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32. I once had a libertarian tell me that it was wrong for the government to tell various companies

What to produce during WWII. That there was a war going on cut no ice with him; apparently, he would rather lose the war than compromise his principles. He also claimed that companies with government contracts lost money, which demonstrated his ignorance of history -- profits for the companies were built in to government contracts, just as they are today. He specifically said that being forced to build trucks and other military vehicles by the government put Studebaker out of business, which ignores the fact that Studebaker's financial woes didn't arise until the mid-1950s, well after the war. But why should mere facts bother an ideologue?

And yes, it took Britain well over a decade to recover economically from WWII.