Sorry you got downvoted. Probably splash damage from my snark. Honestly, not that it really matters, but I didn't follow the (counter)point you were trying to m

Sorry you got downvoted. Probably splash damage from my snark. Honestly, not that it really matters, but I didn't follow the (counter)point you were trying to make. My "Freedom Markets™" is shorthand for winner-takes-all, might makes right, what the kids today call "late stage capitalism", etc. The exact opposite of open markets in an idealized society which tries to balance capitalism with democracy. Using tools like rule of law, fair and impartial courts, independent journalism, and other fictions. I probably stole the sarcastic use of ™ from the likes of Ted Rall or Tom Tomorrow. Sadly, I just noticed some other commentators (trolls like me) starting to do the same. Which just kills the joke. So now I need to find a new schtick. Or maybe just stop.