"Socialism Is Not, at Root, About Economics"

"What is striking is that no matter what the economic failures, true socialists rarely give it up. Why not. Because it has a moral base.... 'The power of morality is the strongest of all intellectual powers…men will not act, in major issues, without a sense of being morally right.'*
    "Morality trumps economic facts if there is a conflict. This is true even if one’s accepted code of morality is objectively wrong."

~ Edwin Locke, from his post 'Let Us Be Clear: Socialism Is Not, at Root, About Economics!'

* Ayn Rand, from her article 'Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World'