As for the rest of it, it's true that capitalism can't fix the FDA or foreign price controls. Lets hope Charlie Stross is right and the capitalists can take over the government and fix this.
> ...but [capitalism does not require democracy] means that the interests of the public (labour) are ignored by states increasingly dominated by capital (because of [automation privileges capital over labour]) unless there's a threat of civil disorder. So states are tooling up for large-scale civil unrest.
Let us hope, indeed. Sounds like fun.
The Swedes and British manage extremely well with national guidelines that physicians actually adhere too. In some disciplines there is no alternatives to the technocrats.