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Of all the things I've heard from Mr. Sowell, one statement/truth stands out: that those hyper-inflated egos making all these life-altering policies and decisions that negatively affect us citizens do so Without ever suffering consequences for their being Wrong! How does that sit with you?
The wealthiest ten per cent never have to worry about surviving, or even being seriously inconvenienced by, Leftist government policies and decisions they support, that hurt the rest of the population.
" IF you can keep it" It is looking more & more dire as we speak. The media acting as a fifth column against the people & the Republic. Weaponizing the DOJ, FBI & others against political opponents. Lying about the cognitive ability of the sitting president. ORGANISING an Invision via the southern border. Cheating in elections. Dire indeed.
which is exactly how Alinsky conducted his activism, yeats lster a disciple revealed Alinsky would never allow them to solve social problems, he wanted to be able to exploit them for power
that he said "community activists" and not "religious authority" really says a lot about his agenda. and i'll tell ya, boy, this isn't an either/or, they can both be corrupt. but one of the two stands above all others in levels of corruption and influence. remember that, boy, the next time your start in with some satanic panic-style urban legend (like immigrants stealing pets) or any talk of trans going after children.
lol. He sounds smart to uneducated people. If the Constitution had been protected so it could, in turn, protect American society, he would have been hung the very first time when he picked up a book.
The founding father’s lived under a king, an authoritarian, they understood that oppression, that’s how they came up with such a great document. People in the U.S. today, have grown up free, not oppressed, they don’t understand what it means to be owned by a king.
They did not come up with a great document. Have you studied the constitution? There is absolutely nothing great about it. You just believe the rhetorical narratives that were beaten into your head as a child.
...Maybe why some of the freest countries with the most limited and constrained governments are in former Soviet Bloc nations. They lived/experienced the other side and do not wish to return.
bullshit. use your imagination. we live under a handful of kings rule right now, in fact we always have. what do you think a super rich person is? a modern day equivalent to a king. when you see a common working citizen become president then you can say we dont live under some equivalent to a king. what do you think electoral voting is? it was started with the notion that common working people are not intelligent enough to choose their own ruler. how naive can you be? only someone who wants to be king believes crap like that. oppression is more than a ruler being an ass. we ARE oppressed. when the politicians play their games back and forth causing the citizens to struggle that is a form of oppression. we are stuck under their thumbs. that great document is worthless. prime example: what we just went through where a president thinks he is immune to anything in that document, and, if reelected you will see him destroy that great document and wipe his ass with it again. only a king would do that and get away with it. all those men accomplished was putting down on paper what already was, just a new twist on the same old thing.
Your statement about blackmail and the deep state is spot on and totally the reason we need to have term limits. It’s funny how normal Americans need to be told this from a person has come to our country obviously from another land and now loves America. Nice job.😊 One important note about the founding fathers is they never intended that those positions were to be paid, for they were only supposed to be short terms, and who would want to do a job for nothing.
I couldn’t agree more. I graduated from both NYU and Columbia University and I can tell you that I learned more critical thinking and had a far better education at NYU than at Columbia. An Ivy League education is not all that it purports to be. Most people who are there, students and faculty, truly believe that they are smarter and better for society than everyone else. Cheers.
@roadtoscratchgolf....I agree. It seems to be an "east coast and west coast" kind of affliction....kind of like ebola. Stay clear of those that have it.
The Main problem with Politicians is that they do not have Day jobs . So out of touch just the notion to horde the power instead of making sure that the power is Divided in order to be healthy.
Thomas Sowell is a National Treasure. I love to hear him speak. Not only is his voice soothing, he is a very wise man. I truly believe would have been The Greatest President had he chosen to pursue the office. Every American should listen to him.
Our forefathers knew the actions of rulers. They lived under 1. But they choose freedom, & individual rights. Shed blood to be their own people. Not bowing to elites.
And those same people, strangely enough, often talk about the importance of freedom and the threat of tyranny. In what parallel universe, if you wanted more freedom and were afraid of tyranny, would you think it wise to give government more power?
Don't kid yourself, the Republicans are just as bad, when was the last time they fought the size and scope of the military industrial complex? (which the Democrats are as equally bad on) Our problem isn't a political party per se, it is the basic structure of how people come into power. The First Past The Post election process has corralled us into always the least worst choices. Few understand this.
you dont get to intimidate or blackmail mussolini without getting put in prison because that's how big government works, they have the ability to defend themselves personally against manipulators. one could make the case that you could still turn a dictator into a puppet by having your criminal organization bait them into undermining their own authority somehow using that very powerbase as a method to manipulate said dictator, but that's true of any government.
I have been saying this about career politicians for decades. They are the bane of the republic. The Founders never even conceived the idea of career politicians. The concept they dealt with was that representatives and senators would spend about six months in D.C. and go back home to their farms or businesses in between. They were paid a per diem (initially $6/ day) while they were in D.C., not a salary. This was because being a legislator was considered to be a part-time job. It had always been a part-time job from the inception of colonial legislatures long before the revolution. They figured it always would be. It wasn't until 1855 that members of Congress voted themselves an annual salary, initially $3000 a year, that the possibility of being a professional politician came about. And they've been taking advantage of the opportunity ever since.
@roymars....You're right. The best thing that "our" politicians could do, is pass legislation limiting the ANNUAL session of government to NINETY DAYS....AT MOST....and bring back the honorable custom of dueling.
Dr Sowell is correct. I was previously a researcher and spoke to many other researchers at some of the world's most prestigious universities. None of them wanted to find solutions only to continue to conduct, " research" because it funded their laboratories and their salaries
This synopsis is exactly correct…. I pray that it will change. Probably not….a sinful society. We don’t need any more intellectual people….in fact reduce them. Positioning themselves for control over others. We need hands on,hard working people dedicated for a common cause. Reinforcing family and faith.
It's not just that politicians who are susceptible to blackmail are dangerous but career politicians are also because of the things they will do to stay in power.
Thomas, if we just had one person with some influence tell the people to not look to the government to be wise or generous, but look to themselves to give what they can to those less fortunate and teach as many as they can. Proverbial wisdom like The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs from the 19th Century is a good place to start, as is Franklin's proverbs. Even a homeless person can create value by giving half of something they found to another homeless person. No one with any influence in this country has any of this kind of wisdom.
Mr. Soul has nothing but the truth.Everybody needs to listen to this man.Everybody no matter what your beliefs no matter where you come from guy has truth ❤❤
Once again a very excellent excerpt from a Thomas Sowell interview. I would say that the Founders did a stellar job in handing over a greater piece of government that can be controlled by the People however a safeguard they left as well, moreover is their wisdom and personal perceptions of what they believed, the People should follow and allow in order to prevent the government from falling once again into tyranny that threatened the sanctity of their livelihoods
that is so true we need politicians for limited times only as the standard it is not a career but public service like the peace corp go in do your time and then go away and work in your community
Term limits yes I agree with you, that takes a constitutional amendment, they all start in the senate, that’s not going to happen. Or a Constitutional convention & everything is up for grabs
" John Adams " Had a Second Cousin Who's name was " Samuel Adams " Samuel Adams " Was even Back then Associated with " the Brewing of Beer " ! There was a Writing in one of those New England Pubs @ that Time that said; He that Drinkest well Sleepest Well ! / He that > sleeps Commits No Sin ! / He that Commits No Sin goes to heaven ! / This was a " Great Shame " to his cousin John Adams " !
4:28 - I imagine it has something to do with making government as inefficient as possible, so that as much taxpayer money as possible can be spent on not accomplishing anything. After all, every problem that government can offer to help with is a goose that lays a golden egg, from the perspective of government spending and political platform issues to campaign on.
Thank you so much for making this video and blessing us with it. I really needed to hear every word of this today! God is so good. May the grace of Jesus Christ be with you and your family.
When looking at leaders or those that play at leadership real world experiences are challenging to gain without endurance of the hardships of living a life that was by paradox full of experiences both positive and negative. The cultured aspects of determination to drive through a challenge to build not just something but the right thing is not achievable without very difficult relationships both with yourself, others and the material universe. The education system is able to indoctrinate with dogma but morals run deeper than education alone.
Knowledge is power and education is not bad, unless it omits basic things at the beginning, which are: 200-300 years ago part of a basic education first taught the student HOW to think, and what was head knowledge and what was heart knowledge and how to discern what truth was and the difference between the two , and also that knowledge had the tendency to make people proud and close them off from furthur learning if they weren’t aware of their ego and learn how to walk humbly. Nowadays I beleive colleges go in the opposite direction and teach people WHAT to think instead of how to think properly, therefore they get prideful of their education and think they know more that others and have no understanding of their ego and no understand of heart knowledge and how to recognize their pride. So they think they are uniquely qualified to teach and lead society when they are truly blind and disqualified and have no idea that they need to have experienced people in their lives to help them get back in touch with reality.
The word 'Intellectual' does not seem to convey the same meaning as it used. As Sowell suggests, the term no longer refers to a person deeply learned and grounded in reality, but rather it denotes a fantasist .
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.” Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
Instant gratification is the current mind set. While the future never comes. It seems we are between a rock and authoritarianism and the end of negotiating instance. and providence
I believe what the Bible teaches. Politics is never going to solve our problems. People are not qualified to rule over themselves. Since the beginning of written history, man has dominated man to his injury. That isn't going to change until God establishes his kingdom here on earth.
You keep asking Sowell "why?" Because their secret intention is TO TEAR IT DOWN!! They haven't had to suffer real consequences for anything else, why would they have to over this?
This is a misuse of the label "intellectual". An intellectual engages in what we call critical thinking. The types populating the offices of power Sowell refers to are simply the children of the powerful, of the elite, who have been raised in a closed mutual admiration society and rewarded for their superior and elegant ability to produce propaganda in support of that elite. If they did engage in real critical thinking, that would immediately brand them as "radical", "conspiratorial", and "eccentric", and therefore bar them from becoming an official public "intellectual". To quote Frank Zappa, if you want to get laid, go to college, if you want an education, go to a library.
Life experience is essential for someone to be in public offfice, especially as the President of our Country. Kamala Harris is a prime example of someone who has no right to even contemplate running for President.
mr Sowell is one of the greatest philosophers of our time, but because he doesn't fit the left or the right's mold he isn't given as much exposure. I don't get the same vibe that he doesn't care or is an asshole like from most of the right's current speaking heads. Its obvious why the left doesn't like him, but the right also has many positions which aren't listening to the compassion that mr Sowell speaks with. The empathy of coming from a leftist youth is important.
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Of all the things I've heard from Mr. Sowell, one statement/truth stands out: that those hyper-inflated egos making all these life-altering policies and decisions that negatively affect us citizens do so Without ever suffering consequences for their being Wrong! How does that sit with you?
Amen!!!
I'm also fond of his statement "There are no solutions, only trade-offs." :)
Why bother to reply? He speaks truth! Algorithm censors look for key words that can cause censorship.
Not very well
The wealthiest ten per cent never have to worry about surviving, or even being seriously inconvenienced by, Leftist government policies and decisions they support, that hurt the rest of the population.
Yes, sir. Benjamin Franklin said; " You have a constitutional republic, if you can keep it. "
" IF you can keep it" It is looking more & more dire as we speak. The media acting as a fifth column against the people & the Republic. Weaponizing the DOJ, FBI & others against political opponents. Lying about the cognitive ability of the sitting president. ORGANISING an Invision via the southern border. Cheating in elections. Dire indeed.
Real genius is in the ability to state the observable obvious.
We just listened to that genius.
To make the seen, but over looked obvious, and to explain something complicated in a simple way.
"Community activists have every incentive to exacerbate the problem to the fullest" He spits out truths like a boxer throwing punches.
which is exactly how Alinsky conducted his activism, yeats lster a disciple revealed Alinsky would never allow them to solve social problems, he wanted to be able to exploit them for power
Yes, "exacerbation for the nation" is definitely the deep state's mantra!
that he said "community activists" and not "religious authority" really says a lot about his agenda. and i'll tell ya, boy, this isn't an either/or, they can both be corrupt. but one of the two stands above all others in levels of corruption and influence. remember that, boy, the next time your start in with some satanic panic-style urban legend (like immigrants stealing pets) or any talk of trans going after children.
Is this true on both sides of the aisle? Conservatives and liberals are two sides of the same coin. Two cheeks on the same ass.
@@muxion ...That's right....and he said so in his "Rules for Radicals"....the "bible' of the Clinton-obama-Biden types.
It is always a pleasure to listen to what Thomas Sowell has to say. I thoroughly agree with everything that he says.
Thomas Sowell never gets old. His views are like drinking a fresh, crisp glass of water.
Thomas Sowell is one smart dude. His logic is impeccable. Our leaders should listen to him!
lol. He sounds smart to uneducated people. If the Constitution had been protected so it could, in turn, protect American society, he would have been hung the very first time when he picked up a book.
The founding father’s lived under a king, an authoritarian, they understood that oppression, that’s how they came up with such a great document. People in the U.S. today, have grown up free, not oppressed, they don’t understand what it means to be owned by a king.
They'll find out once Donny the fraud changes it's name to Trumpistan.
They did not come up with a great document. Have you studied the constitution? There is absolutely nothing great about it. You just believe the rhetorical narratives that were beaten into your head as a child.
...Maybe why some of the freest countries with the most limited and constrained governments are in former Soviet Bloc nations. They lived/experienced the other side and do not wish to return.
@@georgex.patton.5362 99% of them are dog dirt poor too.
bullshit. use your imagination. we live under a handful of kings rule right now, in fact we always have. what do you think a super rich person is? a modern day equivalent to a king. when you see a common working citizen become president then you can say we dont live under some equivalent to a king. what do you think electoral voting is? it was started with the notion that common working people are not intelligent enough to choose their own ruler. how naive can you be? only someone who wants to be king believes crap like that. oppression is more than a ruler being an ass. we ARE oppressed. when the politicians play their games back and forth causing the citizens to struggle that is a form of oppression. we are stuck under their thumbs.
that great document is worthless. prime example: what we just went through where a president thinks he is immune to anything in that document, and, if reelected you will see him destroy that great document and wipe his ass with it again. only a king would do that and get away with it. all those men accomplished was putting down on paper what already was, just a new twist on the same old thing.
I was in the California Mentally Gifted Minors program. I could not wait to get away from feeling manipulated
Most intellectuals I have met are ideologues who went to university to become better ideologues! Sowell is so percipient.
My day is now complete. Thank you.
Amazing wise Gentleman. I personally regard Mr Sowell as one of the best minds of our life time.👏🙏❤️
@miareal....I agree. I think it's because he's not trying to impress anyone.
Your statement about blackmail and the deep state is spot on and totally the reason we need to have term limits. It’s funny how normal Americans need to be told this from a person has come to our country obviously from another land and now loves America. Nice job.😊
One important note about the founding fathers is they never intended that those positions were to be paid, for they were only supposed to be short terms, and who would want to do a job for nothing.
I couldn’t agree more. I graduated from both NYU and Columbia University and I can tell you that I learned more critical thinking and had a far better education at NYU than at Columbia. An Ivy League education is not all that it purports to be. Most people who are there, students and faculty, truly believe that they are smarter and better for society than everyone else. Cheers.
@roadtoscratchgolf....I agree. It seems to be an "east coast and west coast" kind of affliction....kind of like ebola. Stay clear of those that have it.
The Main problem with Politicians is that they do not have Day jobs . So out of touch just the notion to horde the power instead of making sure that the power is Divided in order to be healthy.
Thomas Sowell is a National Treasure. I love to hear him speak. Not only is his voice soothing, he is a very wise man. I truly believe would have been The Greatest President had he chosen to pursue the office. Every American should listen to him.
Love Dr. Sowell. So insightful. Such clarity.
Our forefathers knew the actions of rulers. They lived under 1.
But they choose freedom, & individual rights. Shed blood to be their own people.
Not bowing to elites.
And there’s a certain party in this nation that believes bigger government is better. It’s amazing. Anyone can believe that.
And those same people, strangely enough, often talk about the importance of freedom and the threat of tyranny. In what parallel universe, if you wanted more freedom and were afraid of tyranny, would you think it wise to give government more power?
@@BroadMeadow-d9sWhat!! How dare you question "Big Government"?
Don't kid yourself, the Republicans are just as bad, when was the last time they fought the size and scope of the military industrial complex? (which the Democrats are as equally bad on) Our problem isn't a political party per se, it is the basic structure of how people come into power. The First Past The Post election process has corralled us into always the least worst choices. Few understand this.
you dont get to intimidate or blackmail mussolini without getting put in prison because that's how big government works, they have the ability to defend themselves personally against manipulators. one could make the case that you could still turn a dictator into a puppet by having your criminal organization bait them into undermining their own authority somehow using that very powerbase as a method to manipulate said dictator, but that's true of any government.
I have been saying this about career politicians for decades. They are the bane of the republic. The Founders never even conceived the idea of career politicians. The concept they dealt with was that representatives and senators would spend about six months in D.C. and go back home to their farms or businesses in between. They were paid a per diem (initially $6/ day) while they were in D.C., not a salary. This was because being a legislator was considered to be a part-time job. It had always been a part-time job from the inception of colonial legislatures long before the revolution. They figured it always would be. It wasn't until 1855 that members of Congress voted themselves an annual salary, initially $3000 a year, that the possibility of being a professional politician came about. And they've been taking advantage of the opportunity ever since.
@roymars....You're right. The best thing that "our" politicians could do, is pass legislation limiting the ANNUAL session of government to NINETY DAYS....AT MOST....and bring back the honorable custom of dueling.
Dr Sowell is correct. I was previously a researcher and spoke to many other researchers at some of the world's most prestigious universities. None of them wanted to find solutions only to continue to conduct, " research" because it funded their laboratories and their salaries
94 y.o. - Thank God Sowell is yet with us! He is truly one of the greatest socio-econ-poli minds of the 2oth (now into the 21st) century!
May he live and write another 20 years. He is not celebrated nearly enough.
Thomas thinks SO WELL❗ GOD BLESS THOMAS SOWELL❗
This synopsis is exactly correct…. I pray that it will change. Probably not….a sinful society. We don’t need any more intellectual people….in fact reduce them. Positioning themselves for control over others. We need hands on,hard working people dedicated for a common cause. Reinforcing family and faith.
Extremely well put in regard to the career politicians. It’s not said enough, and the majority of the public is quite oblivious to that whole idea.
Being intelligence doesn't mean one is wise. Thomas sowel on the other hand is both intelligent and wise.
Just as being stupid or ignorant doesn't make you morally superior. Being dumb doesn't ensure you will be a good citizen.
The founders were also polymaths with deep knowledge of history and religion.
Because humans never change.
I love how he has a simple answer to anything😂😂😂
Thomas Sowell is a brilliant man who deeply understands all levels of people.
Wisdom and common sense, I thought was lost to history .Thanks for keeping his observations alive . Especially in these end times .
I love this interviewer, sitting across Dr Sowell for many may years now. He know Dr Sowell well
Thomas Sowell...the wisest man in America.
Using blackmail is corrupt, and no good will come of it. We need to see what is behind what Sowell is saying.
It's not just that politicians who are susceptible to blackmail are dangerous but career politicians are also because of the things they will do to stay in power.
Wisdom knows no color.
Thomas, if we just had one person with some influence tell the people to not look to the government to be wise or generous, but look to themselves to give what they can to those less fortunate and teach as many as they can. Proverbial wisdom like The Handbook of Illustrated Proverbs from the 19th Century is a good place to start, as is Franklin's proverbs. Even a homeless person can create value by giving half of something they found to another homeless person. No one with any influence in this country has any of this kind of wisdom.
"Power tends to corrupt; as Power and Revenues increase they Corrupt Absolutely......and increasingly" - John E. E. Dalberg-Acton
I don’t think you can compare Harvard in the 1750s to 21st century Harvard. The institution and world have changed.
I wish he would be a presidential consultant and help our leaders get a clue.
Just what I needed to see right now. At my last day of university I realized that I had nothing to learn from it.
Thank you.
One blackmail! Sad but funny too. I agree with you. We need new blackmail.
Thanks Sowell. There is a high precision in your wisdoms😊
Mr. Soul has nothing but the truth.Everybody needs to listen to this man.Everybody no matter what your beliefs no matter where you come from guy has truth ❤❤
Would LOVE to see him on Rogan
Once again a very excellent excerpt from a Thomas Sowell interview.
I would say that the Founders did a stellar job in handing over a greater piece of government that can be controlled by the People however a safeguard they left as well, moreover is their wisdom and personal perceptions of what they believed, the People should follow and allow in order to prevent the government from falling once again into tyranny that threatened the sanctity of their livelihoods
You have an accurate awareness of the obvious.
I believe in free will and responsibility. Psychiatrists don’t and apparently most of the public agrees. So then what?
Thomas Sowell has one of the greatest minds ever gifted to mankind!
We need term limits.
that is so true we need politicians for limited times only as the standard it is not a career but public service like the peace corp go in do your time and then go away and work in your community
Term limits yes I agree with you, that takes a constitutional amendment, they all start in the senate, that’s not going to happen.
Or a Constitutional convention & everything is up for grabs
Common sense is not so common anymore, right
Economic question,was fentynal created to cut out the opium grower's from the market?
" John Adams " Had a Second Cousin Who's name was " Samuel Adams " Samuel Adams " Was even Back then Associated with
" the Brewing of Beer " !
There was a Writing in one of those New England Pubs @ that Time that said; He that Drinkest well Sleepest Well ! / He that >
sleeps Commits No Sin ! / He that Commits No Sin goes to heaven ! / This was a " Great Shame " to his cousin John Adams " !
Sam was ready to break with British rule earlier than John.
There is no such thing as a bureaucracy that is not broken.
***THOMAS SOWELL IS A NATIONAL TREASURE🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩*** 🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸
Why is the notion of a CITIZEN government sooo difficult for soooo many !!?!!
Trump needs this great man in his team should be campaigning right now with team Trump
4:28 - I imagine it has something to do with making government as inefficient as possible, so that as much taxpayer money as possible can be spent on not accomplishing anything. After all, every problem that government can offer to help with is a goose that lays a golden egg, from the perspective of government spending and political platform issues to campaign on.
Thank you so much for making this video and blessing us with it. I really needed to hear every word of this today! God is so good. May the grace of Jesus Christ be with you and your family.
Term limits for all.
Definitely NEED term limits
The only true protector of freedom is men of good will.
You are a hero!
When looking at leaders or those that play at leadership real world experiences are challenging to gain without endurance of the hardships of living a life that was by paradox full of experiences both positive and negative. The cultured aspects of determination to drive through a challenge to build not just something but the right thing is not achievable without very difficult relationships both with yourself, others and the material universe.
The education system is able to indoctrinate with dogma but morals run deeper than education alone.
Politicians are just exceptional gifted B.S artists. The real masters let keep their cushy jobs because they do exactly what they instructed.
Knowledge is power and education is not bad, unless it omits basic things at the beginning, which are: 200-300 years ago part of a basic education first taught the student HOW to think, and what was head knowledge and what was heart knowledge and how to discern what truth was and the difference between the two , and also that knowledge had the tendency to make people proud and close them off from furthur learning if they weren’t aware of their ego and learn how to walk humbly. Nowadays I beleive colleges go in the opposite direction and teach people WHAT to think instead of how to think properly, therefore they get prideful of their education and think they know more that others and have no understanding of their ego and no understand of heart knowledge and how to recognize their pride. So they think they are uniquely qualified to teach and lead society when they are truly blind and disqualified and have no idea that they need to have experienced people in their lives to help them get back in touch with reality.
The word 'Intellectual' does not seem to convey the same meaning as it used. As Sowell suggests, the term no longer refers to a person deeply learned and grounded in reality, but rather it denotes a fantasist .
I wish all of our western 'leaders' would listen to this guy, but they probably wouldn't get it anyways.
I think they wouldn't want to get it, either. It's the status quo mindset for them.
The FRS is king and the CIA is queen.
*IRS you mean
Yes Nixon too warned about the bureaucrats / little people ruling.
From a man who totally benefited from the ideals and principles that the civil war was fought upon.
He often points out (successfully) that professional intellectuals lack intellect... 😂
This man is very smart knows what he talking about he should have been president of US or over the education department.
Can someone nominate this man to the Supreme Court?
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case it is unfit to exist.”
Lysander Spooner, No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority
Does anyone have a link to the full interview??
Search: "Thomas Sowell on the second edition of Intellectuals and Society"
Thank you
This may be the lowest point in US political history. It certainly feels like that with Harris running for President.
My goodness. This man is never wrong.
Hidden in this striving for liberty there was also a deep seated hatred for personal freedom ... Screwtape/C S Lewis
Instant gratification is the current mind set. While the future never comes. It seems we are between a rock and authoritarianism and the end of negotiating instance. and providence
I taught in a university setting for nearly 40 years and associated with many PhDs. I am not impressed.
Harris is the poster child for this example.
Never heard ANYTHING from Dr. Sowell that never made absolute 100% reasoned sense.
The privileged will always consider equality as oppression 😢
Simple ! The intellectual class can’t chew gum and tie their shoe 👞 simultaneously.
For long did the medical profession support the use of tobacco products?
Who’s the guy talking in the end?
I believe what the Bible teaches. Politics is never going to solve our problems. People are not qualified to rule over themselves. Since the beginning of written history, man has dominated man to his injury. That isn't going to change until God establishes his kingdom here on earth.
niceshow
Yep
You keep asking Sowell "why?" Because their secret intention is TO TEAR IT DOWN!! They haven't had to suffer real consequences for anything else, why would they have to over this?
This is a misuse of the label "intellectual". An intellectual engages in what we call critical thinking. The types populating the offices of power Sowell refers to are simply the children of the powerful, of the elite, who have been raised in a closed mutual admiration society and rewarded for their superior and elegant ability to produce propaganda in support of that elite. If they did engage in real critical thinking, that would immediately brand them as "radical", "conspiratorial", and "eccentric", and therefore bar them from becoming an official public "intellectual". To quote Frank Zappa, if you want to get laid, go to college, if you want an education, go to a library.
Time for a reset.
Life experience is essential for someone to be in public offfice, especially as the President of our Country. Kamala Harris is a prime example of someone who has no right to even contemplate running for President.
Ideologues have little understanding of reality. Such idealists and intellectuals propose ideas without consequences if implemented.
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And their sycophants, like Thomas Sowell.😅
mr Sowell is one of the greatest philosophers of our time, but because he doesn't fit the left or the right's mold he isn't given as much exposure. I don't get the same vibe that he doesn't care or is an asshole like from most of the right's current speaking heads. Its obvious why the left doesn't like him, but the right also has many positions which aren't listening to the compassion that mr Sowell speaks with. The empathy of coming from a leftist youth is important.