If you want to talk about myths, let's talk about Adam Smith's unseen hand. Manufacturers did rig the market place and monopolies were created. The government didn't regulate and their "intervention" (I love how vague you always are when it comes to talking about the intervention) had nothing to do with it. A laissez-faire society drifts towards bigness and fewness as only the most successful businesses succeed (and they usually end up monopolizing their respective industries.) A laissez-faire society also creates extremeness in terms of class position which are inherited, as the poor send their kids off to poor schools and the rich to rich schools and universities (and education does equal better job and success in life.) Your idea that a completely free market is oh so perfect and moral good just shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the combination of human greed and ambition.
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