Thomas Sowell: A Conversation With One of America's Leading Conservatives
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Thomas Sowell is considered one of America's leading conservatives. His most recent book is titled Dismantling America, and in it he gives a stark warning about the direction of the country.
This might make me seem like an "Uncle Tom" character, but for Mexicans, however I agree with him on immigration. My father was the first one to arrive in the United States legally, he came here to find work and that's what he did, work. Meanwhile my mother was taking care of my other sibling and I back in Mexico. Eventually he saved up enough money to bring us all here. I'm about to turn 18 and am hoping to become a naturalized citizen. We didn't have to break any laws to be here, and that's how all modern immigrants should do it as well.
IndianaJones 99 we'd love to have you. Work hard like your dad and you'll be fine. God bless you
There's nothing "Uncle Tom"ish about wanting your people to live up to a standard of honesty and decency. Thank you for doing things the right way.
Thank you! And welcome!
I am reading this 2 years on. Did you get your citizenship?
That's called consistency
I always look forward to listening to Mr. Sowell
"There has always been a path to citizenship. You just don't break into a country and expect to take that path..."
Yet the USA is such a beautiful country that even when you have, such as in the case of my family, they forgive you if it’s a legitimate reason and they allow you in. Thomas Sowell is wonderful.
@@kaeurn - You're right; I'm Filipino and I have relatives who also became legalized even if they broke immigration law initially. They just needed to come clean and show a real desire to go through the legal process moving forward.
It's just sad that propagandists and political activists love to portray the U.S. as some racist, bigoted country for enforcing immigration laws that are pretty much the standard in other countries.
@@leadlefthand yes. It is sad. I’m Central American. I think it’s something people who know like us need to speak up about. This country saved me from God only knows what. It’s my country. I’ll forever be grateful. It deeply saddens me that it’s OWN people are now buying into the terrible things being said about it. I will gladly say how much I love this country and why!!!!
Mr. Sowell is a welcome breath of fresh logical air in a polluted country.
I love learning from mr. Sowell.
"You can't deter suicidal people. You either stop them or you don't stop them."
Superb conversation on a wide range of subjects. God Bless Thomas Sowell!
Sowell, an intellectual role-model.
The best. Just the best!
This the gentleman who not only deserved to be the first Black President - he Still deserves to be President.
And along with him, Walter Williams deserves a Prominent position in his Cabinet.
Why not just have an American president?
It wouldn't matter, Presidents are not omnipotent and the rest of the cabinet are corrupt on both sides.
It must be really frustrating to be Thomas Sowell. To see the world so clear and to be surrounded by people who are just idiots ... with Phds and college degrees. Good grief.
PhD just means "piled higher and deeper" moreso than it ever did before.
I really wish more people in this country new of this man. The media in America will always keep people like this out of their own lime light. How many times has Thomas Sowell been on Charlie Rose?
Mark Sauck it is our job to let more people know about him. Most importantly, more young people.
Unfortunately, Sowell withdrew from the media because they constantly maligned and misrepresented him. He only appears when he thinks the person giving the interview will not edit everything to change the point he's making.
OMG he blew my socks out of the water when he said "if the country would have voted on the content of his chracter, he wouldn't have made it out of the primaries". OH SNAP!
A mind that will stand the test of time
Universal Dr. SOWELL, Facts, Comprensation of the World, Economic, Geo-Politics, world
Inmigration, History..etc.his Academic education and Reserch and his inteligence give us all the inteligent answers. Thank you!!❤
It takes a strong person to admit they may not have got some things right in the past, to me, that makes them all the more believable and worth listening to, which Thomas Sowell certainly is.
I love this guy.
I didn't realize just how good an interviewer Peter Robinson is until I watched this interviewer. Nearly every question statrs with the word "so"...
great point.
They said Iran doesn't have the enrichment level yet to build a bomb, they do have a nuclear program and even Iran's state TV is boasting about it. Sowell didn't say let's get rid of Iran's existing nukes, he said we should stop them from building one, those are different things
Conservative is literally classical liberalism. Something we deviated away from ever since the 1930's. Read up on classical liberalism and the founding fathers and what they wanted - primarily the anti-federalists such as Jefferson and somewhat federalist Madison.
This man should be in front of all men.
Few take Thomas Sowell seriously. We suffer for not learning what is being taught.
I admire Sowell greatly. reading his books change how I view the world but he s wrong in Iran. War is old men talking and young men dying. I have yet to see senior Iranian officials willing to die. Suicide bombers are not top government officials. The USSR was quite willing to kill its citizens and sacrifice its soldiers as well, far more than contemporary Iran. Deterrence could still work. Also Iranian presidents hold little power. I suspect they are figureheads for the mullahs, fall guys if need be. The Mullahs care far more about their own standing and power than killing westerners. This a a bargaining chip just like North Korea, and an inevitable development. You cannot halt the spread of technology.
the bomb is to manipulate the world
You definitely can halt the spread of certain types of technology and we’ve been doing so successfully for 80 years.
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On thing I want to point out is that, although understandably, we do not want anyone else to possess nuclear weapons for fear of war, the US is the only nation in history to have actually used them on another country.
And? We’ve had them for 80 more years and have never used them again, despite being in multiple wars and having many opportunities where we could have used them. The end of WWII was an extreme circumstance where the world simply could not go on fighting anymore, and Japan was making clear that under no conditions were they going to surrender. The world was tired, weary, and 60 million were dead. It was a horrible thing, but we were in a horrible and extreme circumstance. Ever since then, the US has been a trustworthy steward of nuclear power and has not used nuclear weapons against any of our many, many enemies-even during the period when we were the only country (or one of only two countries) that had them, and could have used them without any fear of a retaliatory attack. Overall I think the US has certainly earned its right to not want many other nations to have nuclear weapons.
I want to see Alex Nowrasteh debate Sowell on immigration, Alex seems to be a hell of a lot more knowledgeable on the actual numbers, social effects and studies done about immigration in general.
This man is excellent!!! I'll vote him for President!!
professional political will destroy his morality
Love Dr Sowell, listen avidly, and read his books. Could not get past the excessive over production here to listen to Sowell. Tone it down, guys, or know that the only people you'll reach are the TV drones trained to 1/2 hour sitcoms w a commercial/pee break in the middle.
What are you talking about? What over production? It’s an interview.
@@therainman7777 An interview, a successful interview, involves 2 or more, and talk. The graphics, the constant distracting cuts, the "production" is distracting.
Agree with the comments on Sowell's foreign policy. That said, it's a position I understand. I'm happy to disagree gracefully with Sowell on this area because on pretty much everything else he's spot on!
I'm no expert, but somehow I doubt that Sowell's characterization of Sen. Dodd and Frank "forcing" banks to loan to unqualified people is not *exactly* how it went down (particularly the people without proof of any job or assets)
+ChannelMath Agreed, Aaron. ChannelMath, consult the Community Reinvestment Act put forward by the Carter administration and used by Janet Reno under Clinton to force lenders under penalty of prosecution if the lending standards weren't slackened. GW Bush also moved on with this practice and we saw the end result in the real estate debacle which was the main impetus in the crash of the market. It is not so much the Party but in fact government itself whose meddling, regardless of any good intentions, that is to blame. A good rule of thumb is: You can't loan $300,000 to someone working for $30,000 a year.
Go read the Wiki article on this topic and don't jump to conclusions. Here are the links. You will find that there is controversy about the causes but that to dismiss Sowell's explanation is not acceptable - his explanation is consistent with much of the evidence and explains at least part of the bubble.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_United_States_housing_bubble
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_housing_bubble#Causes
I understand what you're saying...but the ramifications of not taking care of that threat would cause even more issues than the initial cost of dealing with it. The price of oil under a nuclear Iran would be even higher since they could then control the region and thereby dictate policy.
I love Tom Sowell but I have to disagree with him on Iran. To stop them from acquiring a nuke weapon would require a full scale war & a complete regime change. That would really stretch us to the brink both militarily & financially. Besides oil would surely skyrocket in price because the conflict would be so close to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's nuclear program is already far along we may just end up accelerating it if Iran was threatened with war. The risks outweigh the rewards IMHO.
Your opinion didn’t age well and you were wrong.
he hits a brilliant point. Through activist judges you manipulate corporations to do what you want. but they do it themselves, so when it goes south..................you can blame the corporation (which is by no means letting them ALL off the hook here). A DEGREE OF SEPARATION. ............smokers and company insurance, this policy and the other policy. "human resources" winds up being merely a proxy system with a degree of separation..... HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
WELL i'm not sure where cost are principles in your point. Not saying you're necessarily wrong. Then my answer, as I have thought about this was to hit the STRAIGHT OF HORMUZ FIRST..then move inland from there. Control the straight first. Actually this would be a more asymmetrical attack from multiple directions. there air force is worthless. Now merely having the force doesn't by itself justify the action that requires principle. "sovereignty" merely recognize is not justice or a principle
Taxation is evil. I can't get ahead with taxes, regulations and inflation.
You personally can’t get ahead, therefore taxation is evil? Have you considered maybe this has something to do with you, and not simply with taxation? After all, many others have gotten ahead, despite the existence of taxes. Taxes are a pain, and you can certainly argue that tax rates are too high. But saying the very existence of taxes is evil is simply to throw a temper tantrum; any true civilization will need to raise money in order to pay for certain things.
@@therainman7777 Inflation, high interest rates then deflationary cycles. Destructive. Taxation and the Federal Reserve, both enacted in 1913, are said to be usurious and unconstitutional. This is not a "temper tantrum." We are being used.
@@LMike2004 They’re “said to be” usurious and unconstitutional? By whom? You can’t just simply say something is “said to be” something as if that were proof. The earth is “said to be” flat by some people-that doesn’t make it true. Also, the idea that taxes are “unconstitutional” is preposterous given that taxes are _in the constitution._ Get a grip.
@@therainman7777The "Federal Reserve" is neither. Americans owe trillions to the FR for the privilege of using money that we asked them to print for us, but get this....they charge us interest on money they printed. They are not a bank. It is a private entity that we cannot even audit. There is no reason for me to "get a grip." I'm just sitting here typing. No hysterics.
I guess you didn't listen to what he said? huh
there is no way that the housing issue happens world wide and no one knew........SO MUCH FOR EXPERTS...........
barney franks "roll the dice again"............HE KNEW.
I've really only ever known two Persians, they were pretty weird guys, but I wouldn't go to war with them. That being said, it is unfathomable what Iran is, or who Iranians are. I've never met them, and I've never been there, so why would I have a problem with them?
Americans don't have problems with Iran, our dictator's have a problem with their dictators, and they both feed their people propaganda over a long period of time so that we feel it's justified to go to war with them eventually.
the american leftists put khomeini into power
Tom Sowell is brilliant on economics, but foreign policy is an area I disagree with him on.
I'm just as concerned about these unnecessary wars as the next person. Whether its Iraq, Libya, or Syria all these wars are morally unjustified & create more problems than they solve. The point that I was trying to make is that it is easier control threats than to invade & occupy Iran. Invading Syria would push us dangerously close to WW3 IMHO, nobody wants another world war...
Fist time I saw Mr. Sowell falling for Media and Government Propaganda. I do not agree with the United States being the world Police and infringing on another countries sovereignty is just not Civilized as he has said it many times before. How would we react if another country attacked us because they do not like how we are conducting our business? would we become the rebels and then be called the Terrorists by the invading country? I hope he rethinks This, keep in mind, Iran never attacked us.
great guy, bad interview.
Sowell is on the whole an wonderful thinker and scholar, however this interview is a lesson in where you can end up if your assumptions are flawed. This is somewhat old interview, I wonder what he's thinking now with respect to Iran.
Hussein Badakhchani please elaborate.
Hello Siul, ultimately Sowell, in this instance, is reiterating what was the prescribed truth with respect to Iran as propagandised by the Israeli elections that control most of US politics until the election on DT. Please don't misunderstand my persuasion. I'm confident that TS would be the first to criticise his own ignorance, retrospectively given the information that exists today
Hussein Badakhchani Ha! He is a hardcore conservative, he still believes Iran should not have nuclear weapons which i agree but why is his instance on Israel different in regard to wmd?
From where I am sitting it is still a bad deal, and will need more decisive action to deal with affectively.
Yeah Sowell wasn’t wrong though.
All I read was "Blah Blah Blah Blah."
Right on man, fudge packin is so rational. lmfao.
No need to discriminate against people because of age. Arguments against gay marriage are offered by people of all ages. Thomas Sowell is an economist of the highest order, but in the end he is just a man speaking about a subject in which he is not expert (not that you can be an expert on gay marriage) :P Economics and its link/impact on society...he is spot on...personal views on gay marriage..not so much IMO :) I think govn't needs to stay out of marriage except for the courts.
There are economic impacts of marriage, though. Plenty of them.
FYI I don't listen to Chomsky and yes if we invaded the mainland, there is no way they could have fought on. They were losing badly. Both of their allies had surrendered and the Soviets were willing to help the allies invade. Nukes are intended to kill civilians. There is no justification for it.
and? I keep hearing this with no qualification given as to what that means now, and especially what that'll mean when all of that generation die off. Yes, it happened, but what does that have to do with now? Nothing can change?
I disagree.
Defence is not a zero sum game. and once you start on the road of reducing you deterrents, along with a policy of isolationism, then you are retreading the world as we did in the 1930's
The West today again shows weakness in the face of an ever growing hostile and chaotic world. Unlike December 7,1941 however, it won't be Japanese warplanes visiting the US, but ballistic missiles.
Of course they want nuclear weapons! Who wouldn't their position? The answer is to make friends, not threaten. Who in the world has ever used nuclear weapons? Maybe we should look in the mirror.
What an idiotic take. It’s naive beliefs like this that risk bringing down the whole project of civilization.
Who is this"the rich" you mean the US government the biggest spender in the world?
Sowell is wrong with iran.
Mr Sowell, why would iran use his bombs ? Please explain
khomeini is the main problem with iran
"there's no such thing as an immigrant in general!" boom! Truth bomb!
Japan was also 100X smaller than America Lol
I know you are so right I am sick of all the neocons defending the used of the nuclear bomb-something the Soviets wouldn't even do. But I have one thing that I feel I should mention. The term "Jap" is a racial slur. Don't use it.
It’s literally short for “Japanese.” It’s an abbreviation. Calm down and stop trying to tell other people how to talk.
It's not ridiculous; what's ridiculous is that the word "conservative" has been misused and abused so much that it's now seen as "ridiculous" to use the word correctly!
Does anyone know if Thomas sowell has any opinions about computer software and robotics taking away jobs?
Count chocula read his basic economics . as corp American becomes more efficient in free markets to drive down costs to compete it's is inevitable
In basic economics he said something about it. He made an example of how cars came in an took away jobs from house providers and the industrial revolution which brought in allot of technological changes. His point was when a job is lost in one field, a job is gained in another field.
Are you seriously trying to compare MLK to Sowell academically? That is a pretty bad joke. MLK was a courageous civil rights leader but he was a below average academic. He couldn't even freaking write his own college papers in order to graduate as the demonstrated charges of plagiarism against him prove (and he to plagiarize at a SEMINARY, imagine if he had a real major)
I doubt you have ever even seen Sowell's best academic work, rather than the stuff he writes for mass consumption.
Unless of course you are not ok with them having nuclear weapons.
Is this in the "intellectual" pathway from Clarence Thomas??
You are literally ignoring actual information based on dogma
The people in iran are not more irrational then we are. Its just as much a game of power for there goverment as it is for ours. And attacking somebody with nucular bomb would not help them stay in power.
Incorrect. Adherence to any ideology-including religions-changes the level of rationality in a populace. _Extreme_ adherence to any ideology can cause _extreme_ changes in the level of rationality. In this case, we are talking about a belief system that tells you that dying in defense of your faith is the greatest thing you can do and will lead to an eternity spent in paradise. Surely this will have some impact on the way people behave, relative to a society that does not hold such beliefs.
Never thought I'd hear Thomas Sowell take such an extreme interventionist stance against Iraq/Iran. I don't believe we should be so quick to go to War.
He's not advocating going to war with Iran. He's advocating bombing their nuclear bomb facilities, which the Obama administration allowed them to build for some promise they never intended to keep.
But in nowhere did you oppose the war because of the costs it would have on human lives, instead you said that it would be financial disaster.
As if the lives of those actually affected by the war, not by having more expensive gasoline but losing family members and dying, wouldnt matter.
Thats all.
Did this video start out with the words "George W. Bush Institute"?????!!!!!!!! "......That's not what Islam is about. Islam is about peace."--George W. Bush
We would have had Hillary Clinton as president - not a big fucking difference.
Who says I want to give up our deterrents? The fact of the matter is Iran is 3rd world country that can barely makes gas for itself, they are surrounded, they do not have an army that can threaten us nor do they have a Navy that they can deploy like we can. It will take another invasion & occupation to secure their underground nuke facilities. Is this what u want another quagmire in the middle east or is it easier to control the threat with a strong deterrence?
Leading conservative? Lol 😂 leading economist you meant it’s kinda misleading.
Allothers Weretaken he’s a conservative too
I'm still shocked Sowell would fall for war propaganda
Sowell is far from MSM. I doubt 50% of the people recognizes his name. So yea, fail on your part.
Everything I stated is factual, that's why you are reduced to replying with absurd silliness.
Read my other reply.
Thomas Sowell thinks that if Iran attacked us, we'd surrender like Japan in WWII? That's a jaw-dropper. Has he been to the US?
Sowell's early stuff was good but he's gone off the rails.
Ridiculous. You're taking the word "conservative" literally without considering the political implication of it.
Iran's whole military strategy is defensive. To hold off attack until democracy sets in. I agree with a lot of what Sowell says but his facts aren't correct in this interview regarding Iran. Iran is one of the most progressive countries in the middle east. Saudi Arabia makes Iran look like Sweden in comparison. I don't think he's being dishonest or inciting propaganda I just think his bias is blinding him toward facts. He's a brilliant economist but he's too bias to take his views on politics (mainly world politics) seriously.....But when he says if you break into the country you shouldn't be allowed to take the path to citizenship he is 100% right.
And he's not anywhere near a libertarian- he thinks the government should have stepped in on the TARP bailout. That was with the big mistakes.
So holding _one_ contrary position makes you “nowhere near” a particular ideology? Sowell is definitely a libertarian. If you don’t realize that, it’s because you haven’t read enough of his books. He most certainly is, purity tests notwithstanding.
Interviewer leaves me cold. He is no where near Mr Sowell in philosophy.
George Bush Institute?😂 Sowell is everything Bush isn’t. Something doesn’t compute.
He frames all foreign policy based upon WWII. He's lost in the past and has no real grasp on world affairs of today. WWII is gone. It's not all about the 4 or 5 major powers controlling things, small countries and groups can have an impact.
Long term communist
This comment isn't even coherent.
Bad interviewer...too many closed ended questions
Thomas sowell a libertarian???
Explain, otherwise who cares.
the Freaking Thomas Sowell he spoke for more than 45 minutes but didnt even give a single examplt about the isuess what a joke I guess is is easy to make money in America for some people