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Which results basically in "Horseshoe-Theory - The Show". Where the middle way is always the golden way and, by-accident, is aligned with their neo-conservative

Which results basically in "Horseshoe-Theory - The Show". Where the middle way is always the golden way and, by-accident, is aligned with their neo-conservative/libertarian ideals

dcposch 10y ago
Libertarian yes. They are not neocons at all. Where do you see that in the show? Edit: I just remembered that Matt and Trey made Team America World Police back in 2004--back when even Democrats like Clinton were gung ho about Iraq. In it, they did a thorough job mocking the neocons, their enablers across the aisle, and their shared appetite for "preemptive" war.
rl3 10y ago
These are the guys who created Team America: World Police in 2004, and you're trying to say that they're neo-conservatives?
- fullshark 10y ago
  I think you can make the case Team America ultimately supports American intervention in foreign affairs. See the dicks/pussies/assholes speech with America being the dicks, and ultimately in the right despite some issues.
  - rl3 10y ago
    That's a bit of the stretch considering the majority of the film was basically irreverent to the neoconservative foreign policy of the era. One recurring theme was gratuitous collateral damage whenever Team America found themselves in a foreign locale, followed up with complete indifference or ignorance on Team America's behalf. To suggest the film was pushing an agenda is ludicrous when it's pretty clear the goal was to make fun of pretty much everyone and everything.
  - ionised 10y ago
    That's now how I interpreted that scene.
davymac 10y ago
neo-conservatives and libertarians are nearly polar opposites. Neocons are authoritarian, and have some partial overlaps (in principle at least) with democrats, libertarians are laissez-faire. Libertarians overlap with the "leave my body and my speech alone" democrats and the "leave my wallet and my business alone" republicans
djschnei 10y ago
lol what's a neo-con/libertarian ideal?

Which results basically in "Horseshoe-Theory - The Show". Where the middle way is always the golden way and, by-accident, is aligned with their neo-conservative/libertarian ideals

dcposch 10y ago

Libertarian yes. They are not neocons at all. Where do you see that in the show? Edit: I just remembered that Matt and Trey made Team America World Police back in 2004--back when even Democrats like Clinton were gung ho about Iraq. In it, they did a thorough job mocking the neocons, their enablers across the aisle, and their shared appetite for "preemptive" war.

rl3 10y ago

These are the guys who created Team America: World Police in 2004, and you're trying to say that they're neo-conservatives?

fullshark 10y ago
I think you can make the case Team America ultimately supports American intervention in foreign affairs. See the dicks/pussies/assholes speech with America being the dicks, and ultimately in the right despite some issues.
- rl3 10y ago
  That's a bit of the stretch considering the majority of the film was basically irreverent to the neoconservative foreign policy of the era. One recurring theme was gratuitous collateral damage whenever Team America found themselves in a foreign locale, followed up with complete indifference or ignorance on Team America's behalf. To suggest the film was pushing an agenda is ludicrous when it's pretty clear the goal was to make fun of pretty much everyone and everything.
- ionised 10y ago
  That's now how I interpreted that scene.

davymac 10y ago

neo-conservatives and libertarians are nearly polar opposites. Neocons are authoritarian, and have some partial overlaps (in principle at least) with democrats, libertarians are laissez-faire. Libertarians overlap with the "leave my body and my speech alone" democrats and the "leave my wallet and my business alone" republicans

djschnei 10y ago

lol what's a neo-con/libertarian ideal?