this is created by the willingness to lie to oneself
I have never doubted that the socialists have led astray many generous hearts and sincere minds. God forbid that I should wish to humiliate anyone! But the truth is that the general character of socialism is very strange, and I wonder how long so childish a fabric of absurdities can remain in vogue.Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.
It affects the form and language of science, and we have seen where it stands as a science.
— Frédéric Bastiat, Economic Harmonies, 1850