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If a monopoly is enforced by the government, ie so that nobody can enter the market without government approval, which is influenced by the monopoly, then it’s not a free market.
A free market is one in which economic interaction requires consent. If there’s a non-optional good that can only be obtained from one party, then consent doesn’t exist and you’ve no longer got a free market.
And hence aren’t under capitalism. The things that people hate most about capitalism are the times when it breaks down into a centrally-controlled market. ie when it stops being capitalism.
Planned economies are shit, yes.
Rofl "capitalism stops being capitalism as soon as its flaws show"
A free market is one in which only the actual price and quality of tje product matter. When a capitalist company, which has loads of capital, decides to "compete" in a "free market" (by your definition), it's not even a competition, because the huge company with shitloads of capital can skew the actual price. McD could literally pay people to get hamburgers from them so long as to shut down a single competitor. That's not a free market. So ironically only well regulated markets are "free".
Market socialism. Proper regulation. Actual competition.