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The discussion then shifts to central planning and its destructive implications. Critics note that, despite conservative opposition to government control in most areas of the economy, there is an inconsistency: the endorsement of central banking systems. One participant links central banking directly to Marxist ideas, recalling Marx’s 1848 manifesto, where the centralization of credit was a key step toward communism. They argue that monetary centralization—such as the Federal Reserve—is essentially a form of Marxism, whereby a handful of elites manipulate money to control the entire economy.