FLEEING TOWARD ABSOLUTE MORALITY

Hayek noted that socialists are more likely turn into conservatives than liberals because they need moral absolutes and Thomas Sowell seems to fit that pattern:

Mind-Changing Books
By Thomas Sowell
April 12, 2009

The writings of Karl Marx-- especially The Communist Manifesto-- had the longest lasting effect on me as a young man and led me to become and remain a Marxist throughout my twenties.