> Fair enough, my apologies. No problem. I'm not American so there's little point in swaying me one way or the other. I agree with you on pretty much all of i

> Fair enough, my apologies. No problem. I'm not American so there's little point in swaying me one way or the other. I agree with you on pretty much all of it, but I don't think that my other statement was a libertarian dog whistle. It's just a policy that I think would work - the government is for running the justice system, defence, taking out the garbage, maybe a social safety net depending on who you ask, stuff like that. A little bit of libertarianism (certainly not all of it) is the perfect cure for a Handmaid's Tale scenario. Just one last point - some countries are certainly much better than others. I'm from Africa, have lived in Europe, and now I live in Canada, which is the best of all in my opinion. The USA though is amazing and far ahead of the rest in many ways - the drawbacks have been discussed but all that economic and social freedom does not count for nothing. I think all advanced countries have something to offer to someone who's aligned the right way. For 40% tax you'd expect a whole lot of nice things though!