Intellectuals and Socialism (2)

"The Intellectuals and Socialism" by Friedrich Hayek:

In fact, it is necessary to recognize that, on the whole, the typical intellectual is today more likely to be a socialist the more he is guided by good will and intelligence, and that on the plane of purely intellectual argument he will generally be able to make out a better case than the majority of his opponents within his class.

The socialist will, of course, see in this merely a proof that the more intelligent person is today bound to become a socialist .... is therefore probably the fact, not that the more intelligent people are generally socialists, but that a much higher proportion of socialists among the best minds devote themselves to those intellectual pursuits which in modern society give them a decisive influence on public opinion.