Hi Folks!
I was watching a documentary on WW II. It was about the Vichy collaborators in France, and how they justified working with the Nazis. The Vichy had the same goals as the Nazis, but just put a 'pro-France' spin on their political positions. Because of this they could pretend to not be pro-Nazi, just the ultimate pro-France advocates...
Well, as I was watching this it suddenly hit me: the Neo-Cons are the Republicans equivalent of the Vichy collaborators, with the Democrats being the equivalent of the Nazis. The Neo-Cons want to roam planet Earth, engaging in constant warfare; the Neo-Cons want huge federal government; many Neo-Cons support gay marriage and abortion.
But, no, the Neo-Cons say, we aren't liberals, we aren't progressives. We, say the Neo-Cons, merely want to spread democracy and capitalism around the world. We want to enforce constitutional freedom in the purist sense: in regards to their supporting abortion and gay marriage.
No, the Neo-Cons are wrong. They aren't conservative: they are liberals and progressives. Their means for arriving at their domestic and foreign policies are different than the Democrats. Their end results are the same, however. And just like the Vichy collaborators, the Neo-Cons try to tell us that they aren't really Nazis, that they aren't really Democrat progressives.
The Neo-Cons are ultimately the same as the Democrat progressives, however. The Neo-Cons are the Vichy collaborators of the the Republican party...
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