[A. Pole]

All of that said, the US model of capitalism will never, and can never feature the levels of government intervention and economic guidance experienced in Europe after the fall of the nobility.

Never? Do you know the future? Nothing is for ever.

[GOP_1900AD]

It is structurally impossible. The US is the land of mob rule. Thomas L. Friedman, who I generally despise, called it by an appropriate name - The Electronic Herd. The Electronic Herd, for better or worse, controls the US economy.