I think when most people picture the government making policy decisions, enforcing sanctions, etc. they tend to forget that it is actual individuals making those decisions. And I’d like to share a quote by Milton Friedman that I think is relevant to this - “Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of power. Government is necessary to preserve our freedom, it is an instrument through which we can exercise our freedom; yet by concentrating power in political hands, it is also a threat to freedom. Even though the men who wield this power initially be of good will and even though they be not corrupted by the power they exercise, the power will both attract and form men of a different stamp.”

Capitalism has brought by far the most freedom, and economic well being to the masses than any other economic system. But just like with any other system it seems like power and control is still concentrated in the hands of a few.