"And so he did it his way, which is still "capitalistic", according to you, unless you are changing your definitions."
No, he did it the way he believes should be every filmmaker's right. Because he believed in equal rights, that was not capitalistic. Yes you can be barred from casinos in Vegas too for counting - that was my point. What horrible capitalistic bastards if they believe it is their right to hold the odds, - and even treid to make it illegal for patrons to use their brain. Atlantic City actually has a decent law, because casinos don't care about YOU loosing money, but they do care about themselves loosing money to counters, even if those counters are few and far between. What I'm trying to say is that the casinos believe you should not be entitled to the rights that they are entitled to.
Why is America more Capitalistic? You will work it out. One thing is hollywood. I don't like hollywood. No other country in the world has a film industry like it. Independant American Films are so few and far between now. Now that doesn't matter to me as much as Independent Aussie films - but it should matter to every American.
EDIT: By the way, Casino Canberra uses an EIGHT DECK shoe! There's no getting more capitalistic than that.