The Revolution Starts Now

MAGA thinks they are the revolutionaries. In reality, they are the ones people revolt against.

The execution of Louis XVI in 1793. PRISMA ARCHIVO/Alamy

by Jeremy Novak

In previous times, elites, kings, and dictators understood their place in society and where the lesser people stood.

When King George III ruled America, he did not think highly of Americans. He assumed America was dependent on him as their benefactor and leader. French King Louis the XVI did not treat his peasantry as equals with civil rights. Rather he ruled them as disobedient children.

Many of today’s elites seem to believe they are not elites. Or if they do, they do not admit to it. Why? Because they fear the people. They know the public hates powerful elites so they woo and distract while manufacturing rage against anyone other than them.

Revolution confusion

Recently, Elon Musk Xeeted this on his social media platform:

But he’s got it wrong.

Trump’s victory and MAGA’s ascendence is not the revolution. What we are witnessing in the executive branch of government right now is not the revolution.

It is a desperate power grab by elites.

This is the elites gone haywire, grasping for further power to ensure they are not held to account. It is what causes the regular people to rise up.

And it is the least self-aware power grab in history. The people currently running the government think they are the ones conducting the revolution. In reality, they are the establishment angering the common people of this country and sparking an uprising.

If anyone thinks that Elon Musk is the leader of the revolution, they are delusional. He has survived off of family wealth and government largesse to amass his fortune. He is the definition of elite. He has no idea what regular people go through.

The same is true for Donald Trump. Sure, he might talk like a regular person and endear himself to them as a result. But he talks like that because he can afford to. A normal person starting from nothing and trying to get ahead in life could never talk like the does; they’d never be taken seriously. Like Musk, he’s part of the elite.

Despite the revolutionary rhetoric of MAGA, they are really just cosplaying revolutionaries to keep their base fired up and voting. They know that’s what their base wants to hear. But many of the most vocal of them are white men living out a dream largely unattainable for many other regular Americans.

Consider the demographics of the January 6 insurrectionists. They do not represent “common” people. Of the people that got arrested for their infractions on that day, the plurality of them were business owners (including CEOs). They had a similar educational background profile as that of all of America in general. They weren’t the poor huddled masses they are often depicted as.

They were upper-middle-class, self-employed, generally well-to-do, mostly white men. They are essentially the elite; or at least, they can identify with elites. They came to the Capitol and blatantly broke laws due to fever dream conspiracy theories about a stolen election because they could afford to. And now they’re all free again. See how elitism works?

Inceptions

Revolutions start when desperation and helplessness converge with hope and a realization of power.

The American and French revolutions were not near each other in the historical timeline by coincidence. It was a time of rising living standards and lessening influence of the feudalistic system that supported the monarchies of the time.

In short, people were gaining skills, confidence, and power to live life on their own. Their dependence on the elite establishment was getting weaker. They saw the light and wanted more. So, they took action.

We are in another time of rising living standards and individual power. Technology has evened the playing field for everyone. People and ideas can become viral sensations overnight.

But powerful billionaires control government policy and live at a very noticeably and exorbitantly much higher living standard than everyone else. And yet they appear dissatisfied and determined to acquire even more wealth and power.

Yes, they may have convinced a large swath of the country to vote for them to enact a revolution. But these same people will turn on them when they start feeling the effects of their chosen leaders’ policies and actions.

The spark

By the time a revolution comes around, the elite are so entrenched and have become so overconfident as to be sloppy and lazy. They act with abandon and drunkenly flex their muscles.

The illegal assault on the government’s database and payment systems by Musk and his posse is a great example of this. And as they brazenly stop services and payments and fire huge numbers of workers, people will notice.

People will become very angry because they will lose things that are essential to their way of life. In addition, they are losing intangible things too, such as the basic concepts and assumptions of America that they took for granted—until now, when they are forced to appreciate it.

They will not be driven by political conspiracy theories, but by actual events and a reality forcibly thrust upon them. In a very real way, they will have things taken from them. And they won’t like it.

Recently, it’s been basic freedoms we’ve taken for granted that have been slowly chipped away. This is about to include financial support and essential services people always thought would be there.

And this is being conducted by whom? The richest man on the planet.

A revolution needs a spark. And we seem to have one now.

As hard as it may be to see now, in the near future it will become obvious that the worst thing that could have happened to MAGA was gaining power.

And in a time of elites running rampant and destroying institutions most Americans hold dear, the resultant awakening of the people will show that MAGA gaining power may be the best thing that could have happened to America.

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