercise often lives longer than charismatic leaders.
To understand what will happen next in the United States, it is necessary to focus on the history of other authoritative movements in democracy.
One of the starting points that is often overlooked is Britain before World War II. Ozwald Mosley and British Fascist Threated the national institution. Mosly, like Trump, was an attractive populist who used economic and national enthusiasm to build a movement tailored to his own anxiety. His rhetoric is the most famous “UK First” The slogan was greatly borrowed from the Nazi ideology and resonated with the far -right exercise overseas.
The Mosley party eventually collapsed, but that thought did not collapse. Instead, British fascism dive underground and discovered new vitality between wealth and influence to further promote authoritative goals.
This historic similarity is provided with a render lens to observe the recent political tactics of Elon Mask.
Even if Trump has regained the president's position, he is approaching the next stage. Twilight of his political career。 A mask -like person represents the next step in Trump, and probably the most permanent stage, not only in the populist's enthusiasm, but also by the elite acquisition. The expansion of Mask's influence in the Trump administration, which reaches the ate in the creation of a federal agency to reform, has institutionalized its ideology over many generations due to trampism as a popular movement. It suggests a transition to an increasingly dominant trampism by powerful business leaders with resources.
Similarly, in the UK before the war, the Popurist Mosley lost in public, and the philosophy of fascist became evacuation center in the upper class. People such as the Duke of Windsor and the members of the Clibeden set are quietly standing Worked to work with the UK with Nazi GermanyUse their wealth and connection to weaken democracy from inside. Today, there is a reflection of this power relationship in the alliance between Musk and the other billionaire elites. Poured a huge amount Restoring American politics according to the image of Trump. The new repetition of this trampism focuses on strengthening power through systems and economic incentives, rather than rally and red MAGA hats.
The Republican Party has already changed through Trump's remarks and policies. JD Vance, Vivec Ramaswami, and Marjolly Taylor Green are typical of political parties who have completely accepted trampism as a central identity. However, when President Trump ends his last term in his second term, his role is not a Popurist fan, but as a technoclat authority that combines the far right ideology and silicon valley, is ready to inherit his heritage. It has been taken over by a mask -like person. Style governance.
The institutionalization of trampism by a mask -like person also shows the fundamental change in an authoritarian movement in a way to spread a message. While Trump has greatly depended on large -scale rally and conventional media reports, Musk's approach has used algorithm amplification, data analysis, and platform governance to form a political discourse. With authoritarian technical evolution, authoritarianism has been incorporated into modern communication and commercial infrastructure, and has become more clever and wider.
The problem is no longer whether trampism survives beyond Trump. The problem is how trampism continues to evolve and whether American democracy is ready for the next stage.
As history shows, such an exercise does not simply disappear when the sign is gone. Rather, they often get more dangerous because they gain organizational support from elite, which thinks they have the opportunity to adapt and gain their interests.
Dr. Lauren Young is a political scholar at Yale University.
