I agree with your assessment of how the government looks, in actuality, here. The ethos i was describing was my own anecdata of what people claim to value. IE,

I agree with your assessment of how the government looks, in actuality, here. The ethos i was describing was my own anecdata of what people claim to value. IE, they give at least lip service (maybe more actual effort as well) to wanting free markets, but their government does not actually do that