> Absolutely speaking, sure. But e.g. the U.S. and U.K. have been > *relatively* more sympathetic to these ideas for centuries. > Prof. Bryan Caplan
I think my email got crunched, but if you are talking relative levels, then some Latin American countries have semi-decent political culture, but atrocious "private." For example, take Colombia - I'm no expert, but Colombia was fairly resistant to socialism and nationalization of industry (compared to other Latin American nations), but it suffers a great deal of crime and drug use. Fabio
