>, if we're talking about the US at least, is that the conservatives running things believe a government should be small No they don't, at least not anymore (i

>, if we're talking about the US at least, is that the conservatives running things believe a government should be small No they don't, at least not anymore (if they ever really did.) They believe government shouldn't regulate business and shouldn't provide social welfare or invest in scientific research that doesn't align with their political ideology, but they absolutely believe in having a trillion dollar military industrial complex.