Capitalism Means Policing Big Companies

The most unpopular opinion I have is that price gouging in a disaster is not only moral but is the best way to allocate resources to those who actually need them. Thoughts?

I understand the economic principles involved here and I like Mises. But we don’t have a free market. The comment section is just like “yeah you’re right and most people are dumb” (it’s r/austrian_economics). But how might our society not being a free market be relevant to price gouging related to hurricanes? Serious question that people may want to consider.

Also, as a side note, the OP says in comments:

I got banned in /unpopularopinion for stating the exact same thing. Apparently this take is so unpopular that I broke the rules.

I do sympathize with him on that point and think that sort of censorship is harmful and irrational.