General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: A little PSA about the term "Neoliberalism". [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Neoliberalism is an economic ideology centered around using the state's apparatus to free capital (as opposed ot traditional economic liberalism which eschews state interaction as much as possible.)
Neoconservativism, on the other hand, is a geopolitical ideology. "Traditional conservativism" (paleoconservativism) has a largely isolationist, nativist, xenophobic outlook - It espouses independence from and minimal interaction with the rest of the world. Neoconservativism on the other hand, calls for active efforts to remake the world in Americas (or in theory, whoever's) ideal image of that world.
The two often travel hand in hand, but are not synonymous. Nor are they exclusive ideologies to the right wing (at least, as we define "wingsa" in American politics, which is a whole 'nother subject.)