[lbo-talk] neocon schism!

[T Fast]

Given the age of the author of the analysis, perhaps the line is drawn 
between reform liberals / (neo)classical liberals.  In this sense, Summers 
can be considered a neocon.  Although his usage is odd given the way liberal 
and conservative are (exclusively) used in the US today.
But his odd usage does not make him an idiot!

Travis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] neocon schism!


> www.leninology. blogspot.com wrote:
>
>>True, neoconservatism is more than unapologetic support for and defense of 
>>Israel and in that sense my thought was misplaced. However, it is also 
>>broader than the narrow historical outgrowth that DeLong describes, which 
>>is why it doesn't seem to me a particularly good reason to say that 
>>Summers is *not* a neoconservative.
>
> Maybe it's pedantic of me to insist on honoring the distinctions in 
> bourgeois thought, but nominating Wolfowitz to be WB pres is a 
> neoconservative move. He's a rather different animal from Summers. 
> Wolfowitz isn't big on markets - he's big on state power. Summers is big 
> on markets (though of course it often takes state power to make them 
> happen). In fact, the neocons were very hostile to the Clinton agenda 
> because it promoted economic/internationalist values over 
> military/national grandeur ones.
>
> Doug
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