I don't consider myself a heavy supporter of traditional free market idealism, but it's clear to me that the credit and banking industry has long been in bed with the government. The government says X so company does Y, the government says don't do Y so company does Z, and they're all probably winking and nodding behind closed doors. With a government separated from such industries, I believe we'd actually have some decent choices instead of "Visa or MasterCard?" and "BoA or Wells Fargo?" (Of course there are credit unions but they're only bandaids.)
I don't know of anyone who supports free market ideals saying you should let sociopaths skin you alive, let alone singing praise. Some of the meaner people in the crowd do say "let the stupid people be exploited, it's their own fault if they don't realize they're being skinned and their stupidity keeps these things in power." I don't particularly agree with that sentiment, though it is rooted in another one: if customers are truly pissed, they'll go somewhere else [in the absence of government/monopolistic forces preventing them from doing so].
I don't know of anyone who supports free market ideals saying you should let sociopaths skin you alive, let alone singing praise. Some of the meaner people in the crowd do say "let the stupid people be exploited, it's their own fault if they don't realize they're being skinned and their stupidity keeps these things in power." I don't particularly agree with that sentiment, though it is rooted in another one: if customers are truly pissed, they'll go somewhere else [in the absence of government/monopolistic forces preventing them from doing so].