The "free market" means nothing as nothing like that existed at any point of human history.
But “the effective freedom to compete” is a reasonable TLDR on versions of it that lead to peace and prosperity.
The “money for nothing” kind of capitalism? That kind gets regimes and their apologists killed in my reading of history.
I’ll admonish you to endorse a better plan.
The "free market" means nothing as nothing like that existed at any point of human history.