Hayek faulted conservatives for embracing coercion when used for their purposes

Evidence

Conservatives, he argues in “Why I Am Not a Conservative,” care for freedom only selectively and are willing investors in state power when it is deployed for things they favor: “The conservative does not object to coercion or arbitrary power so long as it is used for what he regards as the right purposes.” — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism, 201

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Hayekian freedom means coercion-free endeavor within tradition, not emancipation from norms — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 159; Hayek defines coercion so narrowly that only self-serving constraint counts — Wendy Brown, In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise…, 175; Hayek held liberalism adaptive, maximizing spontaneity and minimizing coercion — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 565

Broader Connections

• Hayek held liberalism adaptive, maximizing spontaneity and minimizing coercion #qualifies (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 565