Why MAGA Will Collapse: The Authoritarian Playbook Ends In Fracture

The Civil War Brewing Within MAGA: Part 7

Feb 22, 2025

In our previous installment, we examined the uneasy alliance between The Christian Nationalists and The Extraction Class, highlighting their shared goals and inevitable clashes. Their alliance was built on a shared enemy, not a shared vision—and as history has repeatedly shown, once the enemy is weakened, the factions turn on each other.

MAGA is no different. Every authoritarian coalition eventually fractures, consumed by the same internal power struggles that once united them. Now, we turn to historical precedents that foreshadow the collapse of the MAGA movement, as ideological divides and power struggles mirror those that have shattered authoritarian regimes in the past.

Authoritarian factions always turn on their own once they outlive their usefulness. The Nazi SA, once indispensable to Hitler’s rise, became a liability once he consolidated power. Their radicalism and continued push for a 'second revolution' conflicted with Hitler’s need to secure support from the military and conservative elites. To maintain control, Hitler ordered the Night of the Long Knives, eliminating SA leadership and subordinating the group to the SS. Similarly, Lenin purged rival socialist factions, and Iran’s Islamists eliminated their secular allies after the 1979 revolution.

MAGA’s Militant Extremists will meet the same fate—discarded once their chaotic violence becomes a threat to the ruling factions.

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