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I think also whispers Hayek did actually have some valid critiques of managed economies. I believe there are solutions to these problems tbc, but you can't just hand-wave the critique, even if he was an evil pos.
I don't think I've ever personally conversed with a right winger who has actually engaged with 'the good stuff' from the Right tradition however, so it's important to understand that the cultural impact of this stuff is negligible compared to e.g. Rand
Certainly of Soviet style planned economies. Though just the existence of computers refutes a lot of his so called problems.
Theoretically literate right wingers don't go around proselytizing because that would go against their theory of power. You don't teach the peasants, you use them. I would argue that policy wise the popular 'theorists' are only now making in roads because no one reads anything anymore, left or right.
Definitely agree on Hayek. He's one of the grandfathers of contemporary complex systems theory and has some stuff that's worth reading from that angle too. It's also worth knowing your enemy.