1. This fine @DavidKlion essay on @davidfrum reminds me that I've been wanting to write something on how neo-cons are the modern Mugwumps, an elite faction that enjoys power precisely because it straddles partisan political divide.https://newrepublic.com/article/157885/david-frums-hold-center-trumpocalypse-book-review …
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6. Lasting institutional power of the neo-cons comes from the fact that they are underwritten by arms industries that have bipartisan support: the funders of think tanks etc. Their flexibility about partisan affiliation combined allows them to seed ideas in both parties.
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Which neocons are you saying voted for Clinton in 2016?
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In the study of International Relations, this is referred to as an "offshore balancer." This behavior implies a complete lack of loyalty to anyone or anything but their own class interest.
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Amazing to watch the left, still 4 years later, convinced Hillary was some right winger. The left's misogyny still a thing.
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This is the most delusional tweet I’ve read yet about “neocons” and that’s saying a lot. It proves that a certain section of the “left” is obsessed with issues of semantics that have no relationship at all to the real world
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"a faction went for Clinton in 1992" means the majority did not. Which means they were wrong more than once. Also, weird how you skipped Obama.
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