Did you know that neoconservatism evolved out of Trotskyism?

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sure - if you refuse to do a google search here is the first hit for "neoconservatives Trotskyism"

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0304/0304neocontrotp1.htm

JT you forgot RON PAUL.

"don't hate" - weren't you in that movie, "idiocracy"?

I am sorry, too deep for you people? maybe you prefer something more simple, like name calling. Here, i'll start.

Ahem.

You stupid liberal doodyface!

Ken C - try LewRockwell.com

you are full of it.

Any way you look at it, neoconservatism is much closer to liberalism than you pseudo-intellectual blind-bush-supporters would like to admit. Maybe study up on it?

I guess i am just one of those looney nutjob who believes in knowing who it is that you vote for. Or maybe that makes me a terrorist?

Answer 1

There is no movement called neoconservatism.

Answer 2

YES and they share a Utopian vision in that both ideologies believe in a naive image of human beings.

The other important influence on neoconservatives was the legacy of Trotksyism--a point that other historians and journalists have made about neoconservatism but that eludes Ehrman. Many of the founders of neoconservatism, including The Public Interest founder Irving Kristol and coeditor Nathan Glazer, Sidney Hook, and Albert Wohlstetter, were either members of or close to the Trotskyist left in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Younger neoconservatives, including Penn Kemble, Joshua Muravchik, and Carl Gershman, came through the Socialist Party at a time when former Trotskyist Max Schachtman was still a commanding figure.

Answer 3

Well, actually that would be the opposit.
The folks who coined the term "Neoconservative was "The Norman Thomas Socialist Party" in America under the direction of "Michael Harrington". Harrington followed the teachings of Max Schacter, who was a "Trotskyist".
Harrington was a self-described "Marxist turned Socialist".
Neocon was a term to describe "Intelectual Democrats" such as JFK, who they deemed not Liberal enough because they favored lower taxes, strong military and prtecting American interests abroad.
Perhaps some actual study of Michael Harrington would shed some light on your rather uneducated attempt at a "Slur".
You did manage to prove that you support the teachings of a "Marxist turned Socialist"...

Guy Houston- Try the actual writings of the guy who coined the phrase and his background. Michael Harrington...

Answer 4

It's not surprising the majority of answers here do not even address the question.
The ultimate goal is a new world order. A one world government controlled by them and their corporations.
It's amazing!
A group of greedy sick people want to enslave the world and the sheep can't help but defend them.

Answer 5

The correct word is Marxism, which is the philosophy behind communism. I have never heard Trotskyism before

Answer 6

I get a kick out of this whole "neo" moniker Republicans have been given.
Labled by the compassionate, dont hate speak, i'm no liberal, drive a car that runs on field grass crowd.
Stinks of hypocrisy.

Answer 7

Wrong. The neoconservatives was a name given to a faction of conservatives in Canada in the 70's and 80's.

Answer 8

Of course, I know.
Because I had a "history" subject in my school, not phony "social studies".

Neo-cons as well as Trotsky try to sit on 2 chairs: conservative and ultra-left. Trotsky failed to be a statesman and ultra-left Marxist together. Neo-cons are already failing with their attempt.

Neo-con idea of "spreading democracy" is just a child of Trotsky theory of "spreading the communist revolution".
Their methods are similar to Trotsky's "permanent revolution".

Answer 9

Yes, and the basic principles of the end justifies the means, and society must be torn down and then rebuilt still are a part of neo conservativism. One only needs to consider the political myths and outright lies of neo conservatives to see the first principle in action. Examples of the second can be seen in the US "strategy" for post invasion Iraq: 1. Rumsfeld failed to stop the rioting in Baghdad after the invasion and 2. Bremer dissolved Iraq's army and police forces, 3. Bush insisted on "de Bathification" of universities

Answer 10

Umm...Leo Strauss?

Answer 11

I know liberalism/socialism evolved out of communism

All they want to do is bring back the evolutionary clock and degrade mankind back into the stone age. They are willing to destroy all our accomplishments and ways of life in the name of "equality"