How CPAC Created M.A.G.A.

Current U.S. Politics & the Rise of Hitler, Part 4

It is a daunting fact that the outcome of America’s 2024 election will determine if America has a chance to rebuild a strong democracy or fall completely under autocratic rule. This is not a drill. Donald Trump is likely to again become the Republican nominee for president. If he wins the presidency, he has made it clear that he will consolidate power for himself — and the Heritage Society is already on board with that.

Those who think America could never become a full-blown autocratic country need to look at how quickly the Weimar Republic fell after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor. Doing so would show them that the circumstances that brought Hitler to power have similarities to where things in America stand right now. This series has already laid out several of those commonalities. The one this article will look at is the role of the Conservative Political Action Conference, otherwise known as CPAC.

CPAC is the final piece of the puzzle that shows how America has ended up barely surviving a constitutional coup while having to prepare for a second attempt in 2024. Part 3 of this series, When Civil Societies Aren’t Civil, explained in depth the role that civil societies, i.e., private institutions and clubs, played in the collapse of Germany’s Weimar Republic…