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While in the U.S. being libertarian is associated with being right-leaning, the small government vs big government debate is pretty orthogonal to left vs right.
by mrfredward 8y ago
While in the U.S. being libertarian is associated with being right-leaning, the small government vs big government debate is pretty orthogonal to left vs right. The silicon valley stance on economic matters doesn't fit cleanly into the usual liberal or conservative platforms.
On social issues, it's more clear.
Edit: I thought this was a fairly bland comment on my part, so can I ask what reasons people have for silently disagreeing?
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoOK, I'll not-silently disagree (though I didn't downvote you). The right can be either small- or big-government. (Cynically, the party of the "right", the Republicans, is big-government when in power and small-government when out of power.) But I see very little on the left that is small-government - certainly not the Democratic Party, and not much outside it. (I suppose at least some of the anarchists can be considered left, but as far as I can tell they are a very small group.)