The Three dimensions of MAGA
Posted on 10 Oct 2023; 03:00 PM IST. Last Updated 10 Oct 2023; 03:00 PM IST.Summary: This article attempts to explain the three dimensions or facets of MAGA (Make America Great Again).
The MAGA (Make America Great Again) doctrine arose over the last 100 plus years, and elucidates three important dimensions or facets of the American political philosophy.
President Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) was probably the first US president to use the phrase “Make America Great”, in a public speech given to the Citizenship Convention at Wilson Normal School, in 1916. The article is available at this link.
The important excerpts of the speech are as follows:
“America was intended to be a spirit among the nations of the world, and it is the purpose of conferences like this to find out the best way to introduce the newcomers to this spirit, and by that very interest in them to enhance and purify in ourselves the thing that ought to make America great and not only ought to make her great, but ought to make her exhibit a spirit unlike any other nation in the world”.
“We cannot conceal from them long the fact that we are just as human as any other nation, . . . . .; but you can show that our object is to get these people in harness and see to it that they do not do any damage and are not allowed to indulge the passions which would bring injustice and calamity at last upon a nation whose object is spiritual and not material”.
The author of this article concludes that President Woodrow Wilson created the first dimension, which may be regarded as the spiritual dimension of MAGA.
President Ronald Reagan (Republican) used the phrase “Make America Great Again”, in 1980, and eliminated the cold war, and normalized relations with USSR (now Russia). The author of the article concludes that President Ronald Reagan created the second dimension, which may be regarded as the Geo-Political dimension of MAGA.
President Donald Trump (Republican) used the phrase “Make America Great Again”, in 2016, and was very successful in stabilizing the American economy, and in averting debt crisis. The author of the article concludes that President Donald Trump created the third dimension, which may be regarded as the Economic dimension of MAGA.
If we put together all three dimensions of MAGA, we arrive at the following figure, which may be recognized as the Vision and Mission of America, moulded in the flames of the American political expertise.
Remarks
The doctrine of MAGA revolves around the three simple aspects, depicted in the figure above, which may be regarded as architectural elements, for defining socio-economic and political frameworks.
Spirituality is an essential ingredient of social life, to reap the bliss or fulfillment in human endeavors and accomplishments. Besides fulfillment, spirituality creates faith, which in turn tends to be the basis for all trust. Trust is undoubtedly the basis for all business activities and social acceptability.
It may be noted that the implementers of MAGA are undoubtedly burdened by enormous responsibility, to ensure that the “Spirit of America”, reflects in the socio-economic and political frameworks they devise.
Author’s Note
The author of the article acknowledges, that he did not invent or create any new notions, not already known in public domain. The author has merely tried to present well known and well-articulated knowledge, in a logical order.