I honestly think this is because the framing as "free market" is bullshit propaganda, just like anti union regulation is touted as "freedom to work" as if peopl

I honestly think this is because the framing as "free market" is bullshit propaganda, just like anti union regulation is touted as "freedom to work" as if people are champing at the bit to be crushed by their employees and be exploited. The real term for conservative free markets is an unregulated market. The freedom in free markets is for corporations to do as they please