thx..I do agree that as an admirals son he gets passes and all that entails. But I wasn't sure of the particulars, its appears he didn't need a pass, and the reference to the crashes was bias driven.

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No individual can plan his own existence in their view.

So the state planners must arrogate to themselves the right to manipulate any sector of the economic system if the good of “society” or the “general welfare” is paramount.

Ipso- if the rights of the individual get in the way, the rights of the individual must be sublimated.

The Road to Serfdom
FA Hayek (interpretation)