interesting but
the real difference is between those who support a big state (>35%GDP) and those who
support liberty (state <20% GDP)
>>the real difference is between those who support a big state (>35%GDP) and those who support liberty (state <20% GDP)
Are those real numbers that mean something or just approximations that you made up? There are a lot of ways to make those numbers work, some are freedom-supporting and some are not.
The differences between the European and the traditional American Left vs Right are well-documented and easy to explain to people.
But the big reason why you can’t rely only on the size of the state in relation to the GDP is the effect of globalism on a developed nation. People have to eat. People need to go to the doctor. People need a place to live. Send all the jobs to Vietnam and the government grows. For a growing number of Americans, the globalists have shifted Americans down on Maslov’s Pyramid so that concepts like liberty have become a luxury for the “rich”. You and I may not understand their motivations, but that doesn’t change their motivations. Their perception is their reality. Our blindness to that is the greatest weakness of most FReepers.