MAGA insider floats new Trump theory on democratic socialist success - NJ.com
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Steve Bannon is floating a theory for why democratic socialism keeps winning — and it may say more about MAGA's own anxieties than its rivals.
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Theory Briefing
- Steve Bannon, a key MAGA strategist, is publicly theorizing about the electoral success of democratic socialists — an unusual concession of attention from the right.
- The framing suggests MAGA insiders are actively trying to explain away a political trend rather than simply dismiss it.
- Bannon's theory, whatever its content, positions the movement as a rival explanation to mainstream accounts of why democratic socialism is gaining ground.