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Friedrich August von Hayek

A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.

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Hayek argues that achieving equal wealth or resources for everyone requires a government to control and regulate all aspects of the economy and society. This level of control, he suggests, can only exist in a system where the government has unlimited, authoritarian power.

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