<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:09:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/week-05/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection -- The Road to Serfdom Explaining the Freedom of the Dollar and Planning Relief]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source After reading the Reader’s Digest condensed version of The Road to Serfdom (1945 edition), I have found some reflective thoughts. Although it does not feel directly related to the title of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@grease.monkey/week-05-reflection-the-road-to-serfdom-explaining-the-freedom-of-the-dollar-and-planning-relief</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@grease.monkey/week-05-reflection-the-road-to-serfdom-explaining-the-freedom-of-the-dollar-and-planning-relief</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grease.monkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 01:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP77kCUDQDFrvKVzpFvnaX1Q55Jeuq3SZHHwoFi1mnzLa8UKGFTABdmhuhM9svmT3xV8RtAdAjEyA8X161M2zMwzJVDsPAHJHrp7C4n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection -- The Rise of Individualism and its Fall to Fascism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source This week’s assigned reading was one I found to be very interesting. While “The Road To Serfdom” by Friedrich A. Hayek covered many different topics related to several various issues, one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-05-reflection-the-rise-of-individualism-and-its-fall-to-fascism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-05-reflection-the-rise-of-individualism-and-its-fall-to-fascism</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[connortwalker1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 05:49:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/QVdSJhgNm7s4n3XAmNkRy9qkH6TFNpsVHPYp8akdNgAaeWZoq18vG64x38nAFDjqXpN2CkfhzTqMTXnqNTzFymDJUrQjj2mxGKpcquDoTAruzKrvc3qjpARq1j5udN1xoibPGoVLfdLx3tiRsUfn3EJ1bUd63MwE2mU4aMcVe4GrdANobRKwAPQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection -- "Democratic Socialism" is an Oxymoron]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source There is a strong push in the United States for Democratic Socialism, with Bernie Sanders as one of the idea's leading advocates. Democratic socialists have the lofty desire to end oppression]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-05-reflection-democratic-socialism-is-an-oxymoron</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-05-reflection-democratic-socialism-is-an-oxymoron</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corndog2k2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2022 04:31:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHE8AjsbKgaoiZ2ZxiApssADfn9aiDbarYUVpzhxJsjyaTHomrMExG5fFnnXjzmoYPKXWENaKFTdh6QrPEkMG4NtqsqUPdtxFxYuYPDXHpiRgT8j8kw8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection -- Socialism and Tyranny]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Hayek's book The Road to Serfdom, he discusses how central planning leads to tyranny and a lack of individuality. This seems contradictory in theory, because the whole overall goal of centralized planning]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@allisonmckinney/week-05-reflection-socialism-and</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@allisonmckinney/week-05-reflection-socialism-and</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[allisonmckinney]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 05:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQgXDAkQ8LkYG9S6MDDxNj2LrRzY2EyQXjzWNQpkKN8X98pM4sm5RvexJA8BRThFRz6MD12TmuBeMhiGKWnfhqJmmJnZN45bopDFQ16giCnJQgFR9fSxUpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WEEK 5 REFLECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[This past week we read "The Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek. The main message of this book is that when planning to create a society, the government styles of either socialism or totalitarianism]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-5-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-5-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awetsell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 05:47:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8VvCWF1me2QeeHyWdHnfmCKaDDUeXSiSJNjpwNpxe5RPCoBD54TyQ93Q6qmXjDPznpWdcC3svtyvSM7rotGEY4v5i7CckMXwCoyRwdgpqWPVTgmc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 -- Reflection -- The Road to Serfdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his 1944 book, The Road to Serfdom, Austrian economist F.A. 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It removes any unnecessary parts of the system and as a result, would provide better than the current system]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101093/@joshweertman/week-05-reflection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101093/@joshweertman/week-05-reflection</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101093]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joshweertman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:55:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rh4J3usD5qoZr3GqCTYJGkmsK9od8QvVsZXL4H5mAZ9qeCnPf3jJkVY48sref5rEA5UHNCYYcog?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 reflection: Hayek's view of Totalitarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Road to Serfdom was written by Fredrick Hayek, is based on Hayek's beliefs of free-market economies, and follows the Austrian School of Economics. Hayek mentions de Tocqueville a political thinker,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@alexmay2022/week-05-reflection-hayek-s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@alexmay2022/week-05-reflection-hayek-s</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexmay2022]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnWpGoB7M1tzykWAphZTpRHNP6mQh6MZLmEqnoSDRfGaK3RPZJDpfgdGpHzZxYEutQQCk7dy3T2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection Paper - The Road to Serfdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[This book, the *The Law*, provided very extreme views on the topic being discussed. However, I do believe that *The Road to Serfdom* is substantially easier to follow and the viewpoints are laid out in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-05-reflection-paper-the-road-to-serfdom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@mnkeitz/week-05-reflection-paper-the-road-to-serfdom</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mnkeitz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 04:04:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUi4oa8yTU7QwSHZ29mRt9qof85ejCza2EZvtHCLZE5FkzPQchWqSpeommbvLEXnHwiVKi2opYkwmcQZgDXmi4vWvy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection- Central Planning and Totalitarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fact that a lot of my peers are quick to say that socialism would be a good thing for America in this day in age is terrifying to me. It goes beyond the liking of socialism; it is an epidemic of my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@nziske/week-05-reflection-central-planning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@nziske/week-05-reflection-central-planning</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nziske]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LBoo4SSzHYrZ93U1TAWM4AJFaiu7gKtbT5amom5aRTq47jhA19yf5rDyMNt1H8uHKPGp4YFXfsVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection - The Importance of Economic Risk and Reward]]></title><description><![CDATA[After constructing my response to the question “Can True Freedom be Found in Socialist Countries?” I started to think more about how economic freedom translates to overall wellbeing. In my response, I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-05-reflection-the-importance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-05-reflection-the-importance</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[generalfritz14]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:04:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JMBsn2Ut8rLYxjCfDu89AedyyByoM4FWoQQqVr8L7GKuqdArQXSsDUCSSNGn73TsEBAT3hA2JMVzdV4rXiHw91oqfo5uQxtr7Ed76wHhSYhEpU1tU1eWbAybzfQw7j9wyPNLwA9L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Response -- Representation Within the Economic System]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Centrally-planned economies can very much limit the abilities of the functioning economy to be able to fulfill its necessary role within the system in play. One of the largest pressing issues]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-05-response-representation-within-the-economic-system</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@connortwalker1/week-05-response-representation-within-the-economic-system</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[connortwalker1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 05:40:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxUiiDmYoirsLnxvCXh8QyAmqMnGPo2NxXVL5CcpNwM1Z47yqs6X2Z7hQnEahyHNBweTB8bje3p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Reflection -- Controlled Government vs. Controlled Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source The main idea of “The Road to Serfdom” by Frederich Hayek is that in a planning society, one of which usually follows socialist or totalitarian government and economic styles, all freedom]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@julie.blank14/week-05-reflection-controlled-government-vs-controlled-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@julie.blank14/week-05-reflection-controlled-government-vs-controlled-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[julie.blank14]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:40:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqobD8ntymzboEXsU1SwNB3GT8dLXNAw44z98Wx6qQNcxgkrRnA45s2ULwAepapFTSYtH3jUiyuuWeAfM9pdEqQ7y6oViJYfcmP9MMbdUKDmkf1Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Response - Can True Freedom be Found in Socialist Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is in response to the question "Do you think that true freedom can't be found in a socialist society?" posed by @mnkeitz Freedom is something that America has stood behind for decades,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-05-response-can-true</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@generalfritz14/week-05-response-can-true</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[generalfritz14]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:26:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgtGQKeTeQ5JMBsn2Ut8rLYxjCfDu89BDfUpCg9p6VHBUe3tGU2sskkYwoj4pbWaH5TXNXhPgsTLfTjH387AjuU3cnqYs2D4vLnwPWsbh6gquh8AkeApdK4TgCLKG71b2UWycnZbih3aecihgGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 5 response -- The U.S. is STUBBORN]]></title><description><![CDATA[From makeameme.org hattiehughs14 asks in this post: In the past, many socialist countries have ultimately turned to totalitarianism. Some say that the United States is on the verge of having a socialist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@karsonyounger/week-5-response-the-u</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@karsonyounger/week-5-response-the-u</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[karsonyounger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:21:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6QnbewkNJxNs7wQiEYUtz6QZrectPFHQnYQ6ZrxzYQaWZZWygqEU22Z6qFFiXDM7Jw6rCZe9rVaPQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Response -- Covid-19 totalitarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source This is a response to the question presented by @atamme. Their question was, "Do you think this pandemic has caused the United States government to have totalitarian tendencies?" Back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/response/@grease.monkey/week-05-response-covid-19-totalitarianism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/response/@grease.monkey/week-05-response-covid-19-totalitarianism</guid><category><![CDATA[response]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[grease.monkey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:52:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNHHscdeTfNgMYvbL5bHqKvJHCnuVrHhgfpAzBpfm7sJUQXGHLiAQyJQHph9pNwUnFrrC6DXmMQWGCUAxEjBmCQZtazxgZAHRcbsBfVDXR9u5sM4zDyZ94D69Jo2Rb8JE3qbHY1SjFC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Response -- Central Planning and Totalitarianism]]></title><description><![CDATA[@hattiehughs14 asks "Would the people of the U.S. be comfortable with transitioning into a centrally planned government?" To which I reply, no. It can be debated that the American democratic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@nziske/week-05-response-central-planning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@nziske/week-05-response-central-planning</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nziske]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 01:41:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxUbJYnZqoXK7zC1UMFMvuTZWQzn6v1e3tpmBRZwGy7vpTk4srm6pfX5Pg39p43aitWoNS8q2VU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WEEK 05 QUESTION RESPONSE]]></title><description><![CDATA["Hayek mentions how in order for a totalitarian government to rise, a "we" vs "they" contrast must arise. An example of this would be the Nazi party rising from the hatred of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-05-question-response</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@awetsell/week-05-question-response</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[awetsell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:40:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCQuQ4299tcmsEksDyHhk4mutSgTSXP6EGQuTaBbuJxmVmoBcoChjkj9YrDf4k1ytfzxcyZfPSaHNxwJ7fEAKzsfPTJsdwHrh3nbQEAeYtS4Pve?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 05 Response -- Effects of Competition in a Free Market Economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image source @nziske asked, "Do you think that competition within our free market economy makes it stronger?" An important factor in ensuring the quality of goods and services provided by American]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-05-response-effects-of-competition-in-a-free-market-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gradnium/@corndog2k2/week-05-response-effects-of-competition-in-a-free-market-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[gradnium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[corndog2k2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 00:40:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yenn8vAK3TQdv6Fn7uweMAM5XmpgYnB3kq5PbXYFDQydDTwdTjVERbvXQJYdNoUiFhzt6HNzp4XrCdQKSYVWrLfTGKf1khUbSWtJzgr61d453qWSrJ3x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>