Your previous statement was flagged so I couldn't reply, but I wanted to pick up on this one thing you said: MAGA is a necessary response to the AOC/Mamdani le

Your previous statement was flagged so I couldn't reply, but I wanted to pick up on this one thing you said: MAGA is a necessary response to the AOC/Mamdani left But MAGA officially began in 2015, when Trump announced the launch of his Presidential campaign with a speech including a string of vicious remarks against immigrants. AOC was elected in 2019 and Mamdani (to the NY state assembly) in 2021. MAGA has been a populist movement from the outset, seemingly motivated by conservative dislike of the Obama administration (anything but populist) and the prospect of a Hillary Clinton administration (likewise), as well as an atavistic dislike of immigrants. The devastation from AOC/Mamdani politics is far worse than right-wing terrorism. The populist politics of AOC and Mamdani seem motivated by exasperation with the prejudice, corruption, and general lawlessness of the Trump administration and the larger MAGA movement, and I doubt they would have enjoyed their electoral success if the Republican party had selected a staid institutionalist over Trump in 2016. It's interesting to hear context about the economic history of Bangladesh, but I don't think comparing the grinding poverty of cold-war era Bangladesh with the economic and strategic hegemony of early 21st century USA is even slightly illuminating or useful.