Well, yes, the Neo-Cons are socialist in that they pursue policies which inexorably put society more and more in the control of huge centralized authority structures which are impervious to the ordinary public...namely corporations, political party machines, and the military-industrial complex.

They are non-socialist in that they definitely do not believe in providing free medicare to the public or giving everyone a fairly equal standard of living, education, etc. They believe in quite the contrary to that...maintaining and enriching a privileged elite and leaving the rest of us to survive as best we may in a steadily deteriorating situation.

Depends on how you look at it when you use the term "socialist". I'd say they're strong in the evils of socialism (overly centralized and remote power and authority), but totally opposed to its benefits (aid and assistance to the common people).

Those who consider socialism to be a dirty word, of course, can only see the evil aspects of it and are oblivious to the good ones.

The fact is you can totally pervert ANY system...socialist or capitalist...by simply handing power over to a group of self-interested scoundrels. The problem isn't socialism versus capitalism. The problem is elitist oppression in the name of one or the other instead of responsible government of, by, and for the people.

- LH