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Here in the States we would call it "neo-conservative"

Incidentally, two Bush tax-cuts took effect today which will reduce tax revenues by $27 billion over the next 5 years.  The cuts benifit only 1 out of every 500 American households with annual incomes of $1 million+.

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by DowneastDem (david.vickrey (at) post.harvard.edu) on Mon Jan 2nd, 2006 at 03:00:19 PM EST
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Here in the States we would call it "neo-conservative"

We call it that, but we're incorrect.  Neoconservatism is a foreign policy view.  Neoliberalism is an economics view.  (There's also "neoliberalism" in foreign policy, but when the average person hears the term, it's usually related to domestic economics.)

Anglo-Saxons aren't even the plurality in America today, judging by the fact that Catholics are the plurality in religion.  It's traditionally been a very WASP-dominated country (still is when you look at the presidents), but America is far too diverse to lump under the Anglican label.  There are probably more Latinos and Blacks than there are Anglicans these days, anyway.  Practically every American has blood from another race (just in case you needed another reason to find racism to be incredibly fucking stupid, or needed another way to piss off your racist, Deep-South neighbor, which I find to be quite an exciting sport).

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 12:44:10 AM EST
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Drew, I take it you find deep racism in the deep south today.  I'm from the mid-west (border state end), saw some racism as a child, but I've been in Europe and mainly California for the past 20 years,,,,some Chicago.  and find almost no racism.  particularly in CA, where there is so much mixed blood.  is the deep south deeply racist based on what you see, even today?
by wchurchill on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 01:47:15 AM EST
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Deeply racist?  No.  Most people I've met in the South are perfectly capable of living well enough with people of other races.  But the areas I've lived in have both been a mixture of economic liberalism and social libertarianism.

It's, of course, going to depend on where you visit.  But, in my experience, you can find ignorant people anywhere.  If it's not racism, it's xenophobia, or anti-intellectualism, or simply general anti-"Frenchie-ness".  I don't think the region is deeply racist.  Are there tensions?  No doubt about it.  But it's not nearly as much of an issue today as it was back in the mid-20th Century.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.

by Drew J Jones (pedobear@pennstatefootball.com) on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 10:56:45 AM EST
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I don't understand why the term "neo-conservatism" is limited to the foreign policy realm.  If you read the neo-con publications such as Weekly Standard or the National Review you find articles advocating the dismantling of economic safety net programs for the middle class along side of pieces celebrating pre-emptive war and torture.  They seem to go hand in hand.

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by DowneastDem (david.vickrey (at) post.harvard.edu) on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 08:52:32 AM EST
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The "neo-liberals" in America had like 15 min of fame and then were swallowed right up by the neo-conservatives.  The distinction between the two seems more clear in Europe.  Here in America they really are the same, doing each other's work. (Though I think the neo-liberals would deny it.)

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
by p------- on Tue Jan 3rd, 2006 at 12:24:47 PM EST
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