A friend of mine, who is definitely conservative, and leaning toward our liberty movement, asked me to define "neo-conservatism"?
I started by explaining that it is when one professes to live by conservative principles, but in fact does not. He asked for a for-instance? So, I suggested to him a conservative's support of our foreign policy of empire building, vs. a humble foreign policy. He questioned Korea? Japan? I injected Iraq. He countered Afghanistan?
Then I suggested a conservatives support of "Foreign Aid": Redistribution of our wealth to a foreign entity.
Is there a clear definition of what a neo-conservative is, or how one thinks?
3 comments:
What Dale said is my understanding as well, and I found this article that more-or-less confirms this as well as your view on the foreign policy aspect.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/neo-con-explained.html
K.M.
A neo-conservative is a person who, just like a modern liberal, believes in and extols the power of the state with the difference that the so-called conservative wants to use the power of the state to serve his/her own goals and policies. In other words a neo-conservative is just a liberal dressed in different clothes.
Dale
The hallmark of neo-conservatism is increasing government spending while decreasing government income.
Liberalism advocates increasing revenue and increasing spending, conservatism advocates decreasing revenue and decreasing spending.
Reagan began the trend of cutting taxes while spending a ridiculous amount on defense. Many argue that this was necessary to win the Cold War. However, the trend has continued and individuals like George W. Bush enjoy taxing like a conservative and spending like a liberal. The nation has suffered because of this wholly ridiculous economic policy.
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