I would argue capitalism (or any economic system really) always corrupts government, it's just a matter of degree. Farmer A gives free goats (or his daughter i

I would argue capitalism (or any economic system really) always corrupts government, it's just a matter of degree. Farmer A gives free goats (or his daughter in marriage) to farmer B who is in charge of allocating newly acquired tribal farmland. Farmer A gets a good, fertile pasture with a stream, farmer Z might get a bunch of rocky hillside.