All these arguments showing places where you perceive capitalism as having failed just go to show that a reasonable capitalist society cannot exist without government - as I said in my original post.
This is way off topic, but these differing in views is exactly why I think America is too big for decisions like this. Why can socialism not exist in a capitalist society? There is nothing saying it can't - it would just have to be voluntary socialism. Trying to get 300 million people, most of which don't have the first clue when it comes to economy theory or models, to all agree upon what the best system is is ridiculous. This is the whole argument for libertarianism - create a free society in which people can enter into voluntary agreements and whatever results will be dictated by what each individual feels is in their best interest, so long as their best interest doesn't involve stripping the freedom they enjoy from others by use of force.
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