Re: Is deflation truly that bad for an economy?

central planning is not incompatible to democratic concesus, central planing of economy is orthogonal to society's method of rule.

No, I don't think that the central planning of economy can be made independent of a government system in the society. Really, how could you force people to accept what they should eat and wear if there would be no authoritarian rule that would tell them what they should think and say in the first place?

Otherwise, you should show how you could foretell every individual's whimsy and fancy in respect to their economic decisions

central planing is not about what consumers should consume, its about what producers should produce... the current system is dictating consumers what to consume.

I don't see much difference between directly making consumers consume what you want or intermediately through producers. It is all the same. Besides, how is the current system dictating consumers what to consume? Indeed, it influences your choices through mass media or whatever, but ultimately it is your individual preferences that matter. Otherwise, all people would consume absolutely the same goods and have the same tastes, right?