>I'm not american and have never lived in America

The problem here is that laws aren't being enforced. From your post, it sounds like you might say 'well, all you have to do is enforce the laws and everyone will know their place'.

Sadly, it seems that the U.S. has changed from a a nation of laws to a nation of influence peddling. If it was ever the former is up for debate.

The only laws that are enforced are those that congresspeople are paid good money to enforce (usually by the wealthy and/or corporations). Sometimes laws are decided in favor of the poor, but only if the issue is played out in the press in a manipulative manner. There is an entire industry devoted to this: spin.

If you limit the power of corporations, you limit the effect money can have on the political process. The only way to stop this is to prevent corporations from having legal rights. See this article for an excellent treatment of that subject: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=89125

ill-defined caveat regarding the nebulous property of 'percieved value to others'.

It is not nebulous or ill-defined at all, it is quite plainly spelled out in the narcotics laws of your local jurisdiction, which are by definition the local standards for materials that impose a higher perceived cost than benefit. If none of this makes sense to you, try Tierra del Fuego, I hear you can set up your anarchy there for little cost.