For God’s Sake Mark you are defeating your own argument!
You say Maoism and Trump mobilised against the elites. I say bullshit. They supported elites. The Chinese Communist Party continues to be an elite that benefits from trade deals with foreign countries.
You and I know living standards in China rose after Mao’s death. They had to. The meglomanaic murderer had thrown the Chinese people backward about thirty years. Things could not get any worse they could only get better.
Living standards rose even more in Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and all countries free of the CCP. the comparison of South Korea’s prosperity with North Korea says all that is needed about the Maoist model.