Is there "a free market system"? yes and no. It depends on what you are referring to. As to certain
natural resources like oil, for example, oligopoly prevails. The oil producers dictate the prices.
Is historical evolution a meaningless flux of change? It depends. There are many kinds
of evolution, such as biological, etc. The fallacy is to isolate one single factor as the
sole determinant of change.
Pitirim A. Sorokin holds that economy run by the managerial class is decentralized totalitarianism
while communistic and fascist totaliarianism have a centralized economy