We have all seen communism fail, but I still have to see the free market even be allowed to exist at large scale. In the small scale, it has been working beaut

We have all seen communism fail, but I still have to see the free market even be allowed to exist at large scale. In the small scale, it has been working beautifully and as intended since its inception. My corner shop lives in pure, unadultered competition with all other shops in the corner, and the governments favour neither one nor the other. They are not at risk at growing like a cancer and swallowing the entire neighbourhood. As long as they provide good products at reasonable prices, they are allowed to exist. The day they get greedy, people stop giving them money, they go bankrupt and someone else eats their lunch. The free market creates an equal and opposing force to the human natural drive towards selfishness and greed. But if you put your hands on the mechanism, you risk tipping the scale in favour of one over the other. Blame the hand on the scale, not the market.