Under this regime liberty is increased by government protection, but it is then decreased as government goes beyond the point of protection and creates interference, leading to oppression. Again, liberty is not maximized. Liberty is maximized when government offers full protection, but without moving into oppression. It thus becomes clear that the significant factor in government policy, and the liberty it produces, is the Degree of Government Intervention. At one end of the Scale we have Zero Percent Government Intervention, which means that government quite simply does nothing at all.
Government is to all intents and purposes non-existent.
Liberty, in the sense of a disciplined freedom resulting in a safe and ordered society, could not be said to exist under this regime. At the other end of the Scale we have One Hundred Percent Government Intervention. Here we find total government control over every aspect of life. This is the kind of environment visualized by authors such as Huxley and Orwell, who attempted to highlight the dangers of allowing government to become oppressive. Here we find ourselves in the sinister world of Total Control, of citizens directed in their every move and every thought by an ever-watchful Big Brother.