Mills or Marx

I have always been fascinated by Marx’s work and this is no different as he does have a point that if society is going to be controlled by the elite group of individuals because of their financial advantage then we are going to need government intervention to deter unfair practices. As we are no strangers to huge companies e.g. oil or healthcare that corner the market and forces us to pay unheard of prices for a necessary commodity. One might say you have a choice by not buying the merchandise but when it is a necessity and not a luxury item it is hard to be free. This is when government intervention is desperately needed
However, Mills does have a point that as long as you are able to be you and not harm others and there is no governing force of any kind saying that you have to live this way then you are truly free. For this to happen we would have to live in a perfect world which we don’t as there is always some form of coercion happening in society e.g. we have no control when the government raises taxes in order to fix a deficit caused by another situation that we had no vote say in. So this is where Mills falls short as we are never truly free to be without some type of legislation being passed that affects our daily life directly.