Harper — Neocons Still Promote Permanent Revolution

Summary:
Backgrounder on neoconservatism and its marriage of convenience with liberal internationalism (Wilsonianism). Does the permanent warfare of today's neocons differ in any real way from the Trotsky idea of permanent world revolution? Socialism has been replaced by democracy-promotion but that difference is small, particularly as the consequences continue to play out on the world stage. This prompts the question as to why Donald Trump has appointed neoconservatives like John Bolton when he is a Jacksonian nationalist and populist?One reason could be that the deep state is populated with foreign policy idealists rather than foreign policy realists, and these types and appointments are typically made from the bench of the deep state. A reason may be to placate it, since the deep state is in a

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Mike Norman considers the following as important: liberal internationalism, liberal interventionism, neoconservatism, Trotskyism

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