The effect of the people's agreeing that there must be central planning, without agreeing on the ends, will be rather as if a group of people were to commit themselves to take a journey together without agreeing where they want to go; with the result that they may all have to make a journey which most of them do not want at all.
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Sometimes quick action is needed before full consensus.
That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something so utterly diff…
Economic control is not merely control of a sector of human life which can be separated from the rest; it is the control of the means for all our ends. And who…
Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly…
The problems we see today are going to be a hell of a lot worse in 10 years if we're not willing to face up to them.
As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative.
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.