Oh boy, where to start...
- first off America is a federal republic of states; and if you appreciated that, you would not simply dismiss it as the "the worlds most capitalist country"
- secondly its a bit naive to try to assume that capitalism is somehow oil to socialism's water -- if that were the case, then pray tell what do you call China then? How did they maintain their totalitarian socialist / communist system of governance whilst avoiding a repeat of the economic depravity of Mao Zedong? ... their economy in contrast has thrived.
America can be thought of as a federal republic of independent countries (they call states); each with their own independent system of governance, laws, elections, etc. -- states that who agreed to unite as a federal republic of states, sharing a common federal system of governance, federal laws, elections, etc. Practically that means that each state, and in turn each city and county has a far greater degree of autonomy than e.g. provinces and cities have in South Africa
That autonomy depending on who is elected can enact very socialist style policies and laws, whilst another can embrace a very strict classical liberalist approach, etc.
As for your conclusion that the crime is a consequence of capitalism -- that's just silly, and clearly demonstrates your ignorance of both capitalism and the direct consequences of legislative / governance policy decisions, etc.
The term victimless crime is a ridiculous misnomer; crime always has a victim...
Indeed, where to start. I know, let’s play your game.
First off, your article in the OP calls it victimless crime, hence my mention of it and the quotation marks around it.
Secondly, the same article also mentions several states where the shoplifting epidemic is taking place, all of them in the US of A. Hence my reference to it.
And thirdly, although it is a contentious issue and can vary depending on who you talk to, “America” is widely agreed to be a single continent made up of several countries spread across two subcontinent’s, North America and South America.
HTH.