You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Who am I? The politics version...
I see this as perhaps the first time in my life that the media did not essentially elect the president.
Reagan got past them, but never fully went after the Left; he also was influenced too much by the Deep State. The neocons at this time were anti-Soviet, and their statist tendencies were the least of their priorities.
FWIW, on a clean Left/Right scale, ancaps and voluntaryists are very much on the Right side of the spectrum (statism vs liberty); two things have kept us from seeing this:
- Nolan and Pournelle clouded the axis by introducing secondary characteristics; both smart guys, but wrong here
- The Left invests a lot of information war in the Narrative that anything that is not extreme Left is extremist Right
Even Reagan did not receive the media bashing and such of Trump. Yes, he was a surprise but they hadn't put forth the crazed bashing of him on the level they did for Trump. Now admittedly I was pretty young during the Reagan era and not really into politics at the time, but I don't remember it having the crazed impact on society that all of this anti-Trump crap is.
I also believe the Neo-Cons actually infiltrated and corrupted both parties. When I was a delegate it was clear they were the controlling force in the GOP in 2012. I've also seen their flavor in the DNC. In fact I'd clearly call Hillary a Neo-Con. She acts almost identical.
I'd say that neocons hid their statist agenda behind nationalist and patriotic rhetoric; Clinton has never hidden her leftist viewpoints (Alinksy ), and has displayed contempt for American ideals several times
what she has in common w/ the neocons is the connection to the Deep State. hers operates on a profit margin like any other leading socialist (ie Beach House Bernie)