The alphabet agencies include the EPA, FDA, FAA, OHSA, SSA, FCC, IRS, among others. All these agencies, in one way or another, use the initiation of force against individuals and therefore stand in opposition to human life. Collectivism is based on the altruist code of morality. Altruism says that it is virtuous for the individual to sacrifice himself to others. Collectivism says the individual must sacrifice himself to the race, the nation, the poor, etc.
Capitalism protects all individuals from being sacrificed to any group.
Capitalism is the logically consistent outcome of Objectivist ideas in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Capitalism, when put into practice consistently, leads to prosperity, benevolence, and harmony among men. No pure laissez faire capitalist nation has ever existed, but late nineteenth century America came the closest. Hence, some of the fastest rates of economic progress were achieved in America in the late nineteenth century. This branch of philosophy pertains to theories of art.