Travkina Natalya Michailovna – ScD in Political Sciences, Chief Researcher, ISK RAN
The progressive increase of inequality in the distribution of income and wealth in American society throughout the 21st century has gradually transformed the socially oriented capitalism of the second half of the 20th century in the United States into the classical form of production relations characteristic of the 19th century and based on the existence of two poles - the pole of untold wealth and the opposite pole of poverty and a degrading middle class. The dichotomy of "palaces and huts" was reflected in the mirror polarization of the US political system, which radicalized both its conservative and liberal spectra. As a result, the ideology of left-wing radical forces, based on the classical postulates of Marxism, which have the base on the theory of transforming the capitalist formation to a socialist one, began to exert an increasingly noticeable influence in the modern political life of the United States. At the same time, the specifically American ideology of anarchism began to play an increasingly important role, which got a powerful material base in the form of modern ICT technologies, which predetermined the characterization of modern radical Left-wing America as "cyberleft". Disparate leftist groups are promoting their own agenda. But when they have a common theme, they successfully work together, and sometimes even coordinated by the Democratic Party. An example is the large-scale action of leftist forces against the activities of D. Trump and I. Musk, which took place in the United States on April 5, 2025, which does not happen often, since Trump has not completed his 100 days - the "honeymoon", which is traditionally given to the new president so that he can begin to calmly and consistently implement his program.
oligarchic capitalism, income and wealth inequality, 2024 presidential campaign, radical left, Antifa, Communist Party USA, D. Trump, K. Harris.
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