Writes Robert Higgs: "You quote to good effect Mises's statement that Marx and Engels did not try to refute an opponent's argument, but instead mounted a personal attack on the opponent. Likewise, Lenin said, 'My words were calculated to evoke hatred, aversion and contempt...not to convince but to break up the ranks of the opponent, not to correct an opponent's mistake, but to destroy him.' Helluva nice guy; he stands in a direct line from Marx to the neocons."
