> The reason it is wrong - or not so much wrong as empty, formalistic - to draft plans for the future socialist economy is that the socialist economy is conceived of as the realisation of the popular will in the formerly closed sphere of production; and to substitute a preconceived plan for the popular will is to deny the popular will.
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No. *Imposing* a preconceived plan is to deny the popular will. *Proposing* a plan is contributing to democratic debate. A few years ago, you published a book saying Britain should build 5 million houses. Were you substituting your preconceived plan for the popular will?
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