▁are ▁an ▁infinite ▁number ▁of ▁supp liers . ▁Also , ▁Mac ph erson ▁took ▁issue ▁with ▁corpor ations ▁as ▁" ind ividual s " ▁in ▁a ▁capital ist ▁society . ▁ ▁For ▁Fried man , ▁economic ▁freedom ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁protected ▁because ▁it ▁ens ured ▁political ▁freedom . ▁Fried man ▁appe als ▁to ▁historical ▁examples ▁that ▁demonstrate ▁where ▁the ▁largest ▁amount ▁of ▁political ▁freedom ▁is ▁found ▁the ▁economic ▁model ▁has ▁been ▁capital ist . ▁In ▁Fried man ' s ▁words , ▁" history ▁suggests ... that ▁capital ism ▁is ▁a ▁necessary ▁condition ▁for ▁political ▁freedom ." ▁ ▁Mac ph erson ▁coun ters ▁that ▁the ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁examples ▁that ▁Fried man ▁uses ▁actually ▁show ▁that ▁political ▁freedom ▁came ▁first ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁gained ▁this ▁freedom , ▁mainly ▁property ▁ow ning ▁el ites , ▁used ▁this ▁new ▁political ▁freedom ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁best ▁interests ▁which ▁meant ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁doors ▁to ▁un rest rained ▁capital ism . ▁It ▁follows ▁then , ▁that ▁capital ism ▁will ▁only ▁be ▁maintained ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁those ▁who ▁have ▁political ▁freedom ▁de em ▁it ▁worth while . ▁As ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁progress ed ▁and ▁suff rage ▁was ▁expanded , ▁there ▁were ▁corresponding ▁rest raint s ▁placed ▁upon ▁capital ism ▁which ▁indicates ▁that ▁political ▁freedom ▁and ▁capital ism ▁are ▁at ▁odd s ▁with ▁one ▁another . ▁" At ▁any ▁rate ", ▁Mac ph erson ▁cont ends , ▁this ▁" histor ical ▁correlation ▁scarcely ▁suggests ▁that ▁capital ism ▁is ▁a ▁necessary ▁condition ▁for ▁political ▁freedom