“There are other ways to have free enterprise.”
Don’t confuse/conflate “free enterprise” with Free Trade.
That is a very good point - I'm sure I get them mixed up as the message is free trade is capitalism has been the mantra from the right for as long as I've been paying attention. GATT, NAFTA and it would have been TPP if not for President Trump.
Something have changed that change the dynamic of market and that has been the gains in productivity and access to technological and other knowledge at almost no cost due to the internet.
With automation and the cloud JIT scaling in both physical and financial dimensions dynamically dramatically increases manufacturing flexibility in terms of variety of products and quantity.
As time goes on more and more micro factories are coming on line (you should see my garage), allowing local producers to potential displace outsiders. Specialization in local production will occur - all over the world coops will form
Instead of the state having the means of production or the trader in the form of corporations it will be small groups of individuals controlling the factories in most cases families - people with garages/outbuildings/barns.
The way we make a market based economy should increase liberty by empowering citizens if the government protects the borders and interests of citizens - it all starts there. Until we have secure borders we will have: