Myth, liberals hate the private sector.

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Basically, Europe's spectrum is bigger/longer on both sides due to historical circumstances. America has had the same constitution since it was first implemented: I cannot think of a single European country that has been living on the same constitution forever. And we've been trough monarchy, etc. It's different. Typically, right-left has more to do with how you view hierarchies than with government intervention. From my experience, fascists are very supportive of gov-intervention and they qualify as far-right.

America has a different spectrum, still - I wouldn't qualify someone who is in favor of a mixed economy as far-left, ever..

America's has one of the oldest active constitutions, if not the oldest. Americans are so centered on themselves though. That's why we will call someone far left who on a world wide scale absolutely isn't. I have even heard Hillary Clinton described as far left. What? If you actually compared her to the world, she's probably moderate-right.

That is true, however America in its westernized version is a very young country. Don't take this as an insult - It's just an observation - You can see a wider spectrum in European politics because we have countries with thousands of years of existence and traditions - Even if some countries were created, and borders were revised, we have existed here for many centuries with a relatively consistent population without super significant alterations. America was an Indian continent, until it was occupied by westerns - It is therefore young and it's normal that the political spectrum works differently. Trust me, when you live in a country where your parents who are little over 40 remember living in a dictatorship, perspectives change a lot.

Written constitutions shouldn't be confused with what I like to call unwritten or otherwise intangible constitutions - Basically meaning the fundamental values of every people on earth - A written constitution should reflect those values. Out of curiosity, I think my country has had about 5 written constitutions at least, since we became a republic, and we had some rudimentary constitutions as a monarchy