It really is hard to make the case for pluralism, and ideas related to it, like the free market and natural selection, over centralization/homogeneity and its c

It really is hard to make the case for pluralism, and ideas related to it, like the free market and natural selection, over centralization/homogeneity and its corollaries, like planned economies and intelligent design. The latter are more compelling in a shallow analysis. The former are based on a lot of extrapolation, so I think the immediate impression many have is that they're based on wishful thinking / ideological fundamentalism.