The US (blue circle) is already a low-spending, low-tax country, relative to others with similar levels of development. Which country are we now striving to emulate among the even-lower-spending ones to our left on this chart?

The stuff humans have built now weighs more than all the living things on the planet.

In the societies I want to be part of, we protect our friends, families, and neighbors from hard luck and bullies as much as we can.