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Audio: Joe Carter on Trump’s Folk Marxism
Audio: Joe Carter on Trump’s Folk Marxism
Sep 18, 2024 10:13 PM

Yesterday, Acton Institute Senior Editor Joe Carter joinedhost Al Kresta on Ave Maria Radio’s Kresta in the Afternoonto discuss the phenomenon that is Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. Carter explains that Trump’s appeal lies in the fact that he’s bringing a brand of folk Marxism to an entirely new audience. Trumpis nota Marxist, but his pitting of oppressed classes against their oppressors is drawn from folk Marxism, and has been a powerful political tool in the 2016 campaign.

You can listen to the interview via the audio player below.

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