Friedman held political freedom historically requires capitalism

Evidence

His major work, Capitalism and Freedom, explicitly contested the ‘delusion’ that political freedom could be combined with a socialist economy. Historically, political freedom came into being along with the free market and the emergence of capitalism, he argued, while social planning and welfarism had required ‘trampling rough-shod on treasured private rights’. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 325

Categorization

• XREF: The historical claim that freedom accompanied capitalism is central to the market-ethics debate the reader is studying. — connects to: Political freedom is impossible without economic freedom — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 407; Friedman argued property rights are the foundation of all human rights — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 324; Friedman saw market expansion as reducing the need for political deliberation — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 794 (+1 more)