[PatrickHenry]

Anyone who rejects the economic wisdom of Adam Smith, Hayek, von Mises, and Milton Friedman has no business claiming to be conservative.

Yes. And anyone who fails to grasp the similarity between unguided markets and uguided evolution has no business claiming to be a thinking conservative.

[jwalsh07]

And anyone who fails to grasp the similarity between unguided markets and uguided evolution has no business claiming to be a thinking conservative.

Central planning and unguided are not synonomous. You ever owned and operated a business? Ever marketed anything? Sold anything? Built anything? All those processes are directed intelligently by individuals with purpose and planning aforethought. Your analogy sucks.