https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh Hayek explains the downfalls of political planning en-us 2018-11-16 17:34:45 UTC 2018-12-17 01:58:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Watchclock.png 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/307903942  I am a junior with 16 years under my belt. I play basketball and volleyball and enjoy hiking. My family is from Austria. People find that i am fairly opinionated and usually am able to argue my opinions quite well. While I have a general idea about why I believe in something, I enjoy learning more about the subject. This is why i picked The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek. It is very informative about central planning and it's downfalls and it is also very interesting.

]]> 2018-11-26 17:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/307903942 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/308927558 "Democracy extends a sphere of individual freedom; socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. (77)
In this passage, Hayek describes his fundamental criticisms of socialism. It acts as a summary for the complex argument that he is making.  He describes political planning as restricting individual freedom. While many advocates of socialism preach that people will be more free under socialism as they will be equal, he argues that equality of outcome actually restricts freedom and reduces the value of a life. In his explanation after this he provides convincing examples, using Nazi Germany and the USSR to back up his points.  
Syndicalist: a person who believes in the movement for transferring the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution to workers' unions.]]> 2018-11-28 17:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/308927558 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/309543437 "It is pathetic but characteristic of the muddle into which many of our intellectuals have been led by conflicting ideals in which they believe that a leading advocate of the most comprehensive central planning like H. G. Wells should at the same time write an ardent defense of the rights of man."(121)
Hayek uses a very aggressive tone in this passage. To build his argument, he points out the irony of H. G. Wells. Like most of his passages, he takes a very logical approach but does not disregard emotion as he forcefully states that socialism goes against "the rights of man. His first descriptive word, pathetic, is extremely forceful and highlights his point as one of the key points in the article. This forcefulness is a great emphasis to a already well developed points. When Hayek speaks of rights of man, he is referring to Locke's, life liberty and property. Socialism violates a mans right to liberty and property, and with out these components, a mans life is worth quite little. He points out that Wells is a complete hypocrite for advocating central planning and still defending the rights of man.
Rule of Law: the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.]]> 2018-11-29 20:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/309543437 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/313920406 "Who plans whom, who directs and dominates whom, who assigns to other people their station in life, and who is to have his due allotted to by others"(139). 
 Hayek's tone is very logical in this passage. He describes a problem that many people have with socialism. Why should this person be controlling someone else. He also states that as once a person has gained that power to determine others class, and status, it has gone against the very ideals of socialism in the first place: now not everyone is equal. Also, when one person has all of the power, what measures can be implemented to stop this person from becoming a dictator. By presenting this argument with whom and who, Hayek makes this important passage more accentuated and easier to digest.
Commodity: A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold]]> 2018-12-12 16:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/313920406 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/313927575 " The most effective way of making people accept the validity of the values they are to serve is to persuade them that they are really the same as those which they, or at least the best among them, have always held, but which were not properly understood or recognized before"(174)
Hayek describes how he believes socialism has attracted so many followers. This sentence serves as a starter to a new through in his story, as he attempts to deconstruct the argument that socalism is beneficial to society. He uses this statement to make people reconsider their beliefs though reasoning. 
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]]> 2018-12-12 16:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/313927575 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/315034210 "We must now return briefly to the crucial point--that individual freedom can never be reconciled with the supremacy of one single purpose to which the whole society must be entirely and permanently subordinated"(213).
 Though Hayek strays from his point in the previous paragraphs, he summarizes his main argument in this sentence. By returning to this point in such a way, he emphasizes his point. In a way he argues emotionally as he states that if socialism was implemented everyone but a select few would lose their choice in every matter. He also argues logically: if people are not given choice they will not perform to the best of their  abilities.
Corollary: A proposition that follows from (and is often appended to) one already proved. A direct result. ]]> 2018-12-17 01:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/315034210 20ramondoa https://padlet.com/20ramondoa/Asdfgh/wish/315034381 "It is at least doubtful whether at this stage a detailed blueprint of a desirable internal order of society would be of much use--or whether anyone is competent to finish"(137). 
In the second paragraph of Hayeks concluding chapter, he states that for socialism to even start, it would be quiet doubtful that a competent person. This poses a problem in many socialists thinking. How will socialism be implemented successfully and justly? Hayek also questions the neccecity of socialism. He questions the benefits of socialism, Nazi Germany and the USSR both are places that had implemented socialism and yet they were (at his time) struggling tremendously. Why should England and America implement it? 
Realpolitik: a system of politics or principles based on practical rather than moral or ideological considerations. Practical Politics.

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