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I agree with everything said, but one crucial point : that this isn't free market capitalism. In a hyper-individualistic (almost Ayn Randian) society, where government, and pretty much any institution that used to be called "public" is now the enemy of individual liberty, where corporations - entirely free of democratic oversight - get to behave, and even have the rights of individuals, virtually without restraint, what you get is perfect laissez faire capitalism. Where actors no longer feel the fabric of society, their obligations to others around them, "there is no society" as mrs. thatcher famously remarked. Welcome to the original American dream.