opposed to the government having a lot of control over the economy and society

A pro-market, anti-statist ideology makes welfare state programmes extremely difficult to win. 亲市场、反国家主义的意识形态使福利国家计划极难得到贯彻。

In the nineteenth century, Democratic presidents generally advocated an anti-statist agenda. 在19世纪，民主党的那些总统普遍提倡反国家主义政策。