Question, 'I would like to know the difference between a “neoconservative” and an old conservative. The only clear difference I have found is…' Old conservatives believe in fiscal restraint, small, unobtrusive government, federalism, and a near isolationist foreign policy. Neo-cons (more properly termed neo-fascists) have an aggressive imperialist forign policy, believe in big, intrusive government (for ex. the Shiavo case) don't mind spending the country into enourmous debt, are theocrats, and mix unregulated industry with cronyism and conflicts of interest with the government.
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I might also add that while true conservatives are strong advocates of federalism, neo-cons (neo-fascists) are much more unitarian, for ex "the No child left behind act" etc. and all of this consolodation of government under what amounts to an executive w/ extra-constitutional powers. " Whattheheck Rabbit has a definition of neo-cons which he feels does the trick. THOSE ADHERANTS OF THE POLICY OF PNAC. " That covers the foreign policy part of it.
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" Speaking as a “Foreigner” what else is there?" I covered that in my first post: Neo-cons (more properly termed neo-fascists) have an aggressive imperialist forign policy, believe in big, intrusive government (for ex. the Shiavo case) don’t mind spending the country into enourmous debt, are theocrats, and mix unregulated industry with cronyism and conflicts of interest with the government. " Actually isn’t there something about Americans in there somewhere?" Sorry I don't understand you?
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"Does theocracy really come into it? of necessity anyway? Isn’t that just a carry over from the conservative roots being used to lead the God Squad like a pied piper tune?" No! The difference is today, many "neo-cons" want to merge their religious beliefs with the government. Authentic conservatives (for example Berry Goldwater) favored religion and tradition as well, but didn't necessarily want to encode their religious beliefs into law. Berry Goldwater: 'Our problem is with these neoconservatives, the radical right, the religious extremists whose interpretation is very narrow, and who want to destroy everybody who doesn't agree with them. I …
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Try these videos as well: http://www.theocracywatch.org/audio-video.htm The neo-con movement breaks down into 3 groups: 1. The Imperialists – (for ex PNAC) whose main goal is conquest 2. The oligarchs/plutocrats – such as the super-rich and corporations, whose main concern is money. 3. The theocrats - Whose goal is to convert the US into a Protestant-Christian theocracy, with themselves in the cat-bird seat. Money/power is at the root of each of these sub-groups. "Do you really think these people are religious?" Yes, but they are also hypocritical demagogues, as are most religious leaders. Their followers are in large part dupes.
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