Well this is just great! I’m trying to get caught up with school after Boomershoot and then CCinZ had to link to these guys who pulled out this pearl of a von Mises quote.
The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but a subordinate clerk in a bureau. What an alluring utopia! What a noble cause to fight!
Against all this frenzy of agitation there is but one weapon available: reason. Just common sense is needed to prevent man from falling prey to illusory fantasies and empty catchwords.
Now I’m going to have to go and dig the above linked volume out of a box and give it a read through.
Outstanding quote, it is a small comfort to know that someone else observed exactly what we see today.