I think there's a distinct difference between now and 2016, back then MAGA was rather diverse in its makeup. There were libertarians, fiscal conservatives, moderate Republicans, neocons, evangelists, and so on. The point is that this diversity allowed for an internal discourse to exist to keep the party somewhat balanced. This stopped being case during the pandemic, and I mark Jan 6th as the official turning point. That's when Trump's purges reached their peak and the only people who were left were blind loyalists, grifters, or corrupt career politicians. Now? There's no balance anymore, it's entirely just Trump growing ever more demented and insane, and his flock of yes men cheering on whatever he says. That's not a sustainable movement or ideology, it will collapse in on itself sooner or later.