Neocons and liberal interventionists differ only over international institutions

Evidence

Despite evincing an anti-statist rhetoric, neoliberalism is in practice not opposed to the state per se – as the bank bail-outs of 2008 demonstrated – but rather to particular uses of state funds; meanwhile, neoconservatism’s strong state was confined to military and police functions, and defined itself against a welfare state held to undermine individual moral responsibility. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 127 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Realist and neocon foreign policy camps differ in tactics not imperial goals — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 463; Neocons and liberal interventionists differ only in tactics, not imperial aims — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 404; Neocons are integrated across realist and liberal think tanks, not a separate bloc (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The neoconservative-neoliberal alliance united against the welfare state rather than against the state itself #corroborates (0.80) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 127