Reply #11: there is nothing wither pure nor simple about the [View All]

neoconservative movement. Please do not help unite what is a fracturing cabal because of its inherent fallacies which my OP attempts top point out. Until the installation of G.W. Bush the neocons were the useful theorists and mouthpieces of the true fascists who have been working ever since FDR to destroy liberalism and American democracy. Far more threatening to our survival is the alliance of the Rapture rightists, Moonies and Dominionists with Corporate Enterprise. That Ledeen and others on the fringe of the neo-con mov't have allied themselves with the Coors, Ahmansons and Scaifes etc does not mean every scholar at the American Enterprise Institute or writing for the National Review agrees with them.

"Global empire is an important issue for conservatism. If the U.S. government has the ability to bring peace and democracy to the world, big government can obviously also run America's economy and plan its social life--and limited government becomes irrelevant. Here most of neo-conservatism and paleo-conservatism unite in their lack of interest in limited government. Modern conservatism literally shifted the center of American and world politics against unlimited government, at least in thought, in a not insubstantial manner. All politicians today-especially in the GOP-- find it difficult to push higher taxes and the belief is widespread that government programs do not work very well. Politically, however, government keeps growing and almost no politician concedes there is any limit to where its benefits and power may reach in the future. Even with the largest programs approaching bankruptcy, the government is immobilized by fear of taking action. Government keeps growing and journalistic conservatism is silent that this growth, especially fueled by dreams of empire, threatens the whole project of American liberty."
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