Japan did not adopt a free market

Show me a country that improved greatly without millions suffering that didn't use the free market

Yes they did

they had intense protectionism

like the U.K. like the U.S., like Germany

And after that in 1860 they adopted the free market, duh

no, in 1860

and after

they protected Japanese industry so it could compete with other countries

which is exactly what Germany did to develop

No that came even later still, and that's why they suffered in the 80s

before that they had the free market

and it's what the U.S. did as well

they had tariffs, they had government support of industries

Which is a bad idea

See India

which is a good idea

Terrible idea if you know anything about economics

also why the fuck are you even here?

you're an idiot libertarian

hardly left-wing

I never claimed to be left wing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_school_of_economics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_economic_program

Ran out of arguments or what?

this is literally how economies developed

you're just spouting propaganda without knowing any actual history

I can throw some links at you too, but I like to use my own words

Fact is economies develop faster and better without those government subsidized companies and import taxes and such

yeah, you know which countries have enforced free markets and had for ages?

African countries

sooo developed

Africa had their own issues

the U.S. supports American agriculture

How come free market works in south america, north america, europe and asia then?

the E.U. supports French agriculture

it doesn't

because it isn't practiced

Not completely but the freer it is the better it works

international capitalism is supported by fucking China

Look at the map for economically free countries, always the richest