yeah i don’t believe in differentiation with terms like laissez-faire or free-market capitalism- that is what capitalism fundamentally is to me. 

but it is just an economic lens, and society is also much broader than that. 
i think the state’s size and scale comes from the momentum of the past- this should change. IP/patents are meaningful because of that, and i believe they mostly come about because of the same incentives we’ve both discussed- self-interested individuals can lobby for it. 
if the state is not as powerful, it doesn’t matter if that happens. 

 Well next time I write something you know that when I say capitalism I don't mean free market and that misunderstanding can be completely avoided. :-)