I always like to hear your views, GW, and generally I agree with you. As I do in this case.
I'm not anti-capitalism. I didn't expect my previous post would be construed that way, actually, but there you go.
Nor do I think altruism is the pinnacle of human accomplishment. But it appeared to me from previous posts that in order to remove some layers of government, what was needed was for people to self-moderate some of their behaviours. I was merely trying to point out that in a capitalistic system that rewards self-interested behaviour, this may be a little tricky and is perhaps why our countries appear so over-governed.
James.