> locked up the market, injected their own lobbyists into Washington
Ergo, it was not a free market and it was not laissez-faire capitalism.
In a free market, i.e. laissez-faire capitalism, anybody is free to do whatever they want as long as they don't initiate the use of force, including the government, so you could not get into the situation you describe in the first place.
Ergo, it was not a free market and it was not laissez-faire capitalism.
In a free market, i.e. laissez-faire capitalism, anybody is free to do whatever they want as long as they don't initiate the use of force, including the government, so you could not get into the situation you describe in the first place.