One Step Closer To Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of the ten most wealthy historical figures of all time. One of the ways he accumulated his wealth was by organizing one of the first fire brigades in history. When an area of Rome caught fire, Crassus firemen would arrive, not do anything, and would negotiate a price to pay for all the property threatened by the fire. The price would go down by the minute as the fire continued and consumed the buildings and property. Only when property owners agreed to sell at 'fire sale' prices would the 500 man brigade pull down burning structures and put out the fire. Through the use of his fire brigade Crassus became one of the largest property owners in Rome. A few decades after Crassus death in a battle in Syria, Emperor Augustus organized public firefighting teams to serve all of Rome at public expense.


Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground

"OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what happened to a local family tonight.
A local neighborhood is furious after firefighters watched as an Obion County, Tennessee, home burned to the ground.
The homeowner, Gene Cranick, said he offered to pay whatever it would take for firefighters to put out the flames, but was told it was too late. They wouldn't do anything to stop his house from burning.
Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the Cranicks did not pay.
The mayor said if homeowners don't pay, they're out of luck."

So let's take this to the obvious conclusion, because that's where it's headed and we've seen it already, many times.
Taking the strict libertarian and tea party view of the universe, what's to stop the invisible hand in the market being a tad more corporate?
(from Latin corporātus - made into a body, from corporāre, from corpus body - corporation)
In other words, in this strictly capitalist scenario what's to stop fires from being deliberately started, to scare other homeowners into paying the shakedown fee, or maybe even acting like Crassus above and demanding to profit enormously at the scene before the fire is fought? Or rigging the casino to make sure every bet is a winner.
It's capitalism, it's an american style Laissez-faire system on crack:

9/11 perps and the put options.
Judge in PA sentenced kids to prison for million dollar payoffs.
Keep weed illegal to fill jails with cheap labor.
Need more bodies in the military? Crash the economy.
Invent whatever lies you need for endless, profitable war.
Rumsfeld, his Tamiflu and the bird flu scare/hoax.
Chertoff, his naked scanners and bullshit terror.

We want more of this? Scumbags giving all situations a little self serving nudge? Paying extra for everything even after paying taxes? This is free enterprise? Monetizing every aspect of life invites corrupt, reptilian hell on earth. Pets died in that house fire, are humans commodified next?
Might as well remove the word commonwealth from the dictionary.