“It [Socialism] may be called, for want of a better label, a ‘magnificent faith in incredible evidence.’ At its worst, it leads to ready acceptance of generalizations that are supported by nothing more logical than a wish that they were true. At its best, it seems to infect you Socialists with a willingness to adopt and defend any alleged fact or group of facts, however dubious, so long as it seems to prove your case.”
H.L. Mencken, Men Versus The Man, 1910.