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I must concede that the “best” product may not actually fulfil its design the best. For example I believe that “BOSE” is superior to any “Beats” headphone. Yet the celebrity use of Beats makes the a more desirable product as they make the consumer feel more fashionable. How would a socialist system discover such knowledge? Could a socialist system understand fashion? What makes something trending or desirable? Any yet who are we to decide what people want most? If they are willing to pay a certain price for it how do we say they are wrong? For example, you have your socialist system, and a citizen wants the headphones to glow in colours which would cost an addition $5 on production. How do you decide its worth it compared to… a painted school, or flowers in a neighbourhood park? How does one assign value? This citizen is clearly willing to pay more fore his special headphones, but how may other are? Does it compensate what else you could do with the money? Ultimately what I am pointing to it this peculiar assertion that a socialist system would have some omniscient knowledge that would enable them to make the best decisions, when we know from historical example, it was very difficult for socialist systems to assign luxury goods.