Bear in mind, the U.S. definition of liberal is still far to the right of what the rest of the world considers liberal.

And by the whole world you mean Western Europe and a few other countries. US is very liberal compared to many other places (like my own country).

Can I ask which country that is? It strikes me as odd to hear such a domestic US political rant from someone who doesn't live here. (or maybe you do live here now and are just comparing it to where you're from)

I live in Russia. I try to follow various happenings all around the world, nothing odd about that.

Agree. In India one has to pay exorbitant sums for poor medical care, forget about subsidised, good medical care.

Fair enough.