Central planning does not fail quietly. In decentralized systems, mistakes are contained. A business misjudges demand, prices adjust, competitors step in, and the damage stays local. Errors become information. Losses correct behavior. The system adapts. But when production, distribution, and trade are centrally controlled, errors stop being signals and start becoming crises. A single miscalculation does not affect one firm or one sector. It spreads outward and hits everyone at once. When planner