[palmotea]

> "Free market" has disappeared from right wing political discourse for decades now.

"Disappeared for decades" is pushing it, but I'd give you "reduced in prominence for a decade" (e.g. since Trump's rise).

That said, "an uncritical embrace of the free market/free trade" is still a pretty common stance on HN.

[AtlasBarfed]

I don't remember the precise moment.

I think it died in the Bush years when there was oodles of money being spent on two wars and PartD medicare and the new Homeland Defense boondoggle.

There was a lot of money to be made off of the government in those days.