As a left-wing movement that drifted rightward, neoconservatism still bears the typical characteristics of a left-wing sect, even ones that are at odds with the conservative context.
Narratives of alienation and victimhood
"The 1977 classic movie, Star Wars, portrayed an epic struggle between a righteous outnumbered few (Rebel alliance) against a much stronger dominant government (Empire). The now well known story tells how a small group of activists can effect change by adhering to their principals as a source of power and focusing their efforts on the identifiable vulnerability of their adversary. A useful analogy may be drawn to the current situation of contemporary conservative activism."
Ideological sectarianism
"The recent departure of Arlene Specter can be likened to the lancing of an abscess to remove the nidus of infection which is necessary for a body to be healed. Similarly, the Republican party must purge out the Republicans In Name Only (RINO) if they do not immediately repent. The “force” of the Republican party is their conservative principals, just like the Jedi Luke Skywalker, they must resist temptations away from this force."
Neoconservatism furthers the original left-wing goals by invading the right wing like a virus and destroying it with the same dysfunctional memes that doomed the Old Left to irrelevance.
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