[brobdingnagians]

I like the idea that it isn't all about conflating economics success with democratic values. There are plenty of people who just want to go live in a hut in the woods alone, or in an ashram and practice yoga, or start a oddball political thinktank. The democratic values and freedom let them do that. People may think you're weird, but they'll generally let you do it. Other places, you have to be careful about which political thinktank you start, or which yoga teacher you subscribe to...

This results in people _experimenting_ with things, and sometimes they work sometimes they don't. But there is a huge variety of experience and people just trying things out, or doing their own thing-- which increases the culture vibrancy and tapestry of diversity.