Left/Liberal vs Right/Conservative root cause

[rjschirmer]

To me the above definition seems a little limiting. For example I'm sure there are many people on the left who may believe that a person's economic destiny is largely determined by their own hard work and good decisions. I think the left/right divide is merely a question of degree. i.e. how much control and trust should society give to the government vs. free enterprise. As a general rule, those from the left tend to give more trust the government to do the right thing for society, while those on the right will tend to trust market forces of the free enterprise a little more.

Do you think the above adds anything to your definition?

IMHO many of those on the left and right would likely be surprised to see how closely their values align with the exception of this one critical point. Who do you trust more?