| Sqrl said: It is a different outlook on their world, their life, and their country. Most conservatives cringe when someone implies (intentionally or not) that the government has ownership of the people and not the other way around. That isn't the whole picture but pretty much everything else follows logically from there if you give it some thought. |
I see what you're getting at.
However, the way I worded it was intentional, as I was referring to economic systems, not our government (or any, for that matter), in general. If that is all my post communicated to you, then it failed miserably.
Past that, by stating that "most conservatives cringe when someone implies that the government has ownership of the people and not the other way around", you are effectively implying that liberals, and anyone in between, would not take offense to that same principle. A bigger government, economically, does not equate into less freedom. But that's another discussion entirely.
