You are making the false assumption that capitalism = free market.
One might argue that after taking into account historical context, modern capitalism is completely opposite to free markets. For example, in a free market, labour unions would be as powerful as the owners of capital - in the modern world, capital owners have a disproportionate influence on law-making to subdue this power. A very good example in the recent past is the wage collusion by Apple, Google and many other companies (working to preserve the interests of the capital owners) to suppress the power of the free market.
> You are making the false assumption that capitalism = free market.
anarco-capitalism = free market
crony capitalism != free market
I use the term capitalism to describe the anarco flavor. Capitalism is defined as the private ownership of production, and when this idea is adhered to rigidly you end up with something exactly like or closely approximating the anarco-capitalist flavor.
> in the modern world, capital owners have a disproportionate influence on law-making to subdue this power.
You're right. It's abhorrent but this is not capitalism, this is a mixed economy (state capitalism or crony capitalism) in which firms use government to buy influence over the marketplace. I am not advocating for that.
One might argue that after taking into account historical context, modern capitalism is completely opposite to free markets. For example, in a free market, labour unions would be as powerful as the owners of capital - in the modern world, capital owners have a disproportionate influence on law-making to subdue this power. A very good example in the recent past is the wage collusion by Apple, Google and many other companies (working to preserve the interests of the capital owners) to suppress the power of the free market.