The whole Make America Great movement claims to be nostalgic for the New Deal era in which Trump grew up, but they seek to undo the progressive taxation, labor-friendly policies, and robust welfare state (including social security, Medicare, investments in higher education) that lay at its core.

“Depleting tax revenues to pay for social insurance” is central to Trump’s vision—mainly by cutting taxes on the rich and corporations—alongside making workplaces less safe, workers less powerful, health care less affordable, & the environment more toxic because of cuts to lifesaving regulations.

I expect new tactics of election subversion from Trump's handlers in 2026. The midterms are important in themselves, but they will also be a training ground for a range of tactics ahead of 2028. Throw noodles at the wall, see what sticks, refine tactics and legal defenses before the big one in 2028.

As Hannah Arendt put it: "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." Undermining that distinction will be a lasting legacy of generative AI.

Supremacy wants to gain all the benefits of society without paying any natural costs, like fair competition.

This response to even the slightest leveling of the playing field demonstrates how committed to the supremacist notion we white folk still are.

Imagine if we ever experienced true equality.