Does neoconservatism have roots in Trotzkyism?

Question

I have read that it does have have roots in trotzkyism.

There is nothing conservative about neoconservatives. I doubt that they are advancing conservative agenda.

Answer 1

Neocon Plan to Wreck the Economy

Our current crop of Straussians, well ensconced in the White House and the Pentagon, are in the process overturning the "modern project" and a not so modern project, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This will be accomplished through economic catastrophe and engineered war. Deprived of opportunity, income, and even food—and for those unable to provide for themselves, consider the Super Dome in New Orleans as a grim reminder—the masses will do whatever is required, especially if darksome devils and frightful Islamic enemies are unrelentingly portrayed at the ready with dirty nukes. In dire straits, with the prospect of wheelbarrows of money to buy loaves of bread as inflation shoots skyward by the hour, people will do almost anything asked of them. - Kurt Nimmo

You are both sort of correct, here is another excerpt,

"It should be remembered the core Straussians are basically Trotskyites and Leon Trotsky advocated "permanent revolution," that is to say a radical change through Stagism, or the Theory of Stages (a crucial tenet of neoliberal globalism). Of course, Trotsky was a communist and supposedly believed in the proletariat taking power through violence and overthrowing the bourgeoisie. The Straussian neocons, however, are not interested in a revolution of the proletariat—they are interested in elevating themselves to the very pinnacle of state power and ruling as Machiavellian princes over the benighted masses."

Answer 2

Trotskyism is disbelief in the forces of our revolution, disbelief in the alliance between the workers and peasants, disbelief in the bond. What is our principal task at the present time? In the words of Ilyich, it is to convert NEP Russia into socialist Russia. Can this task be carried out if the bond is not established? No, it cannot. Can the bond, the alliance between the workers and peasants, be established if the theory which involves disbelief in that alliance, i.e., the theory of Trotskyism, is not smashed? No, it cannot. The conclusion is obvious: whoever wants to emerge from NEP as the victor must bury Trotskyism as an ideological trend.

Answer 3

No.

Neo-conservatives have their roots in the Democratic party (no jokes, please).

In the 1970s and 1980s, many conservative Democrats left the Democratic party and joined the Republican party. But they kept their belief in the usefulness of big govt, adapting that to use a large govt spending program to advance their conservative social agenda.

Trotskyism supports the idea of revolution by the mass citizenry, while neo-con philosophy wants to lead from the top down.

Answer 4

You may have read it but you read it incorrectly. Extreme Democratic thinking has its roots in socialism and communism. The neo cons are just the opposite. They are for capitalism.

Answer 5

you bet ye.