If there is a definition of "millennial generation" it revolves around 9/11/2001 - the kids who grew up w 90s optimism and had it smashed
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for the True Believers it absolutely was the idea that America was the blueprint and all countries would eventually follow
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"Neo"-conservatism = American military destined to succeed "Neo"-liberalism = American economy destined to succeed
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in both cases the "neo" really refers to the universalism
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like when they made up the term "neoconservatism" to contrast w "paleo"-conservatism they meant isolationism
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paleo conservatism = America has to fight to stay American in a hostile world
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neo conservatism = America has a moral duty to make the rest of the world American
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just like if neoliberalism has a definition it's the idea of treating capitalism & free trade as the New Normal post Cold War
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