Original sentence: Because they tend to be more interested in history than economics or sociology, they know that the 19th-century idea, so neatly propounded by Herbert Spencer in his "The Man Versus the State," was a historical eccentricity.Neocons feel at home in today's America to a degree that more traditional conservatives do not.People have always preferred strong government to weak government, although they certainly have no liking for anything that smacks of overly intrusive government.Though they find much to be critical about, they tend to seek intellectual guidance in the democratic wisdom of Tocqueville, rather than in the Tory nostalgia of, say, Russell Kirk
Edited sentence: As it has been demonstated many dictatorial and brutal regimes may use free  market economy and democracy may also be present in different economic regimes other than free market economy.Because they tend to have control of the state under the table; thrhough a combination of electoral camapaing donatins, arm twisting in the congress, electoral frauds, and media manipulation the neocons can make the state be simply the attack dog of their agenda.Bluring the difference between democracy and free market is a comong neoconservative strategy to justify some of their policies.Democracy is often invoked when the economic systems are discussed as if it was a synonimous of free market economy.IN the surface they may pretend there are many aspects in which they are unhappy in order to rally their conservative base but the truth is that they are ruling every directin in which the US goes.So, neocons feel at home in today's America to a degree that more traditional conservatives do not.Thi has led to the comon mistake of fusing the politic and economic systems