Indeed, but the fact that there has not been a free market in its purest and highest terms, does not mean that the rest of society does not revolve around economic issues, note that in past centuries, the rulers were military, political, or religious, or usually a union of the three in the monarch. In the past it was not possible, practical, or acceptable that a simple entrepreneur like Donald Trump could manage to govern a nation, much less if that nation is the first power in the world; the France that once ruled Louis XIV and Napoleon, today is ruled by an economist. Today's society revolves around the economy. People argue if a rise or fall in taxes is beneficial from a purely utilitarian and economic point of view, morality is relegated, the economy is the central issue.

Greetings, and thanks for your observation!