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===== [Infrared/CPI split] =====
After Center for Political Innovation founder Caleb Maupin was revealed to have lecherously blackmailed members of the group in September of 2022, Haz waited to respond in the lotus garden for two months. He finally responded in November, announcing that Infrared was no longer affiliated with Maupin and reacting to the implosion of CPI. Because of Infrared's condemnation of his actions and dissociation with CPI, Maupin eventually joined leftists in attacking Infrared.

On September 18th, 2022, Haz published his Substack "The Rise of [[MAGA Communism]]", explaining the meaning of the "MAGA Communism" slogan. Barely any of our opponents read it, and those who did weren't able to grasp it, calling us "[[National Bolshevism|NazBols]]", [[Fascism|fascists]], and [[Third Position|third positionists]]. Leftists refused to debate citing "platforming" Nazis, while rightists acted as if we weren't worth their time. Some tried to tell Haz he would "get punched in the face" if he spoke to MAGA; later that September Haz went to a Michigan Trump rally and spoke to MAGA people, who overwhelmingly agreed with him (some even despite his use of the word "Communism"). 

Orvo coined the term, but the notion of MAGA Communism can be traced back to what Logo dubbed "[[Ron Paul Maoism]]" in 2021. The idea behind this was to show that libertarians, like [[Ron Paul]], have historically progressive ideas, but must use Communist strategies to properly implement them. In Logo's own words, "Ron Paul Maoism is when China & Russia work together, making a new global reserve currency on the Gold Standard. You need Communism to end the fed. It's that simple." He also said, "Ron Paul Maoism is the alternative polarity of AutLeft/LibRight representing the Puritan-Borderer alliance against Cavalier-Quakerism. This entire culture war is between Pagans & Catholics (same thing). The other polarity is the dialectic of Communists & Libertarians over concrete economic issues [...] This alliance became activated during covid. 2020 this became clear [...] I saw the most tankie of tankies & the Ron Paul institute have the same position on vaccine mandates while the Jesuit Doctor Fauci had [[Anarchism|Anarchists]] calling the police for mask violations."

In essence, MAGA Communism was supposed to provoke people to think about the working class, which largely adopted the "MAGA" slogan, as the basis of a new and authentically revolutionary ([[left-wing]]) movement among the American [[exo-peasantry]] and [[proletariat]]. MAGA, as distinct from its mascot, [[Donald Trump]], we believe, contains the kernel of proletarian consciousness. After all, [[Karl Marx]] wrote that the masses who embrace Communism come on the scene initially as anti-Communist backwards agrarians.

In the Discord, some Infrared members/allies were simply unable to grasp or articulate the meaning of this slogan, instead believing it to mean pure support for Trump or calling Trump a genuine Communist. Over the following year, Haz would spend some time clarifying its meaning in interviews, Twitter posts, and other venues, which put the internal debate to rest and unified Infrared's conception of MAGA Communism. During a livestream, and later quoted in an interview with [[The Guardian]] (May 2024), Haz said "When you go to McDonald's, you don't go for the clown, you go for the burger." This made the slogan click for any remaining doubters or misinterpreters of MAGA Communism, and after this hit piece was posted by The Guardian, Haz allowed one final large response on June 2nd, 2024. 
[[File:Jacksonhazcigar.png|thumb|Jackson and Haz in a cigar lounge in San Diego after streaming outside of TwitchCon 2022. Similar screenshots were used by CNN in their hit piece on [[MAGA Communism]], the one time they mention or show [[Haz Al-Din]].]]
On October 9th, 2022, Haz and Jackson met in San Diego to stream IRL in front of TwitchCon 2022 at the San Diego Convention Center. There they found three of Destiny's streamer friends and confronted them, scaring the crap out of the skinny weak losers. They then trolled attendees outside, and soon got bored, continuing the stream with Zherka briefly and settling in at a cigar lounge in footage which would become so iconic it would be shown on CNN in 2024.

On October 15th, 2022, Haz spoke at the Schiller Institute event in Manhattan, opening further diplomacy between Infrared and the Institute.

From October of 2022 to March 2023, a broad period ensued after a takeover of the server by [[Jehu Eaves]], an unknown online figure who promotes his understanding of capital's augmentation in the 21st century, and the independent research collective [[RTSG]]. RTSG was bound to take over, but Jehu's clique was an added suprise. Jehu's main follower, Rev Laskaris, coined the phrase "[[Communism is free time and nothing else]]", and showrunner Karim acknowledged the influence and importance of "Jehu thought" in IGG by compiling Jehu's works. Members of the Discord would debate for months about whether or not Jehu was correct about automation, productivity, and free time, and ultimately this ushered in a clearer view of what Communism means for the future lives of everyday working people. Fundamentally, this coalition of high-level researchers from RTSG with Jehu's followers was fruitful for the collective, as Infrared clarified that (re)industrialization and a centrally planned socialist economy will increase productivity, therefore freeing up time for people to spend on family, friends, travel, learning, art, etc. Such explanation served to distinguish Infrared further from leftists who are "anti-work" and/or anti-industrialization, and deepened the collective's analysis of capital by accounting for cryptocurrencies and other hypermodern developments.

The coalition between Jehu's camp and Infrared was still strong until the leadup to the 2024 elections, according to Jehu himself. The united front drove the pseudo-philosophers and the broader LaRouche lobby from the IGG Discord server. However, Jehu's influence on Infrared dwindled following the conclusion of automation and free-time debates, and it never reached the level of importance for Infrared that Logo or other thinkers have. Following the 2024 elections, Jehu's loyalty to MAGA caused him to turn on Infrared.

On November 1st, 2022, CPUSA held a meeting of party leadership to discuss how to deal with Infrared and Operation [[CPUSA 2036]]. Haz obtained an invite to the Zoom call and was able to listen in before confronting and terrifying [[Joe Sims]], [[Taryn Fivek]], the others. This is where the classic Infrared donation sound comes from - it was Joe Sims exclaiming "Oh my gawd!" Haz also told them "We are in your party," which also became an Infrared meme signifying [[CPUSA 2036]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvylWGYgGfI</ref>

In the Discord server, in December of 2022, IGG member Mammoth declared a "mammoth deep state". It became a serverwide meme, but didn't produce any real change or lobby within the server. Mammoth remained a dedicated IGG member who debated in voice chat until he disappeared. At the height of his popularity, he received his own emote, a reference to the elusive mammoth deep state meme which signified infiltration or trolling about infiltrating organizations.

On January 11th, 2023, Infrared was banned from YouTube for a week. Haz made a Rumble account and streamed for the week on Rumble.