This is not only incomplete but also misses that the American right is also largely defined by Christian conservatives who see being "tough on crime" as the sol

This is not only incomplete but also misses that the American right is also largely defined by Christian conservatives who see being "tough on crime" as the solution to everything. The only discernable difference to me is that the American left usually wants laws that regulate businesses whereas the American right usually wants laws that regulate individuals. Except of course the Democrats are just as dependent on wealthy donors and business deals as the Republicans so the regulations passed by them end up being pretty toothless and easy to circumvent. Both parties (but especially the Republicans) also perpetually increase military and police spending, which is only a "small government" policy if you think the only role of the government is enforcing private property rights. Ironically, anarchists (who are far left) want to abolish this enforcement of private property rights and only support regulations in so far that they limit the use of those rights against individuals. Anarcho-capitalists (who are not on the left) want to abolish everything BUT this enforcement.