Neocon and neolib are not mutually exclusive. In fact they usually come together. Some people seem to think neolib means liberal as it is used in the US (socially progressive moderate), but that's not what it means. And neocons are basically just rabid pro intervention war hawks.
Neocon and neolib are not mutually exclusive. In fact they usually come together. Some people seem to think neolib means liberal as it is used in the US (socially progressive moderate), but that's not what it means. And neocons are basically just rabid pro intervention war hawks.
The way to remember the difference is that Reagan was the arch-neolib.
Thatcher too.