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"Capitalist central planning is actually communism".

If you're going to use wrong words, then be prepared for people to be pissed off at your wrong usage.

What is capitalist central planning? That seems like an oxymoron to me.

Have you heard of, e.g., Walmart? How do you think their logistics works? Or, similarly, any modern capitalist economy? Do you think it's entirely decentralized planning with independent actors?

No, never heard of Wal-Mart. What's that?

Anyway...

Can you explain what capitalist central planning is?

Just taking the argument to extremes, what really is the material difference between "centrally planned communist economy decrees that X shall be produced for consumers" and "capitalist Walmart who has stranglehold on <market> decrees to suppliers X shall be produced for consumers". At the end of the day, you the consumer has been given the choice of X or nothing.

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