[hemogoblin]

Intellectuals are to a great extent socialists because - as Hayek put it - they are convinced that socialism is a "science applied to all fields of human activity" and thanks to that, it is a system created "exactly for them." "Intellectuals feel they are the most valuable people"[4] and that is why they do not want to be evaluated by the market, since the market often does not share their high self-evaluation.

That's gold, right there!

[generally]

That was the money quote for me, too! Saved it to my great quote file.

But really, this whole article is a keeper. I think I will copy the entire thing for future reference.

I wish everyone would read this, especially high school civics classes. Unfortunately, I think the average attention span is too short to grasp it.

One small point. I was a little confused at first by civil right vs. human rights. I am not sure whether these terms are well-understood by the general population. The context explained it, so I get it now. Maybe we need different terms or better education on this. Or maybe I’m the only ignorant one!