Because using government power (and physical force in general) to coerce people into using some product or service isn&#x27;t a free market anymore, and therefore isn&#x27;t capitalism. In the US (arguably still the freest economy in the world), there is no free market in healthcare, education, and other heavily regulated sectors — not without the influence of current market monopolies willing to keep the status quo.<p>So, Lenin was right in that capitalism can easily evolve into government cronyism if left unchecked. But then it isn&#x27;t capitalism anymore.