God, liberty, socialism and the law

My mind is just being melted lately by so many similarities I'm finding in my comparisons of things like liberty, capitalism, the law and socialism.
I've often commented to my friends that we have to be careful on just how much we try to make laws out of our Christian beliefs. It's true we need to defend the defenseless, help the helpless, and love our neighbors, all of which Jesus said to do. But there are times when I think we can try to make laws that overstep the purpose of the gospel. When we try to make all the commandments of Jesus into laws we ruin exactly what God is trying accomplish, we become Pharisees and Saducees, people that are only concerned about the law and not about the heart. It's also what I see a lot of in socialism. Socialism has a lot of good social principles, spreading the wealth, supplies, and work to those that need it. It would seem like a good idea to take from someone who seems to have more than they need (deserve, in other people's eyes) and give it to the less fortunate. But think about it, when you make him, by law, give it away he is more inclined to be bitter toward the law and find ways around it, thus hardening his heart.
But when a man out of his heart gives cheerfully to those less fortunate, he seems more inclined to give, and will often give above what-had he been obliged by law-to give, and his heart is close to the heart of God.
Don't get me wrong capitalism isn't perfect, but what I see in it is God's gift of freedom. I see a metaphore of Him letting us choose to do the right things, and not being held by excessive law that would overburden even the most able. You see, the law is never satisfied, none of us can ever fulfill the law. There are those that would seek to cheat the law, those that would seek to abuse the law. But when there is liberty....freedom, it is on each one of us in a much more personal way (I think). Of course we have cheaters and abusers in capitalism, but in order for socialism to work the government has to become more and more and more in charge of every part of our lives. Every little thing has to be overseen by the gov. which means we would all be drowning in more and more laws and regulations. America has unfortunately been headed this direction for some time, and it saddens me.
Proper capitalism allowed to work the way it was meant to corrects itself with much less intervention of law than socialism. Why we have the problem of greed in America is not because of capitalism, it is because of the condition of our hearts, something that socialism cannot correct, something that the law cannot correct, it is only God that can correct our hearts.
Wow, He is blowing my mind, and I'm such a selfish servant.
I know I make a lot of generalizations, and analogies but try to follow that along and see if you see some of the same things.
Let me know what you think if you like.

The beauty and the danger in capitalism is the same as the liberty that God gives us. We can use it for great things or for terribly selfish things.

*A comment on taking from those better off to give to those less fortunate*--This is really only "fair" to those that are less fortunate (or swindlers, or abusers of goodwill), what about those that work hard for what they have and have been successful? Is it the government's job to take what he has earned and give it to someone else, what reward does he get for his hard work, a penalty from the government-the taking of his prosperity. Or rather, should it be up to the churches to instill in that man a sense of helping out his brother voluntarily, something that has repercussions of a positive nature that far exceed the effects of the government just taking his money from him because of how much he earned.