The Tea Party is one of the greatest challenges to American democracy in the history of the country. Unconsciously, they are bringing out the authoritarian roots of the neoconservative movement. To learn more about what the Tea Party and the Politburo have in common, come with me to the jump....
Many founding neoconservatives were former lefties in the old Communist style. For example, Kristol was a former Trotskyist who shifted to the far right when the New Left appeared in the 1960s. Naturally, the Original Neocons brought the authoritarian Marxist-Leninist approach to politics with them and merged it with Leo Strauss and his admiration of Plato's Republic.
Former neocon Michael Lind explains their approach in the BBC documentary "The Power of Nightmares":
For the neoconservatives, religion is an instrument of promoting morality. Religion becomes what Plato called a “noble lie.” It is a myth which is told to the majority of the society by the philosophical elite in order to ensure social order.
In being a kind of secretive elitist approach, Straussianism does resemble Marxism. These ex-Marxists, or in some cases ex-liberal Straussians, could see themselves as a kind of Leninist group, you know, who have this covert vision which they want to use to effect change in history, while concealing parts of it from people incapable of understanding it.
Since they had a True Plan for Saving Democracy, I believe their fanaticism eventually morphed into a hunger for power and a willingness to sacrifice anything in order to save it. Essentially, they had become the very thing they were fighting against. Thus they made a great foil for anyone on the American scene who also wanted to defeat democracy and wield power over America.
So many years later, here we are with all of the anti-democratic forces concentrating in one place. They are using the principles of Lenin--they wish to take advantage of the weaknesses of democracy and create a fake "America" that betrays all its ideals while mouthing them as platitudes.
I think we liberals are taking the right path to beating this dire threat. The only way to beat these people is by being the best of America--using democracy, rule of law, belief in freedom, activism, and honest speech to preserve our nations legacy to mankind.