The Future of Democracy

[vulcanlogician]

And this I think ties in with something I mentioned earlier, namely that according to polls, while the majority of Americans are now socially liberal, a significant majority still remains fiscally conservative. If the polls are accurate, then social spending is viewed positively by a minority in the US.

Maybe I’m still tainted by my European upbringing, but ‘socially liberal and fiscally conservative’ sounds like gibberish to me. Or maybe those things mean something different to USians.

Boru

Fiscal conservatism doesn't necessarily pertain to spending. It's simply about avoidance of state debt. A full blown communist society (that taxes and spends a ton) could be fiscally conservative.