 Very true.
I have been thinking about this one. The problem is planning. On the one hand, we have to make plans, each one of us, to run our daily/weekly/monthly/ etc. lives. Those who run any kind of business even more so. And there is a vast literature on how to plan, in all sorts of details, for all sorts of applications. Planning a holiday, or to build a house, or to launch a new product, or to conduct a military campaign, or to make a movie, - very complex processes, needing a vast degree of co-operation, and hence the planning thereof.
So far, so good. (Please note, WAR has now entered the discussion: it obtrudes.) But taken to its greatest extent, we end up with starry eyed idealists who think, "If we can, must, and should plan every single thing, then who (Who ? ) is to co-ordinate the overall performance of all the plans, simultaneously? Does this not require a Master Plan?"
These ignorant idealists, statists, socialists, fascists, communists, progressives - call them what you will, they are all the same - answer "Who ?" with "Us, we and company", and "Does this not require a Master Plan ?" with "Yes" - because they do not see the omnipresent, but invisible, guiding hand of the market: they think they can short circuit it: they think they know all the values for everyone else.
We are supported by, borne up by, and exist in the ocean of the market: we swim in it. It is messy, you can drown, and you certainly get wet. The ignoramusses would solve these problems by draining the pool. Now, everybody, from the highest level of the diving board, all together, JUMP !
The "splash" you hear is not the water of the market: it is the blood of humanity.
Have a nice day - die -dive -er, whatever. Commented 3957 days ago |
