[lucozade]

> Whether that's "purely capitalist" or not

It's not. It's got nothing to do with capitalism, pure or otherwise. In fact, I think there's a case for saying that the US state is both very large and highly invasive in people's lives both in, and outside, the USA. And that's a very un-capitalist trait.

[readthenotes1]

As is using government resources to manipulate business proceedings in other countries. The USA was very active in that in the early 1900s.