Mises: I know only too well how hopeless it seems to convince impassioned supporters of the Socialist Idea

I know only too well how hopeless it seems to convince impassioned supporters of the Socialist Idea by logical demonstration that their views are preposterous and absurd. I know too well that they do not want to hear, to see, or above all to think, and that they are open to no argument. But new generations grow up with clear eyes and open minds. It is for them that this book is written.

--Ludwig von Mises. Preface to the Second German Edition of Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis