Comment by lurk2
12 hours ago
> In other words, we're likely to do more harm than good by imposing interventions because we cannot accurately predict their outcomes.
This doesn’t follow from your premise.
> We know central planning doesn't work
Europe conquered the world using central planning. Every society on earth with any measure of security, order, and cleanliness to speak of is dominated by a central bureaucracy. It works.
> under the false notion that it's better to do something rather than nothing.
Doing nothing is precisely why anarcho-capitalists failed to change anything. Everyone smart associated with that movement studied power dynamics and moved onto other projects.
You mean the British Empire, that committed all sorts of atrocities? Thats what you call "works"?
> Europe conquered the world using central planning.
Ah yes, I remember when the country of Europe conquered the world.