This American's automatic response to that is a question. Or, rather, two questions. The first is, "Is that necessarily so?". The second follows, "If so, show me how it IS necessarily so." For myself, my strong suspicion is that IS the case, especially with the correct line you draw between capitalism and just plain old mom-and-pop local-type free enterprise. But maybe your columns answering that (I recall reading some) is a place to start.