There it IS! Maybe "statist" would be a better word, but maybe not... What we have is an arbitrary government.
An omnipotent sovereign parliment, not confined to laying down general rules, means that we have an arbitrary government. What is worse, a government which cannot, even if it wished, obey any principles, but must maintain itself by handing out favours to particular groups. It must buy its authority by discrimination...--F.A. Hayek, Law, Liberty, and Freedom
Many of us differ on the best way to turn this around, or even if that's possible.
I'm a systems analyst, so I tend to use the word that describes the system.
What we have is 2 parties who both believe in collective solutions to problems.
I believe from a 'functional analysis' point of view, the real battle is individualism (conservatism) v. collectivism (liberalism).
The R pary is liberal. Collectivist. And I have no interest in furthering the cause of the R party, because by doing so you're furthering the cause of collectivism continuing to dominate America.
Unfortunate.