How do you mean?Unfortunately that isn't the way it's usually applied.I suspect we're defining free society differently. Economic power isn't coercive. It isn't the power to force your will on others. It's merely the power to trade freely. To make offers, or not.That's an oligarchy, not a free society.You seem confused. When wealth has more power than the elected government that's a problem.Or not. We should embrace the fact that - in our society - wealth has more power than government. That's the foundation of free society.
That's a feature, not a bug.
Seriously, in a free society private wealth will always have more power in society than government. That's how it should be.
To put it another way, there is a fundamental difference between: "Do X and I'll give you $1000" and "Do X or I'll fine you $1000".