They agree about the excesses of the federal government.
Today you have a phenomenon called the New Right and many young conservatives who believe that conservatives in general should not be opposed to stronger government, that conservatives perhaps ought to be in favor of stronger government as long as it is put to conservative uses, and that there is a place for a large and a strong government in trying to restore virtue in America and in trying to promote Christianity, trying to promote all kinds of traditional commitments that conservatives have held dear, and that trying to shrink the government down to nothing in their view is actually much more of a left-wing view than it is a right-wing view.
These different elements are both in tension but also surprisingly sometimes wind up being allied to one another. And it may seem as if in some respects the New Right of the twenty-first century is recapitulating some of the ideas of the neoconservatives. Certainly the notion that you could have a conservative welfare state again was something that was identified more with the neoconservatives than with Pat Buchanan and the paleoconservatives or Murray Rothbard and the libertarians.
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I can't fathom why they think this could work. Over 90% of the federal bureaucracy is Democrats and the courts will strike down any attempt to impose Christianity.
Regardless of what they think an ideal government should do, this actual government is never going to work that way.
To be fair, I am not sure if the author of this article is speaking accurately about the "Christian right". Maybe a few vocal leaders, but not the average voter, and probably not the average thought-leader either.
I'm in pretty conservative Christian circles. I obviously don't speak for everyone, but I don't think the average conservative Christian has any grand visions of imposing their religion via government. Most would say that you can't do that, and doing so would be inconsistent with the New Testament teachings.
I think most people are just reacting against the government imposition of modern woke ideology, which many view as out of control. They react so strongly against it that they want the government to act more to stamp it out. That's all.
I'd wager it's a disproportionately online view, but you do see it. It's also sort of cyclical that conservatives get seduced by the ring and think they might just be able to wield it productively.
Paleocons makes me think of a meat-only diet for some reason...