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Capitalism works when placed within a society which promotes individual charity and personal responsibility. Once the United States had that, but thanks to the 1960-70s we no longer have that society.

Regarding government, it doesn't have to be big to be effective. Federalism, which was once the norm, has almost completely disappeared. Where once we had states, we now have what are quickly becoming nothing more than administrative districts of the central government. Once states could adjust laws to suit the populations needs, but the central government makes these huge sweeping regulations which may be good for one state but harm many others. The beauty of federalism is that each state can suit its population, and if you don't like say, Texas and it's application of the death penalty, you could move to another state. Don't like income tax? Move to Florida. Braver states could experiment with new social and economic policies without harming the entire nation, and we've gotten several government policies from past experiments like that. Slightly off topic rant aside, big government will slowly lead to tyranny. Look at past republics. Either they slid into tyranny or fell into anarchy. Why would we be any different? The public has grown lax gaurding the precious jewel that is freedom and is letting government butt into our private lives and rights more and more.

My apologies if this is rather ranty, I've spent the past week reading books on politics and I've been wanting to vent.