X @Nick Szabo

Central Planning Critique - Central planning assumes planners are wise and humane, but centralized power becomes personalized with incentives and enforcement tools, potentially leading to outcomes that individuals may not approve of [1] - Internal conflicts within groups do not disappear with centralized power; instead, they are resolved through force rather than argument, leading to purges, controls, and conformity [2] - Central planning, despite aiming for "collective control," results in individuals surrendering control over various aspects of life, including speech, movement, work, and private life [3] - Central planning replaces individual plans with a single plan that is often not aligned with the individuals' desires [3] Freedom vs Central Planning - Freedom allows for the coexistence of diverse visions, while central planning permits only one vision [3] - Central planning weaponizes conflict instead of eliminating it [2]