An “-er” worldview always seeks to compare something to something else. If your goal is to be “better”, no doubt everyone else will eventually think that you think you are better than everyone else—and the truth will be that you probably won’t be.
With taxes and politics its “higher vs lower”; neither is attainable. “Lower” taxes isn’t a number; it is a direction, not a destination, so, by definition, it can never succeed; same with “higher” taxes.
Rather than trying to be “more” or “less”, just be you and your best. Choose clear goals, reach them, then choose another.