Politicians Lead You Down the Road to Serfdom, 17th Dec., 2010.

I've been reading the Lion Rock Institute's book on F. A. Hayek.  The first article is by Mr. Yongqing Shi (Cantonese: Wangching Shih, 汉字：施永青). (Translation mine.)

Although the judgments of Milovan Đilas had keen insights, he did not wake up to reality until he had experienced the horrors of socialism, first hand.  Hence, parts of his analysis stop at the level of perceptions.  They do not match the kind of intellectualism found in F. A. Hayek's analysis, rich with depth and principles.  After I read The Road to Serfdom, I completely abandoned my fantasies towards Communism.  I understood the failure of Communism is not because of the corruption or faults of isolated political parties, but because it does not respect humans' free will.  It hopelessly expects everyone to live according to the ideals of a few intellectuals.