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I think exactly the opposite: adherence to market economics, even to the extent of calling it a science, is what defines a liberal. In this sense conservatives are just angry liberals.

Tbf, most americans just sort of skate along on vibes and don't have many concrete values or material understanding of our society at all, regardless of how they identify.

Cf any argument over rent control: people either want it out of some sort of justice for inhumanely priced rents, or people bought into some kind of idea that it doesn't work because some think tank they put faith in pushed that messaging. Few people actually study the literally thousands of ways that almost every other society manages to house their population more effectively. It's all just vibes.