I think the planned economy aspect is that you have a monopoly that is beholden to the whims of the executive

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the planned economy part is where the us government is the major customer, so what's happened on military bases unofficially but writ large and as a matter of policy. the extent to which govt money props up musk's holdings, and policy intervenes in his interests, is demonstrative of what's possible
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musk himself — simultaneously a vendor and an official, who uses lawsuits and government threats to prop up X when consumers reject it — is an example of where things can go
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