The way I heard it, "two Jews marooned on a desert island have to build three synagogues. One for the Reform, one for the Conservative, and one neither one would be caught dead in."
--- "Our system basically breaks (and I don't mean breaks down!) out politically along one fault line - Centralized government vs Decentralized government."
Agreed. Towards liberty and away from pervasive rule, as opposed to towards great rule and away from liberty.