It is US. And they outdid everyone precisely because they had the most of freedom. Free market created enormous amount of wealth and the government got its port

It is US. And they outdid everyone precisely because they had the most of freedom. Free market created enormous amount of wealth and the government got its portion. Less free contries just were not that wealthy to afford massive military and other spendings. I'm not saying it was even possible to have anarchy back in 1796: the slavery and wife ownership was okay. But today we can learn from history and understand that it is possible to employ non-violent methods of conflict resolution using existing total connectivity. With internet, cheap and strong crypto, Bitcoin and social networks you can securely notify anyone you want about misbehavior of someone and use ostracism instead of prisons.