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Assess The Role Of Totalitarianism In Jeff Hayek

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The book begins with the author, Friedrich Hayek, talking about the state of his society. He says they are threatened by many evils that they have tried to overcome in the past but to no avail. The people have tried to blame their shortcomings on anything or anyone they can, except for themselves. And because of this, totalitarianism has found a place in his country. He says that the people may not be completely aware that this is happening either, that they still think everything is alright and they are being governed the way they want to be. But in reality, that is not the case.
Hayek starts to paint a picture for us of how this totalitarianism has come into being. He believes that it is the product of economic planning replacing the free

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