What an absolutely arrogant and ignorant man, and so was Johnson . I am so happy to see Thomas Sowell, one of the great minds and be clear headed enough to appreciate him for being the leader he is. I believe he is who he says he is but the nasty, smarmy creep who worked with Johnson seems like a multi- layered deceiver - each layer more corrupt, and more of a lie than the first. Hard to watch for a patriot.
He was terrible yes but still he had no power. He was still a puppet in the end like most. The very string pullers that moved him are the ones that got rid of JFK.
So why on earth you don't run him for president? why? he IS SO GOOD. He is knowledgeable, he doesn't like "Yes men", he is "evidence based" in all aspects of his decision making. He is a scientist. He's been high and low, he is "black" in origin so he could sympathize with widest possible array of citizens, and HE SEEKS THE GOOD of people. Why don't you run him for president? You only get such people once in a century....
@@MottiShneor he's discussed why he never ventured into public office numerous times. It's because government, by nature, is not data driven. It's about exacerbating problems further along to continual fund bureaucracy. Thomas Sowell, while earning his doctorate, was a devout communist. What finally changed his mind about communism is when he matriculated from theory to piratical applications while working at The Department of Labor. He did various research studies on labor dynamics, in Puerto Rico, that would have solved a plethora of problems and abated many of its complications. Ironically, when he published his research and presented to his colleagues, he was meet with opposition. Sowell's applications would have further diminished The Department of Labor importance in implementing social and economic policy. Ironically, it was government that taught him the insidious nature of government. Government doesn't want solutions... period.
@@MottiShneor People like Dr. Sowell and others who think like him, have realized one fact. You cannot have a clear conscience when you go into politics. If he was a politician, some people would accuse him of saying this stuff to gain power over people. So, if they remain outside of politics - there can be no accusation. Dr. Sowell doesn't say this stuff to gain power - his conscience is clear. In order to gain success in politics - you have to make promises, to gain the public favour over your oponents - it's very hard to gain popularity by saying "I won't do anything for you, but I also won't do anything against you" or "I will not give you benefits, but I also won't take anything from you" - with this way of thought, the public doesn't feel like there is a benefactor, who fights for their benefits - even though, not having your pockets robbed by taxes is a clear benefit. But if the other side says: I will take care of your kids for you, I will give you money if you fail, I will take care of your elderly for you - and I will take care of you when you are old or sick" - it's very hard to fight that with "I will let you make all the decisions and if you fail, you will suffer all the consequences of your actions" - imagine if you are a teenager and your dad says - don't worry, I got you covered, I'll pay for your college, your home, your expenses and after that you can come and live in my house, all you have to do is vote for me, and pay me some of your money - this sounds great. But what if your dad said, just after you finished high school - there is the door, go and work for your own success. Which dad would you pick?
There’s no such thing as an “American gift to mankind” you people can’t produce anything other that shit hell the device your using probably wasn’t even made in the US all you people can make is pornography and cheeseburgers and you even suck at that
Dr Sowell's arguments cannot be broken. I've been reading Dr Sowell's books since the late 1990s. I even argued with my economics professors using Thomas Sowell's economic expertise and common sense. The professor gracefully accepted my argument. He had to, I proved it with math. He wasn't angry but more intrigued and impressed that one of his students was learning economics. He even have me a good grade. Thank you Dr Sowell.
@@obcane3072 well he's as old as the queen of England so its only natural hed slow down. At 93 or 94 years old you gotta rest and enjoy what time you have left
I'm guessing this must have been in the 80s, but you see the fantasy world of the liberal mind germinating even then. The Liberal's delusion of all those eager young minds craving education and Sowell's blunt reality of the kids want to party and get the piece of paper....and of course Sowell is dead on.
The thing is, the interviewer touched on the problem in his question. It's the fact that we arbitrarily decided that everyone needed a degree for jobs that you absolutely teach people with HS diplomas to do. Basically, the problem wasn't B. It was that you created A in the first place, which then gave birth to B. It's kind of typical. With the Left, A is never the problem. In fact, they created A with the purest of intentions. And they'll certainly not take any blame for the fact that it caused B, C and D, which we also now have to deal with.
Also consider; if you are giving out college degrees to people to learn to do things that people with High School diplomas can do, how bright can these individuals be? Aren’t you kinda taking advantage of these people by charging them to get a pretty valueless imprimaturs to get a job….
@@chrisfleischman3371 Intelligent or not, if the field they want to get into requires a college degree to apply, you're kind of stuck having to go to college. It's not so much the colleges' fault in this case. I graduated from high school in 1988. I have a couple of aunts who are about a half generation older who just got jobs at utilities/co-ops out of high school, and were running them, making fairly "obscene" salaries for the area, by the time they hit 40. I figure I missed THAT kind of opportunity landscape by about 8 years. But as for accountability, I think we sometimes also forget that a lot of us just grew up in the last few decades of the 20th century believing that college was the default next step, if you could swing it. None of my friends and I ever really thought of doing anything else after high school, save for joining the military. And most of those people did it so it would pay for college.
Lollll of course all the idiots got boners when he said that. Think a little deeper about what he’s really saying or better yet what he’s missing. It’s not about everyone getting ahead, it’s about everyone having an opportunity to get ahead. It’s about people not being left behind due to factors out of their control, like socioeconomics, race, etc. This is so fundamental, which is why Sowell is either pretending to be this ideologically opposed to economic justice or he is just dumb as a brick.
Contrary to what people in the comments are saying, I find the professor is cordial and gives good arguments, and is a good listener. This must have been from a long time ago because liberals don't listen so well today.
He may be intelligent but he's a beta male with no pride. He has worked for white institutions all his life and never set up a black institution to organize black people. No white man as intelligent as him works all his life for black institutions.
Sowell sold himself out to PASS in white conservative academia because they love tokens spouting their disproven economic and social theories. In the 1950s through 1995 it was easier to sell out to white conservatives like Sowell rather than stand on your own two feet. Clarence Thomas did it. Sowell's work has been disproven with 50 years of data and he is considered a retired hack at this point.
What struck me like a slap in the face, was the fact that Thomas Sowell was talking about sex education without parental consent in the early 1990s. So prescient. So astute and ahead of his time. That is one of our number one topics today in 2022 and beyond.
No. That was just something conservatives were upset about then. It goes in cycles. That's how they manipulate you. Just playing the greatest hits to keep you all angry and scared.
I hate that Thomas Sowell is not known by more people. I'm european, and I discovered him here on youtube, quite by accident, and now he's one of my favourite human beings alive
Read books by Mises, Hayek and Rothbard or just check out brief summaries of some of their works then go from there. Just choose what interests you most. Enjoy my dude
@@davidthompson6834 Sowell earned the title of United State Marine, regardless of how long he served. Additionally, the served honorably, despite his personal opinions about the Korean War. Of course, this was when Sowell was a liberal. Regardless, he is no less a Marine for having served for only a year. I'm proud that he is one of us.
I believe that was what he was trying to tell the presenter but the presenter thinks they have to step into and make it for them. Great man Thomas Sowell been listening to him for 5 years now. I'm 64 now and and also listening to excerpts of Harvey Williams and Milton Friedman great economist and thinkers of our time
@@planetmikusha5898 I believe Obama had to be President because without him we wouldn't know about the deep state and all the corruption that followed with the Rhino Republicans. If Trump becomes president again he would be a great economic advisor. Someone of his caliber would be hard to refute a policy that would help all Americans. He's calm and collected and he's a renowned expert in the field as President Trump was and that would be a great team don't you think.
Without self reliance and determination, we enslave ourselves to the "wiser" parent-government and be controlled all of our lives. This is why people are fleeing socialist and communist countries. You certainly do not see throngs of people heading to these miserable countries. My sister-in-law had to wait 6 months to see her gynecologist. So much for socialized medicine. It only works for the top elitists who have their own private doctors and medical facilities...just the same as Russia. Take a look at videos of these people: they are beaten-down, sad looking and shabby.
Tragically big government and politicos are Statist priests wizards shamans and messiahs despite the constitutional separation of Church and State in the Establishment Clause we DO HAVE a religion of defunct worship of all branches of government it’s sickening wasteful expensive and leads to decline of our society as we experience it. 🤡🤡🤡
I’m a middle-aged white guy, and I think Thomas Sowell is the smarter man I’ve ever heard speak. If this country was filled with the likes of Thomas Sowell, we’d be doing great.
Not exactly. The guy who Sowell was arguing with *worked for Johnson* . In other words, he had _a conflict of interest_ and reason to avoid responsibility for his boss' actions.
@@GreyWolfLeaderTW maybe a conflict of interest & a false belief of their administration doing a good thing at the time but during this interview it’s a cowardly action!…if I or anyone can’t acknowledge after the fact that I/we have done something wrong/ hurtful to others, especially by policy, then I/we are acting cowardly at that moment!
I was just thinking the same thing. I know he is a man of character but I wonder if he ever looks back on these interviews and says " I warned you and you didn't listen".
Lyndon Johnson started the Vietnam War.That alone shows he was incompetent.I have heard they had to twist his arm to Approve the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
He. Certainly never lets the Bull Sh** baffle his brain. His responses are instant, accurate and effective. Unlike myself who often knows how to respond after the conversation is over…
Alarming that you would view this type of discussion as a win/lose scenario. The idea isn't to win. The idea is to listen to one another in hopes that through discussion both parties can arrive at a more complete undstanding of the truth. People who try to win become so defensive that they end up disregarding the facts just so they can avoid feeling as though they've lost. There is nothing wrong with being wrong unless you refuse to acknowledge it when it's been made clear.
My respect for sowell is just so incalculable. I’ve yet to actually meet a man in person worthy of something similar. The absolutist humility he found later in his life is nothing short of beautiful
Thank you Dr. Thomas Sowell for my Daly dose of Sowell. Always appreciate your Real History Lesson. Really should be Taught in all Schools 🏫. It really amazes me how the System continues to overlook your Efforts. All day long Yahoo
Amazing how stubborn the redactor is in not being able to understand very clear message of: "People don't need saviours to tell them what to do" and constantly saying something along those lines: "But tell the people what to do because they can't make their own decision on their own and therefore if you don't save them they are doomed"
It's called "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations". Liberals, or, illiberals, believe that minorities NEED them to get through life when, they actually do not.
yes, but that's rub right? he's not saying "tell them what to do because without YOU they are doomed." he's saying, "because without *US* they are doomed." he has a veneer of compassion over his arrogance. he has no idea that he is one of the anointed Sowell warned about.
From birth all Americans (and all human beings, really) are told what to do. The question is who is doing the telling, what is being told, and who benefits.
It’s impossible to beat Thomas Sowell in a debate. He knows so much, and has every argument figured out! Great thinker! Sowell, Walter Williams, and Rush Limbaugh were the biggest influences on me becoming a critical thinker when I was majoring in Economics in the early 90s. I’ll be forever grateful for their existence in this world. It was such a treat when the two esteemed economists would occasionally fill in for Rush on the radio. Thank you, Dr. Sowell! I’m still in awe of you 30 years later!
@@sharp1162 Let us not quibble over semantics. I was about to add that having the truth on his side is a great advantage, but I felt it would have diminished the fact that Sowell delivers the truth better than anyone. Speaking truth isn’t effective if it’s spoken by someone who lacks the ability to persuade. Thomas Sowell has that ability. That was my point.
Holy cow! When he gets to how parents get sideswiped by people in charge who put materials into school without us knowing, it hits home... that's happening right now.
I’m not even American and wonder how much greater the US would be had he ever become president. Not that he ever desired such a position! A truly amazing human being.
You can blame the leaders. The people put him there or at a minimum failed to replace a fumbling government with a better option. We always seem to go with the flow
It would be great but probably not in the sense most people would consider great. He would like shutter man of the alphabet agencies or seriously curtail what they currently do. Get rid of stifling regulation as apart of curtailing their power and probably do away with the department of Education entirely. I would hope he would set the precedent of allow third party groups to go in and audit the books and make them open to the public. We all know money is a corrupting influence which is why it all should be accounted for.
It would be similar to Trump. Media lying their asses off because he’s a conservative. It would be worse because Sowell quotes the Bible. The liberal media really hates that
Wow! Dr. Sowell, you are a sharp instrument sir. The way you get your point across so simplistically, is quite impressive. Shows how well you know the subject at hand!
I would love to hear Mr. Sowell and Dr. Jordan Peterson have a discussion. Two men whose drive and passion for bettering the world have impacted me in a way that has changed my life in such a positive way. Thank you, indeed, for all the work you have done.
Fascinating debate. This was the norm in 1995. Being able to have a back and forth discussion about sensitive topics IS NECESSARY. We have lost that. And the reckoning, my friends, is just starting. God bless all persons who want to make their children's lives better than their own.
‘Liberal’s self-inflicted wounds upon America have harmed us all and this is why we shouldn’t listen to them anymore’ Thomas Sowell - Living American National Treasure
Thank you for not writing “Destroys Liberal Presenter” or using some other gratuitous labeling to draw attention to this video. Such language undercuts the person of so many wise people and would be in disservice to Dr. Sowell. Also thank you for sharing this video; very interesting to hear the debates of 1995 and all their present echos.
I don’t know how he remains so patient with this interviewer, the guy has such a fixed worldview that he can’t adjust his thinking enough to understand the problem, stuck within a paradigm and so unable to recognise that his paradigm is itself part of the problem.
It’s about effectiveness. You can get more satisfaction, attention and even reward with more dramatic and energetic replies. However being understated and succinct is more likely to reach hostile or neutral listeners. Also it’s just emotional intelligence.
Thomas Sowell: "They wanted to be in ivy covered buildings for 4 years and get more money when they graduated and have a good time while they are there." I was in a 4 year university in the 1970s and this became abundantly clear to me the first year. For many students, the number 1 priority was to have a good time. And for male students at that time, to get a draft deferment. Getting drafted meant you might end up in Vietnam.
If 1 person stands up he can se the game better, but if they all stand nobody sees the game better. The levels of wisdom and intellect he has is unmatched
Yes but what happens to the people who remain seated while everyone else stands up? The people who stand at least have a chance to see the game but those who remain seated have no chance of seeing anything. Following this analogy, the only way for everyone to see the game, standing or not, would be to spread the seating. How does this translate to real life? It means reducing the population. I'm not saying genocide or anything so extreme, but perhaps something like incentivizing a reduced birth rate. The higher the population, the lower the individual value. If, for example, I need landscaping done, if there's only one landscaper available, then I would be at their mercy. I would have to pay whatever they ask. However, if there's a hundred landscapers to choose from, then that leverage is gone and the job goes to the lowest bidder. The less people, the more value those people possess
@@cwdgamedev1017 everyone can’t stand up and everyone can’t see the game it just doesn’t work like that, humans are all unique and different, some smarter and some dumber, and to spread the seating so everyone can see will disincentivizes people from standing up. If nobody stands, nothing more will come about. Idk if you are seeing this from the prospective from up above 👆. How do you think the wealth of a nation should be divided. The free and FAIR market works wonderfully but I think people are beginning to realize the same people that are trying to help are actually just destroying. Here are some famous words. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Time and time again someone comes along and says there’s a problem and I got the solution. This person is only serving there self interest
@@cwdgamedev1017 also to add here, their are limits to growth, why try and predict something so complex. Why try and play God. History does not take to kindly to those who try and play his role…
Sowell is direct and upfront with his answers. I adore Sowell because he doesn't get paid from any politician and has always stayed true to his side, and is genuine.
You have an amazing mind, life, and educational background! You are saving our country!! 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️You deserve the highest honor our country can give!! I think 🤔 Nobel Peace Prize? Thank you!! Bless 🙏🏼 You! Americans are listening! 🇺🇸🇺🇸Hope you’re enjoying your retirement and your love of Photography! 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️
It's a fan made account btw but I guess it's possible he might go on RUclips occasionally P.s. Nobel peace prize is purely political pageantry.. Obama got it just for being elected president
When you are loosing a discussion on what were the results of failed policies, you resort to the "Kathy Newman" technique "so you're saying" ALL programs were a failure. Not a heated debate because Sowell lets the facts scream!!
The interviewer just couldn't comprehend Sowell's "let people think for themselves" position. That shows the mindset of our enemy -- they don't just WANT to control people, they actually think they HAVE to control people.
He did comprehend, his liberal mind couldn't bring himself to agree knowing he would get backlash from his colleges. That's why he's not a self thinker
Excellent point!!! Similarly, the leftists not only believe that a utopia _possible_ ... They believe that it's _GOVERNMENT'S JOB_ to supply it!!! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's a 🤬 shame that the majority of our society has not learned about Dr. Sowell in society or in our schools and if it wasn't for the internet, most of us who now know of him, would not have. This man and the knowledge he has could and should have been implemented into history, business, economic, social and political studies from middle school, college and beyond!
God Bless Thomas Sowell. His wisdom, his insights, his endless pursuit of the fundamentals of the human condition, have never been more prescient and necessary. His works should be required reading in ALL schools. He does not indoctrinate; he does not teach what to think; he teaches each of us that we should think, how to do so, and why it’s essential to our own liberty that we do. This interview was conducted in 1995; who would have thought that it would take 25 years and a Chinese virus for people to see what their kids have been indoctrinated with during that time and likely longer……
I’m hesitant to immortalize anyone I admire, especially an intellectual economist, but Sowell comes across as one of the most undefeatable forces of facts that I’ve ever seen. He’s so incredibly armed with information, even when you think you’ve got him on something, he’s easily able to explain it away with the raw statistics as well as detailed statistics. He truly accounts for all the apples and all the oranges in his arguments. He should be mandatory viewing in education.
Aaah the good old days when you could have a thorough but respectful discussion. An interviewer that probes. Obvious differences in views but allowing each other to finish a point. Without it having to be reduced to ‘heated debate’, ‘schools’, ‘destroys’ and other bite size, click bait labels
TS is right. We in Europe have tuition free universities. Now that almost everyone went / goes to university the employment line hasn’t changed. People with a university degree do the job that people used to do with a apprenticeship. Living standards haven’t gone up in about 25 years. Everyone knows but we like to live a societal lie. Thanks TS.
Couldn't agree more. We have done and are doing the same thing here in the US: local colleges and universities "make deals" with surrounding businesses for the most inane and unnecessary "certifications" costing students tens of thousands of dollars just to earn entry-level wages. And without the certifications, you are not employable. I know; I've taught at such places.
But the education levels in Europe, from young age to early adulthood, are much higher on average than in US. Literacy in US is shocking too. I think having a more educated society is a good thing. As Peterson says, the universities are our most cherished institutions, not because of the piece of paper you receive after, but the social and intellectual experiences they foster. I'm not sure why you conflated living standards with university tuition. In the UK we have had conservative governance for 12+ years, including the raising of tuition fee. Our living standards began falling for the first time since victorian times around 3 years ago. Are the two related? I doubt it. But either way it's clear the outcome is more nuanced than your statement implies.
@@anthonyjames4478 Community colleges provide necessary education in nursing, electronics, and service fields along with completing the, mostly irrelevant, core requirements before transferring to a much more expensive four year institution. The great society programs that sounded so good at the beginning created a permanent underclass of professional recipients. The enormous prison population of mostly young males from broken, single mother, homes is another result. Thank you "social scientists" for your great contributions to human knowledge.
@@roomathousandyearswide the literacy rate in the US amongst US citizens from non 3rd world countries is the same as in Europe-our numbers have been thrown off the past 25 years because of the waves of immigration. College education means little if the populace is mostly majoring in nonsense humanities that have scant practical application.
what the interviewer does not comprehend is, we aren't listening to ( and loving) Thomas Sowell because he recommends we not listen to the elite, BUT we are listening to Thomas Sowell because he speaks what we already know and think. As he said 'We have been doing it for thousands of years, we do not need the academic elites to decide for us how to raise our own children or how to make decisions'. That's why TS is so enormously popular..
@@pastorofmuppets8834 Fallacy. Just because Person A listens to one person because "he speaks what we already know and think", that does not mean that Person A listens ONLY to people who say what she already knows and thinks; and that doesn't mean that she doesn't listen to people who disagree with her.
What a joy to hear Thomas Sowell denouncing with grace and common sense the arrogance of these evil people who try to push their interests and destructive agenda, undermining individual freedom and the sanctity of the family.
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So this guy worked for president johnson...so he has to defend his record because he's partly responsible for the policies they are discussing!
Yep
And still promote the "Cult of Johnson".
What an absolutely arrogant and ignorant man, and so was Johnson . I am so happy to see Thomas Sowell, one of the great minds and be clear headed enough to appreciate him for being the leader he is. I believe he is who he says he is but the nasty, smarmy creep who worked with Johnson seems like a multi- layered deceiver - each layer more corrupt, and more of a lie than the first. Hard to watch for a patriot.
He was terrible yes but still he had no power. He was still a puppet in the end like most. The very string pullers that moved him are the ones that got rid of JFK.
Exactly.....
Here we are in 2022 and Dr. Sowell has been proven even more right than he was in 1995! Legend
So why on earth you don't run him for president? why? he IS SO GOOD. He is knowledgeable, he doesn't like "Yes men", he is "evidence based" in all aspects of his decision making. He is a scientist. He's been high and low, he is "black" in origin so he could sympathize with widest possible array of citizens, and HE SEEKS THE GOOD of people. Why don't you run him for president? You only get such people once in a century....
@@MottiShneor I wish we could but Dr. Sowell is in his 90’s and never wanted to be a politician anyway.
@@MottiShneor he's discussed why he never ventured into public office numerous times. It's because government, by nature, is not data driven. It's about exacerbating problems further along to continual fund bureaucracy. Thomas Sowell, while earning his doctorate, was a devout communist. What finally changed his mind about communism is when he matriculated from theory to piratical applications while working at The Department of Labor. He did various research studies on labor dynamics, in Puerto Rico, that would have solved a plethora of problems and abated many of its complications. Ironically, when he published his research and presented to his colleagues, he was meet with opposition. Sowell's applications would have further diminished The Department of Labor importance in implementing social and economic policy. Ironically, it was government that taught him the insidious nature of government. Government doesn't want solutions... period.
@@MottiShneor People like Dr. Sowell and others who think like him, have realized one fact. You cannot have a clear conscience when you go into politics. If he was a politician, some people would accuse him of saying this stuff to gain power over people. So, if they remain outside of politics - there can be no accusation. Dr. Sowell doesn't say this stuff to gain power - his conscience is clear. In order to gain success in politics - you have to make promises, to gain the public favour over your oponents - it's very hard to gain popularity by saying "I won't do anything for you, but I also won't do anything against you" or "I will not give you benefits, but I also won't take anything from you" - with this way of thought, the public doesn't feel like there is a benefactor, who fights for their benefits - even though, not having your pockets robbed by taxes is a clear benefit. But if the other side says: I will take care of your kids for you, I will give you money if you fail, I will take care of your elderly for you - and I will take care of you when you are old or sick" - it's very hard to fight that with "I will let you make all the decisions and if you fail, you will suffer all the consequences of your actions" - imagine if you are a teenager and your dad says - don't worry, I got you covered, I'll pay for your college, your home, your expenses and after that you can come and live in my house, all you have to do is vote for me, and pay me some of your money - this sounds great. But what if your dad said, just after you finished high school - there is the door, go and work for your own success. Which dad would you pick?
@@MottiShneor why does he have to be the president if he doesn't want to? He is an economyst.
Thomas Sowell is a great American gift to mankind.
There’s no such thing as an “American gift to mankind” you people can’t produce anything other that shit hell the device your using probably wasn’t even made in the US all you people can make is pornography and cheeseburgers and you even suck at that
Thomas Sowell and Jordan Peterson - wise men and well worth listening to! I admire them both so much.
@@patriciagraham222 lol Sowell you could make a case for but PETERSON? Bruh 😂 no wonder you people are losing your cultural war you look up to idiots
I qm a foreigner, and I love him. He may be the wisest living American.
@@TheSymphonyOfScience Yes, he's an American treasure.
10 years ago, I’d never heard of Thomas Sowell.
Today, he is, and will remain, the hero of my lifetime.
F-ing A buddy.
Black race hustlers (I don't need to name them) hate Sowell as he has shot their fox.
100%. He's a legend. One of the greatest minds of our time.
Him and Christopher Hitchens are the 2 people I immediately think of when intellectuals are brought up.
I didn't hear about him until like 3 months ago, and the man is just brilliant.
Letting adults make their own decisions is one of the hardest things for a democrat to understand.
^irony
Are you usually this dense?
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@@megaham1552 your "comment" proved his point. But we are pulling for you smart guy.
@@TheMotivationFallacy you could say the same thing for republicans but of course everything has to be the democrats fault
Dr Sowell's arguments cannot be broken. I've been reading Dr Sowell's books since the late 1990s. I even argued with my economics professors using Thomas Sowell's economic expertise and common sense. The professor gracefully accepted my argument. He had to, I proved it with math. He wasn't angry but more intrigued and impressed that one of his students was learning economics. He even have me a good grade.
Thank you Dr Sowell.
Do you happen to remember what the example of what you proved using math?
And learning economics from someone else. Bravo.
Op must have not told him he was using Dr Sowell. 😂
When was that? This is unimaginable nowadays with the current left dominance in academia.
@@d68st90right!!
Dr. Sowell is just as sharp today as he was in this interview.
Maybe even sharper.
No...unfortunately he's a step slower. But that's still miles ahead of most.
He maybe a step slower but everyone else doesn’t even try to make a single step.
@@obcane3072 well he's as old as the queen of England so its only natural hed slow down. At 93 or 94 years old you gotta rest and enjoy what time you have left
He'd make a good president.
I could listen to him for hours. So much wisdom in these.
This is 20+ years ago but nothing has changed. He is still right but we are not listening.
And needed these days more than ever👍
Plus he has a soothing voice
Sowell is a fool. That says a lot about you.
I'm guessing this must have been in the 80s, but you see the fantasy world of the liberal mind germinating even then. The Liberal's delusion of all those eager young minds craving education and Sowell's blunt reality of the kids want to party and get the piece of paper....and of course Sowell is dead on.
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. He's truly one of the great intellectuals of our time.
@@SourcesWatch says a democrat activist
Of any time
The dude is dum as rocks.. he is easily debunked
Nah he’s kind of an idiot
“We’re not going to all get ahead in the employment line if we all have a degree”, a fact too simple for the ‘intellectual’ to understand.
The thing is, the interviewer touched on the problem in his question. It's the fact that we arbitrarily decided that everyone needed a degree for jobs that you absolutely teach people with HS diplomas to do.
Basically, the problem wasn't B. It was that you created A in the first place, which then gave birth to B.
It's kind of typical. With the Left, A is never the problem. In fact, they created A with the purest of intentions. And they'll certainly not take any blame for the fact that it caused B, C and D, which we also now have to deal with.
Also consider; if you are giving out college degrees to people to learn to do things that people with High School diplomas can do, how bright can these individuals be? Aren’t you kinda taking advantage of these people by charging them to get a pretty valueless imprimaturs to get a job….
@@chrisfleischman3371 Intelligent or not, if the field they want to get into requires a college degree to apply, you're kind of stuck having to go to college. It's not so much the colleges' fault in this case.
I graduated from high school in 1988. I have a couple of aunts who are about a half generation older who just got jobs at utilities/co-ops out of high school, and were running them, making fairly "obscene" salaries for the area, by the time they hit 40. I figure I missed THAT kind of opportunity landscape by about 8 years.
But as for accountability, I think we sometimes also forget that a lot of us just grew up in the last few decades of the 20th century believing that college was the default next step, if you could swing it. None of my friends and I ever really thought of doing anything else after high school, save for joining the military. And most of those people did it so it would pay for college.
Lollll of course all the idiots got boners when he said that. Think a little deeper about what he’s really saying or better yet what he’s missing. It’s not about everyone getting ahead, it’s about everyone having an opportunity to get ahead. It’s about people not being left behind due to factors out of their control, like socioeconomics, race, etc. This is so fundamental, which is why Sowell is either pretending to be this ideologically opposed to economic justice or he is just dumb as a brick.
Contrary to what people in the comments are saying, I find the professor is cordial and gives good arguments, and is a good listener. This must have been from a long time ago because liberals don't listen so well today.
" President Johnson wasn't a usual suspect " Dr. SOWELL "He was the primary suspect " 😄
Superb! Said off-the-cuff, without emphasis & while effortlessly moving the conversation on beyond the stiletto-insult!
Best comment!! He had his own" drunken, drug addict" sister K#$$#
Prime suspect in the Kennedy asassination
simon h - incorrect, that theory NEVER produced any facts or evidence
💀
Dr. Sowel is my hero.
What a wise and clever man
I’m on a Dr. Sowell reading marathon right now. Basic Economics should be mandatory reading.
He may be intelligent but he's a beta male with no pride. He has worked for white institutions all his life and never set up a black institution to organize black people. No white man as intelligent as him works all his life for black institutions.
@UCxBXmEHM64NpOK6OyfuEIdg "Black Rednecks & White Liberals" should be a mandatory read.
Yes sirr
Dr. Sowell is an American Treasure
That’s not a very high bar all things considered
slaver - sure maaan sure
Factss
@@andres7274 noo
Sowell sold himself out to PASS in white conservative academia because they love tokens spouting their disproven economic and social theories.
In the 1950s through 1995 it was easier to sell out to white conservatives like Sowell rather than stand on your own two feet. Clarence Thomas did it.
Sowell's work has been disproven with 50 years of data and he is considered a retired hack at this point.
What struck me like a slap in the face, was the fact that Thomas Sowell was talking about sex education without parental consent in the early 1990s. So prescient. So astute and ahead of his time. That is one of our number one topics today in 2022 and beyond.
No. That was just something conservatives were upset about then. It goes in cycles. That's how they manipulate you. Just playing the greatest hits to keep you all angry and scared.
If you were around back then sec education has always been a hot button topic.
@@briankruesi6484 But at least when I was a kid the teachers wen't telling me I could be cool if I cut off my gonads
It’s stunning that nothing has changed. Kids are taught all kinds of stuff about trans and lgbqt and dildos etc as we speak.
Well, that was going on big time back then, so while I believe Sowell is a genius, he wasn't exactly prescient in this case. .
One of the many crimes occurring in higher education is the fact I got a graduate degree in business and economics without coming across Sowell once.
The irony is, many would attribute that to "racism" to imply its because he is a black academic. Contrary to the reality
That's because he isn't a very good economist. Which is why he moved into cultural commentary to get attention.
Whaaaaat!?
How
@@JoeKnows44 Please elaborate, Scholar.....
The greatest respect for Mr. Thomas Sowell. An intellectual and reasoned human being in a sea of absurdity.
Yes! his vision was incredible
@@garrettoliveto7483 He's still alive, you know.
I hate that Thomas Sowell is not known by more people. I'm european, and I discovered him here on youtube, quite by accident, and now he's one of my favourite human beings alive
How many books do you think he's read?
He is known but it's easier to push people who can pimp and control people minds. MLK for example
same here , portuguese , just found him 5/6 months ago, this man is the far left worst nightmare,
sweden n england would label him racist sexist white supremacist n have hime fired n banned from employment n speaking anywhere
Read books by Mises, Hayek and Rothbard or just check out brief summaries of some of their works then go from there. Just choose what interests you most.
Enjoy my dude
Dr. Sowell is a credit to the Marine Corps 👏
A credit to Humanity too.
12 months in the marine corp look it up
No, he's a credit to intellectually gifted people. Nothing to do with the government.
@@snapman218
Okay, Don Quixote.
@@davidthompson6834 Sowell earned the title of United State Marine, regardless of how long he served. Additionally, the served honorably, despite his personal opinions about the Korean War. Of course, this was when Sowell was a liberal. Regardless, he is no less a Marine for having served for only a year. I'm proud that he is one of us.
Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest minds to ever walk the earth. Hands down. God bless this man!
“It’s all because of self inflicted wounds”. Dr Sowell that statement aged like fine wine
Yeah like redlining, Jim Crow and stealing of land. Sigh. Just delusional
Or the exact opposite. Depends on if reality matters. If you're a Sowell guy, it usually doesn't.
@@JoeKnows44That's a fallacy of composition.
@@DogGuy19 "usually", so I don't think it is. It's an anecdotal statement, not a factual claim.
“Lyndon B. Johnson was not the usual suspect, Thomas…”
“He was the prime suspect!” - Sowell
ROFLMAO! 😂
Sowell is humble enough to believe that people should make their own decisions and not him.
I believe that was what he was trying to tell the presenter but the presenter thinks they have to step into and make it for them. Great man Thomas Sowell been listening to him for 5 years now. I'm 64 now and and also listening to excerpts of Harvey Williams and Milton Friedman great economist and thinkers of our time
@@richardetling876 It's too bad Sowell wasn't America's first black president!
@@planetmikusha5898 I believe Obama had to be President because without him we wouldn't know about the deep state and all the corruption that followed with the Rhino Republicans. If Trump becomes president again he would be a great economic advisor. Someone of his caliber would be hard to refute a policy that would help all Americans. He's calm and collected and he's a renowned expert in the field as President Trump was and that would be a great team don't you think.
Would it be considered humble? I thought it was because he is wise. Both can be true!
The mantra of the left.."Tell them who to vote for!" I love how Dr. Sowell shut this down out of appropriate disgust.
"We need to stop looking for saviors."
BASED
The message of self reliance and self determination is spot on. Thank you Thomas Sowell.
Without self reliance and determination, we enslave ourselves to the "wiser" parent-government and be controlled all of our lives. This is why people are fleeing socialist and communist countries. You certainly do not see throngs of people heading to these miserable countries. My sister-in-law had to wait 6 months to see her gynecologist. So much for socialized medicine. It only works for the top elitists who have their own private doctors and medical facilities...just the same as Russia. Take a look at videos of these people: they are beaten-down, sad looking and shabby.
Thomas Sowell is BASED - yes!
this was almost three decades ago..... thomas was far far ahead of his time and in a way predicted the leftist mess we are in today.
Tragically big government and politicos are Statist priests wizards shamans and messiahs despite the constitutional separation of Church and State in the Establishment Clause we DO HAVE a religion of defunct worship of all branches of government it’s sickening wasteful expensive and leads to decline of our society as we experience it. 🤡🤡🤡
I’m a middle-aged white guy, and I think Thomas Sowell is the smarter man I’ve ever heard speak. If this country was filled with the likes of Thomas Sowell, we’d be doing great.
it is so refreshing to hear Sir Thomas Sowell. Thank you Lord for this beautiful mind.
“He was the primary suspect.” So true. And it flew right over the man’s head. 😆
Yes, that was such a quick and sharp point he made there!
"The mid sixties was the start of your world, your Genesis, right?"
"No. I'd say it was the Fall in the Garden" Hahahaha
Not exactly. The guy who Sowell was arguing with *worked for Johnson* . In other words, he had _a conflict of interest_ and reason to avoid responsibility for his boss' actions.
@@hazchemel Haha I loved that.
@@GreyWolfLeaderTW maybe a conflict of interest & a false belief of their administration doing a good thing at the time but during this interview it’s a cowardly action!…if I or anyone can’t acknowledge after the fact that I/we have done something wrong/ hurtful to others, especially by policy, then I/we are acting cowardly at that moment!
I love Thomas Sowell. Not only is he intelligent, he's also aware of true reality
Thomas Sowell.... American Treasure! God bless him!
Thomas Sowell's books are a treasure of clarity and logic.
In 1995 Sowell nailed the education problem of children being indoctrinated behind their parents back.
See Ross Perot
Outstanding!!! 25 years have passed and we have not heeded the teaching of Mr. SOWELL!!! The time has come to listen to this great teacher!!
I was just thinking the same thing. I know he is a man of character but I wonder if he ever looks back on these interviews and says " I warned you and you didn't listen".
😂😂😂 Lyndon Johnson was not the usual suspect. He was the primary suspect! Well said Professor Sowell
LOL!
Lyndon Johnson started the Vietnam War.That alone shows he was incompetent.I have heard they had to twist his arm to Approve the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
That was too smooth of a comeback. Very nice and quick on his feet rebuttal.
Johnson started the welfare state.
Sowell is the only unstoppable force that could defeat an immovable object, he's never lost, impossible to beat him. Insanely intelligent.
Can’t say it better than that.
Apart from his views on Holocaust
He. Certainly never lets the Bull Sh** baffle his brain. His responses are instant, accurate and effective. Unlike myself who often knows how to respond after the conversation is over…
Alarming that you would view this type of discussion as a win/lose scenario. The idea isn't to win. The idea is to listen to one another in hopes that through discussion both parties can arrive at a more complete undstanding of the truth. People who try to win become so defensive that they end up disregarding the facts just so they can avoid feeling as though they've lost. There is nothing wrong with being wrong unless you refuse to acknowledge it when it's been made clear.
@@Soknik01
It seems like you are describing yourself.
My respect for sowell is just so incalculable. I’ve yet to actually meet a man in person worthy of something similar. The absolutist humility he found later in his life is nothing short of beautiful
Did Dr. Sowell invent the time machine? He absolutely nailed the whole "college thing" back in the 90's.
Thank you Dr. Thomas Sowell for my Daly dose of Sowell. Always appreciate your Real History Lesson. Really should be Taught in all Schools 🏫. It really amazes me how the System continues to overlook your Efforts. All day long Yahoo
Amazing how stubborn the redactor is in not being able to understand very clear message of: "People don't need saviours to tell them what to do" and constantly saying something along those lines: "But tell the people what to do because they can't make their own decision on their own and therefore if you don't save them they are doomed"
It's called "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations". Liberals, or, illiberals, believe that minorities NEED them to get through life when, they actually do not.
He doesn’t want to see it because he was part of it.
yes, but that's rub right? he's not saying "tell them what to do because without YOU they are doomed." he's saying, "because without *US* they are doomed." he has a veneer of compassion over his arrogance. he has no idea that he is one of the anointed Sowell warned about.
From birth all Americans (and all human beings, really) are told what to do.
The question is who is doing the telling, what is being told, and who benefits.
It shows the dangers of socialism and Communism. It is all about control.
I cannot believe the foresight of Sowell. The concerns he has vocalized over the years will echo when studying the downfall of America.
"There can be no Chosen One. Only WE... can save ourselves."
This guy is the smartest human being on the planet.
Sowell is always so calm with his arguments.
It’s impossible to beat Thomas Sowell in a debate. He knows so much, and has every argument figured out! Great thinker!
Sowell, Walter Williams, and Rush Limbaugh were the biggest influences on me becoming a critical thinker when I was majoring in Economics in the early 90s.
I’ll be forever grateful for their existence in this world. It was such a treat when the two esteemed economists would occasionally fill in for Rush on the radio.
Thank you, Dr. Sowell! I’m still in awe of you 30 years later!
He's the real black American hero, I swear to God. He should be more wealthy than Shaq or Lebron
He doesn't have the arguments figured out..... He simply knows the truth and states it well. Talking points don't have the merit that truth has.
@@sharp1162
Let us not quibble over semantics. I was about to add that having the truth on his side is a great advantage, but I felt it would have diminished the fact that Sowell delivers the truth better than anyone.
Speaking truth isn’t effective if it’s spoken by someone who lacks the ability to persuade.
Thomas Sowell has that ability.
That was my point.
You lost me when you said Rush Limbaugh, but yes, Thomas Sowell is certainly not the worst choice for critical thinking stuff.
@@jrus690
If I lost you by mentioning Rush Limbaugh, you still have a lot to learn. 😉
I fear the day Dr Sowell is no longer with us 👍🇨🇦
It was sad losing Walter Williams, it’ll be sad when we lose Sowell
Then his incredible output will stand up throughout time.
@@I9s7lam5is-S3tu1pid precisely
No he is still here at 92 he looks 65 a wise man and entlectual giants
@@aaronyepez6148 Williams's passing was a devastating loss for many of us. For Sowell especially.
We need more Sowell.
Holy cow! When he gets to how parents get sideswiped by people in charge who put materials into school without us knowing, it hits home... that's happening right now.
Ahead of his time
Celebrate Your Hero's Prof Sowell is one.
I’m not even American and wonder how much greater the US would be had he ever become president. Not that he ever desired such a position! A truly amazing human being.
You can blame the leaders. The people put him there or at a minimum failed to replace a fumbling government with a better option. We always seem to go with the flow
It would be great but probably not in the sense most people would consider great. He would like shutter man of the alphabet agencies or seriously curtail what they currently do. Get rid of stifling regulation as apart of curtailing their power and probably do away with the department of Education entirely.
I would hope he would set the precedent of allow third party groups to go in and audit the books and make them open to the public. We all know money is a corrupting influence which is why it all should be accounted for.
No way either party would let him be president. He’s way too reasonable and would make all of the politicians look as stupid as they are
It’s the low information entitled voters. Too many people vote to the people who says they will “give” them the most.
It would be similar to Trump. Media lying their asses off because he’s a conservative. It would be worse because Sowell quotes the Bible. The liberal media really hates that
Wow! Dr. Sowell, you are a sharp instrument sir. The way you get your point across so simplistically, is quite impressive. Shows how well you know the subject at hand!
I would love to hear Mr. Sowell and Dr. Jordan Peterson have a discussion. Two men whose drive and passion for bettering the world have impacted me in a way that has changed my life in such a positive way. Thank you, indeed, for all the work you have done.
Fascinating debate.
This was the norm in 1995. Being able to have a back and forth discussion about sensitive topics IS NECESSARY. We have lost that.
And the reckoning, my friends, is just starting.
God bless all persons who want to make their children's lives better than their own.
I’m not having children.
‘Liberal’s self-inflicted wounds upon America have harmed us all and this is why we shouldn’t listen to them anymore’
Thomas Sowell - Living American National Treasure
Absolute visionary. Thomas Sowell sees the world with such clarity. I'm grateful to share this earth with him, and people like him.
Thomas Sowell- one of the brightest minds in the US history. Hats down, let's listen to Him in silence, let's absorb, and learn.
*Hats off
Why do you capitalize Him? That's used only for God Almighty of the Holy Bible Gen Z weenie!
The type of people who think he's bright are the type of people who say things like "hats down" and "hands off"
@@JoeKnows44for real 😂
Just read his opinions of the minimum wage…
Thank you for not writing “Destroys Liberal Presenter” or using some other gratuitous labeling to draw attention to this video. Such language undercuts the person of so many wise people and would be in disservice to Dr. Sowell.
Also thank you for sharing this video; very interesting to hear the debates of 1995 and all their present echos.
National treasure, this man. God bless him.
I don’t know how he remains so patient with this interviewer, the guy has such a fixed worldview that he can’t adjust his thinking enough to understand the problem, stuck within a paradigm and so unable to recognise that his paradigm is itself part of the problem.
That’s because he, like many of these ivory towered brainfarts are still wearing and love to wear their rose tinted glasses.
It’s about effectiveness. You can get more satisfaction, attention and even reward with more dramatic and energetic replies. However being understated and succinct is more likely to reach hostile or neutral listeners. Also it’s just emotional intelligence.
Every warning from Thomas Sowell has come true! I admire this man greatly, wish I had found him in High School!
This discussion took place 27 years ago now and it's more apropos today that it was in 1995!
Thomas Sowell: "They wanted to be in ivy covered buildings for 4 years and get more money when they graduated and have a good time while they are there."
I was in a 4 year university in the 1970s and this became abundantly clear to me the first year. For many students, the number 1 priority was to have a good time. And for male students at that time, to get a draft deferment. Getting drafted meant you might end up in Vietnam.
I love Thomas Sowell. What a mind he has!!!
Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest Americans in history. God bless him and his family.
If 1 person stands up he can se the game better, but if they all stand nobody sees the game better. The levels of wisdom and intellect he has is unmatched
I laughed out loud because it is so simple and so truthful.
Yes but what happens to the people who remain seated while everyone else stands up? The people who stand at least have a chance to see the game but those who remain seated have no chance of seeing anything. Following this analogy, the only way for everyone to see the game, standing or not, would be to spread the seating. How does this translate to real life? It means reducing the population. I'm not saying genocide or anything so extreme, but perhaps something like incentivizing a reduced birth rate. The higher the population, the lower the individual value. If, for example, I need landscaping done, if there's only one landscaper available, then I would be at their mercy. I would have to pay whatever they ask. However, if there's a hundred landscapers to choose from, then that leverage is gone and the job goes to the lowest bidder. The less people, the more value those people possess
@@cwdgamedev1017 everyone can’t stand up and everyone can’t see the game it just doesn’t work like that, humans are all unique and different, some smarter and some dumber, and to spread the seating so everyone can see will disincentivizes people from standing up. If nobody stands, nothing more will come about. Idk if you are seeing this from the prospective from up above 👆. How do you think the wealth of a nation should be divided. The free and FAIR market works wonderfully but I think people are beginning to realize the same people that are trying to help are actually just destroying. Here are some famous words. “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Time and time again someone comes along and says there’s a problem and I got the solution. This person is only serving there self interest
@@cwdgamedev1017 also to add here, their are limits to growth, why try and predict something so complex. Why try and play God. History does not take to kindly to those who try and play his role…
@@cwdgamedev1017 you wrote a full novel just to say that you missed the whole point altogether… so simple and over your head
My favorite part about him is how sure of himself he is. He exudes confidence in the most humble way.
Sowell is direct and upfront with his answers. I adore Sowell because he doesn't get paid from any politician and has always stayed true to his side, and is genuine.
You can lead a liberal to knowledge, but you can't make him think.
You have an amazing mind, life, and educational background! You are saving our country!! 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️You deserve the highest honor our country can give!! I think 🤔 Nobel Peace Prize? Thank you!! Bless 🙏🏼 You! Americans are listening! 🇺🇸🇺🇸Hope you’re enjoying your retirement and your love of Photography! 🙏🏼🇺🇸❤️
It's a fan made account btw but I guess it's possible he might go on RUclips occasionally
P.s. Nobel peace prize is purely political pageantry.. Obama got it just for being elected president
Wow, grateful for Thomas Sowell’s work.
Thomas Sowell is a national and rational treasure!
When you are loosing a discussion on what were the results of failed policies, you resort to the "Kathy Newman" technique "so you're saying" ALL programs were a failure. Not a heated debate because Sowell lets the facts scream!!
Mr. Sowell's incomparable reasoning across different issues remains unmatched. The world needs more of this.
The interviewer just couldn't comprehend Sowell's "let people think for themselves" position. That shows the mindset of our enemy -- they don't just WANT to control people, they actually think they HAVE to control people.
He did comprehend, his liberal mind couldn't bring himself to agree knowing he would get backlash from his colleges. That's why he's not a self thinker
Excellent point!!!
Similarly, the leftists not only believe that a utopia _possible_ ...
They believe that it's _GOVERNMENT'S JOB_ to supply it!!!
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It's a 🤬 shame that the majority of our society has not learned about Dr. Sowell in society or in our schools and if it wasn't for the internet, most of us who now know of him, would not have.
This man and the knowledge he has could and should have been implemented into history, business, economic, social and political studies from middle school, college and beyond!
God Bless Thomas Sowell. His wisdom, his insights, his endless pursuit of the fundamentals of the human condition, have never been more prescient and necessary. His works should be required reading in ALL schools. He does not indoctrinate; he does not teach what to think; he teaches each of us that we should think, how to do so, and why it’s essential to our own liberty that we do. This interview was conducted in 1995; who would have thought that it would take 25 years and a Chinese virus for people to see what their kids have been indoctrinated with during that time and likely longer……
Thomas Sowel is intellectual GIANT; he is our country treasure! God bless him and his family.
I believe Dr. Sowell is the greatest thinker in the past 100 years. He has a unique ability to see beyond our personal bias and see clearly.
I’m hesitant to immortalize anyone I admire, especially an intellectual economist, but Sowell comes across as one of the most undefeatable forces of facts that I’ve ever seen. He’s so incredibly armed with information, even when you think you’ve got him on something, he’s easily able to explain it away with the raw statistics as well as detailed statistics. He truly accounts for all the apples and all the oranges in his arguments. He should be mandatory viewing in education.
Absolutely. Such a treasure that man.
it would take away time from teaching,I mean brainwashing Obama's gender fluidity crap
Bravo to Thomas Sowell!! His words are meaningfull today. Shame we did not listen then. I pray we listen and act on his advice today.
BRAVO BROTHER SOWELL...A REAL LIVING LEGEND! THANK YO!!!!
Wishing we had more of this kind of interview. Dude is grilling Tom on his ideas but he’s definitely taking him seriously and letting him speak.
And current events continue to confirm Thomas Sowell’s words and views!
Thank God for Dr Thomas Sowell…may he be blessed in every way. The USA has been blessed to have him in our midst
Ben Wattenberg: "Who should we listen to ?"
Looks like he didn't listen to a word Thomas Sowell said.
Obviously, he did NOT learn ANYTHING!!! Pathetic.
Yall didnt watch the video😂😂😂😂
@@aidankelly5331 - Care to enlighten us, Monsieur Kelly?
I literally could listen to Thomas Sowell all day long.
I can only admire the brilliance of Dr. Sowell's argument.
Aaah the good old days when you could have a thorough but respectful discussion. An interviewer that probes. Obvious differences in views but allowing each other to finish a point.
Without it having to be reduced to ‘heated debate’, ‘schools’, ‘destroys’ and other bite size, click bait labels
Now you just hear people talking nonsense with elevated voices on corporate media.
Nothing insightful and genuine like this video.
“Even in a democracy they can live their lives as they see fit” 😂😂😂
Yeah, that went entirely over the head of the interviewer...🤣🤣
TS is right. We in Europe have tuition free universities. Now that almost everyone went / goes to university the employment line hasn’t changed. People with a university degree do the job that people used to do with a apprenticeship. Living standards haven’t gone up in about 25 years. Everyone knows but we like to live a societal lie. Thanks TS.
Eurozone crisis and the Great Recession
Couldn't agree more. We have done and are doing the same thing here in the US: local colleges and universities "make deals" with surrounding businesses for the most inane and unnecessary "certifications" costing students tens of thousands of dollars just to earn entry-level wages. And without the certifications, you are not employable. I know; I've taught at such places.
But the education levels in Europe, from young age to early adulthood, are much higher on average than in US. Literacy in US is shocking too. I think having a more educated society is a good thing. As Peterson says, the universities are our most cherished institutions, not because of the piece of paper you receive after, but the social and intellectual experiences they foster.
I'm not sure why you conflated living standards with university tuition. In the UK we have had conservative governance for 12+ years, including the raising of tuition fee. Our living standards began falling for the first time since victorian times around 3 years ago. Are the two related? I doubt it. But either way it's clear the outcome is more nuanced than your statement implies.
@@anthonyjames4478 Community colleges provide necessary education in nursing, electronics, and service fields along with completing the, mostly irrelevant, core requirements before transferring to a much more expensive four year institution. The great society programs that sounded so good at the beginning created a permanent underclass of professional recipients. The enormous prison population of mostly young males from broken, single mother, homes is another result. Thank you "social scientists" for your great contributions to human knowledge.
@@roomathousandyearswide the literacy rate in the US amongst US citizens from non 3rd world countries is the same as in Europe-our numbers have been thrown off the past 25 years because of the waves of immigration.
College education means little if the populace is mostly majoring in nonsense humanities that have scant practical application.
what the interviewer does not comprehend is, we aren't listening to ( and loving) Thomas Sowell because he recommends we not listen to the elite, BUT we are listening to Thomas Sowell because he speaks what we already know and think. As he said 'We have been doing it for thousands of years, we do not need the academic elites to decide for us how to raise our own children or how to make decisions'. That's why TS is so enormously popular..
So you just listen to people who agree with you?
@@pastorofmuppets8834 - Do you just pine for your government to run your life?
@@pastorofmuppets8834 Fallacy. Just because Person A listens to one person because "he speaks what we already know and think", that does not mean that Person A listens ONLY to people who say what she already knows and thinks; and that doesn't mean that she doesn't listen to people who disagree with her.
@@JorgeMendez-kn5ql it wasn't a logical argument 🤦
It's a pretty good summation however of all the people commenting.
@@pastorofmuppets8834 The conversation ended before you even admitted that "it wasn't a logical argument'.
The absolute bewilderment on the interviewers face at the end of each of Dr. Sowell's responses is absolutely priceless! I love this man!
Add another 28 years to this and Thomas Sowell is proven to be the one who knew exactly what he was talking about.
Wow... this conversation took place about 27 years ago?? We need someone like Dr. Sowell today... a lot of them!!
Yep, and the black community largely painted him as an uncle Tom as the would rather follow the likes of Al Sharpton who only peddles victimhood.
There are a lot of Thomas Sowells, but in a lower standard.
Nobody listens to them
He's still in his prime.
This conversation is still playing out in our lives , Sir Thomas you are a blessing to us all..
I only recently discovered him and he is a breath of fresh air.
lol
Thomas Sowell = LEGEND!!!!
Absolutely loved Sowell's analogy about kids who have ridden on the Concord jet. Milton Friedman has trained him well. Brilliant!!!
I love Thomas Sowell! He's a total realist and breaks things down, to the simplest terms. And he's a total intellectual. Very very smart man.
This is not a Democracy! We are a Representative Republic! A REPUBLIC!
@D Sullivan no.
Both are fantasies. All political systems are de facto oligarchies, because kings, senators, priests, warlords, and chieftains all take bribes.
14:20 This is not a democracy when you can not audit an election
Self inflicting wounds... The family, education... He's sending a message
Almost 30 years ago and you would swear he was talking about today
What a joy to hear Thomas Sowell denouncing with grace and common sense the arrogance of these evil people who try to push their interests and destructive agenda, undermining individual freedom and the sanctity of the family.