I posit that one of the most prized products of Capitalism and the free market is to reduce the cost for the end consumer and raise the quality of the products and services.
Do not confuse capitalism with the free market.
The "most prized product" -- the goal -- of capitalism is greater wealth for the aristocrats who control the capital.
The free market doesn't have a goal; the whole idea is that it's a decentralized system of actors each pursuing their own goals. Under certain circumstances -- when buyers and sellers meet with equal power, full knowledge, and no externalization of costs -- it can produce reduced costs and better goods and services for the consumer.
Who's goal? Capitalism is a system that evolved over time through the participation of millions of people. It has no planned "goal". I would opin that it's greatest effects are, in order of greatest value first, freedom/free-will, choice, downward pressure on price, upward pressure on quality, and wealth. Your cynical assertion that it builds "greater wealth for the aristocrats who control the capital" is inaccurate and sounds like the sour rant of a collectivist.
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