I agree, barring the unnecessary adjectives. My point was that all 'systems' are corrupted by humans, not just a free market. I was criticizing an absolutist,

I agree, barring the unnecessary adjectives. My point was that all 'systems' are corrupted by humans, not just a free market. I was criticizing an absolutist, irrelevant statement about the nature of the "free market" on the story, and mostly, asking the person how it was relevant at all, since nothing we have today remotely resembles a free market.