What emerged was neither traditional fiscal conservatism nor Democratic policies without Democrats nor starve-the–beast populism, but something that has no name. An exchange between two characters in a scene from the movie “Apocalypse Now” captures an anti-ethic that characterizes the Bush administration’s policies as well:
布什政府实行的既不是传统的财政保守主义，也不是非民主党人的民主党政策，更不是“饿死穷鬼”的民粹主义，他们实行的政策根本叫不出名字。电影《现代启示录》中两个角色有一段对白，能够准确地形容布什政府推行的反道德政策：