Thomas Sowell vs The Left

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  • čas přidán 18. 01. 2021
  • After last summer’s BLM protests, “experts” declared what America must do for black people: “reparations!", "abolish policing!", “socialism!”
    These are AWFUL ideas that will hurt blacks, says economist Thomas Sowell.
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    Sowell is brilliant and courageous. An upcoming Free To Choose film about him, "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World,” highlights Sowell's incredible life story, and his reasons for opposing big-government policies.
    Sowell grew up as an orphan in NYC, where he educated himself by reading. He became a Marxist. But that changed when he worked in government and studied economics.
    "I was a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Labor," he explains. "One of my biggest concerns was about minimum wages. At first, I thought 'well this is good because all these people are poor, and they’ll get a little higher income.'"
    “Then as I studied economics, I began to see, well, there’s a downside-- they may lose their jobs," he adds.
    The Department of Labor didn't appreciate that point of view. Ending the minimum wage would take away their power.
    "I realized the U.S. Department of Labor had its own agenda and interests," he says.
    Now, at age 90, he still educates about free markets & race-blind policies.
    He says today’s complaints about America's “systemic racism” are “propaganda".
    "If you go back into the ‘20s, you find that married-couple families were much more prevalent among blacks then ... As late as 1930, blacks have lower unemployment rates than whites," he points out.
    More of his excellent points are in the video above.

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  • @Snow-Willow
    @Snow-Willow Před 3 lety +2650

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. It's criminal what the media does trying to erase his existence.

    • @mayowankenobi
      @mayowankenobi Před 3 lety +69

      Sowell stands for factual evidence. That is sac religious to the left’s belief system these days.

    • @-o-dq7nd
      @-o-dq7nd Před 3 lety +32

      We need to be his voice, spread his videos his CZcams channel his books. Don't let them silence him.

    • @casualobserver2380
      @casualobserver2380 Před 3 lety +12

      I don't disagree at all. However, I see a "Thomas Sowell is a national treasure" comment in every single comment section of his videos... Usually in the first 5 or 10. Try being as original as our national treasure.

    • @retro4796
      @retro4796 Před 3 lety +14

      the democrat party is not anymore a party but a cult of the leftist and white liberals...

    • @RondelayAOK
      @RondelayAOK Před 3 lety +12

      wow, I was going to use the term "national treasure" in writing my comment, but you beat me to it! I've twice written to the White House to ask the president to give him the Medal of Freedom. Much deserved.

  • @orynyong9684
    @orynyong9684 Před 3 lety +1075

    Thomas Sowell said you don't judge a policy by its intentions. You judge by its results

    • @yournewbestfriend8149
      @yournewbestfriend8149 Před 3 lety +35

      That is an awesome quote!

    • @Geevs80
      @Geevs80 Před 3 lety +16

      I think that was Milton Friedman who said that first

    • @St.FighterZ
      @St.FighterZ Před 3 lety +8

      Kinda stating the obvious honestly.

    • @dancemattdanceify
      @dancemattdanceify Před 3 lety +51

      @@St.FighterZ sometimes the obvious needs to be stated when the masses are gaslit by a monolithic culture that controls everything

    • @aFreeDrifter
      @aFreeDrifter Před 3 lety +30

      Nailed it on the head there. The great divide in our country is between those who follow intentions vs those who care about results. The former are feely types, weak in logic, who believe the fallacy that as long as their intentions are good, and led by what they perceive as "compassion", then it's right no matter how disastrous the results. It's ironic these are the same people who believe in "greater good" and yet their "compassionate" policies lead to great misery that on the end hurts so many, many more than those they wished, and might even have temporarily succeeded, to help.

  • @ericofthewest24
    @ericofthewest24 Před 3 lety +1014

    Rubin: "What was your wake-up to that line of thinking?"
    Sowell: "Facts"

    • @hamidkarim4811
      @hamidkarim4811 Před 3 lety +47

      What I find to be interesting is the fact that there are *way more* former marxists who turned conservative than the other way around. That's an indication that the facts are on our side.

    • @SetTrippin82
      @SetTrippin82 Před 3 lety +7

      And Dave Rubin is the arbiter of stone cold facts. 🙂😁😄😆🤣😂😅🥲😕🙁😢😭

    • @dyfrigshandy
      @dyfrigshandy Před 3 lety +5

      @@hamidkarim4811 right wing and conservative are different meaning, i think what you mean are on the right side of the wing
      And also right-libertarian isnt left-liberal
      Just saying

    • @PunkShockRock
      @PunkShockRock Před 3 lety

      @@SetTrippin82 < triggered tyt simp

    • @matthewware8973
      @matthewware8973 Před 3 lety +2

      I wish he talked about the facts that made him change instead of just saying "facts".

  • @white_devil73
    @white_devil73 Před 3 lety +371

    "When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." Thomas Sowell

  • @TheMichaelMove
    @TheMichaelMove Před 3 lety +2371

    Sowell has special credibility because he turned away from Marxism based on facts.

    • @CurtHowland
      @CurtHowland Před 3 lety +45

      Yes! And so few people let facts get in the way of their beliefs.

    • @dw1218
      @dw1218 Před 3 lety +57

      He stopped being a marxist when he was working for the government

    • @farjammovahedi4057
      @farjammovahedi4057 Před 3 lety +12

      Then why does Thomas Sowell debate virtually nobody? For example against the Marxism Professor, Richard Wolff? Or the Communist Dr. Zizek?

    • @dw1218
      @dw1218 Před 3 lety +89

      @@farjammovahedi4057 he did a lot of debating in his younger years.

    • @farjammovahedi4057
      @farjammovahedi4057 Před 3 lety +13

      @@dw1218 It’s hard to find then, at least on CZcams. Wolff and Zizek have done lots of debates till this day e.g. against Peter Schiff and Jordan Peterson etc.

  • @PeepsMcNutley
    @PeepsMcNutley Před 3 lety +1218

    He’s a brilliant man, and he’s seen it all from both sides. I wish more people would listen to Thomas Sowell!

    • @beaudavis3808
      @beaudavis3808 Před 3 lety +10

      He is a much better economist than Richard Wolfe. Wolfe is a quack, period.

    • @clifffowler2581
      @clifffowler2581 Před 3 lety +13

      He is, and I do...... I think of him as Candice's pappa ...Lol

    • @GolgariGymBro
      @GolgariGymBro Před 3 lety +6

      I wish more people knew of Mr. Sowell. Prior to last year, I hadn't heard of him.

    • @stephenramos2824
      @stephenramos2824 Před 3 lety +3

      @@beaudavis3808 one come off as soft spoken, respectful and backs up his assertions with reason and facts. The other comes off as a bully.

    • @giantsr1eva
      @giantsr1eva Před 3 lety +1

      Kimberly Holt
      He's a big government republican and hates small government libertarians. He told people to vote for a radical left democrat named Donald Trump who added 7.8 trillion dollars to the national debt in one term, which is a record for a single term.

  • @bhok1971
    @bhok1971 Před 3 lety +425

    "The road to hell is paved with Ivy League degrees"
    - Sowell

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      Does Sowell count himself once or twice since he has degrees from both Harvard and Columbia.

    • @anthonythekaekara8731
      @anthonythekaekara8731 Před 3 lety +13

      @@kimobrien. easy there, brownshirt. It's a quote that escapes your wit.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety +2

      @@anthonythekaekara8731 Sowell shouldn't throw stones in glass houses.

    • @anthonythekaekara8731
      @anthonythekaekara8731 Před 3 lety +10

      @@kimobrien. he can throw em ALL HE WANTS.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      @@anthonythekaekara8731 I find him to be a strange individual. You don't really think he was a Marxist though do you?

  • @fordman7479
    @fordman7479 Před 3 lety +185

    They all want us to hear black voices, but only the ones that say what they want.

  • @Wolfncsupack42
    @Wolfncsupack42 Před 3 lety +715

    I discovered Dr. Sowell a few years ago when researching. It’s simply criminal that he’s not a household name similar to how Milton Friedman used to be.

    • @dr.winstonsmith
      @dr.winstonsmith Před 3 lety +24

      By design, he’s not given the stage.

    • @kallaji7383
      @kallaji7383 Před 3 lety +4

      That's was i thought too. That ought to change.

    • @renaissancestatesman
      @renaissancestatesman Před 3 lety +10

      Would be an easy change. As a society we could choose to require Basic Economics be taught in HS. Could teach Friedman too. Maybe some Hayek and Mises. All could be covered in two years of HS.

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 Před 3 lety +9

      @@renaissancestatesman Would be a great and useful idea, but politicians hate smart people and want a bunch of hopeless idiots that are completely dependent on them, because their votes are guaranteed. As the saying goes “Give a man to fish and you feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you’ve got one less customer tomorrow”.

    • @Eye_of_a_Texan
      @Eye_of_a_Texan Před 3 lety +2

      He's known in my house.

  • @JamieE76
    @JamieE76 Před 3 lety +392

    Thomas Sowell is an American icon.

    • @kallaji7383
      @kallaji7383 Před 3 lety +2

      That's a true statement :=)

    • @christopherhammond3664
      @christopherhammond3664 Před 3 lety +9

      Sad to think we won't have him around much longer. Tom's in his 90s. I wish him a LONG life.
      We lost Walter Williams and Herman Cain in 2020.

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman Před 3 lety +2

      No, but he definitely should be. If people listened, he would be.

    • @icecreamjunkie6790
      @icecreamjunkie6790 Před 3 lety +3

      I wish he had become president when he was younger. He would’ve been one of the best

    • @christopherhammond3664
      @christopherhammond3664 Před 3 lety +1

      @@icecreamjunkie6790 He once was up for a Cabinet appt, I believe.
      They jerked him around. He said he'd never go into politics after that. If he'd run for office, they'd have smeared him. Look at what they did to Herman Cain.

  • @sharronclark7485
    @sharronclark7485 Před 2 lety +36

    His father died before he was born and his mother shortly after, and he turned out to be this Fine Man! How can you not love this guy? God Bless you and Yours Dr.Sowell!😇👍

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d Před 3 lety +330

    The man who should have been president, but is too smart, honorable, and factual to be a politician.

  • @SalivationNation
    @SalivationNation Před 3 lety +1556

    Sowell has the gift of being able to describe things in a concise, simple, and factually correct way

    • @clifffowler2581
      @clifffowler2581 Před 3 lety +13

      Yeah... in laymen terms.

    • @smartsimplefit
      @smartsimplefit Před 3 lety +42

      @@clifffowler2581 If you can't reduce complex relationships and ideas down into layman's terms, then can you really call yourself an academic? Why bother trying to impress your audience, when you can simply inform them instead? :p

    • @clifffowler2581
      @clifffowler2581 Před 3 lety +6

      @@smartsimplefit Sorry mate I didn't grammar my comment correctly....
      Thomas still kicks ass but 😴😴😴

    • @derek1440
      @derek1440 Před 3 lety +17

      Ironically, when you aren't trying to spin something a certain way, nor busy with performing mental gymnastics to avoid logical fallacies....almost any information can be conveyed in such a straight-forward manner

    • @wesjones6370
      @wesjones6370 Před 3 lety +15

      Sadly that gift also means Sowell is cursed to be ignored by the ideologues.

  • @alt3523
    @alt3523 Před 3 lety +586

    All the people who would love to speak the truth are just shut down and called Uncle Tom . Sad 😞

    • @AGhostInTheMachine
      @AGhostInTheMachine Před 3 lety +24

      He doesn't fit into the lib left hate agenda

    • @alt3523
      @alt3523 Před 3 lety +15

      @@user-cf6fo6bj1u you mean CNN

    • @gabriellagelir2027
      @gabriellagelir2027 Před 3 lety +9

      It's because their minds are too small to grasp the concept of the truth. It's easier to accept the lies they've been told rather than have the responsibility of fixing what's been damaged as a result of those lies.

    • @liltrump799
      @liltrump799 Před 3 lety +1

      His name is Thomas so technically there's nothing wrong with calling him uncle Tom

    • @alt3523
      @alt3523 Před 3 lety +1

      @@liltrump799 - you did get me their 🥱. Solely on any family

  • @arizonajim7375
    @arizonajim7375 Před 3 lety +127

    I was reading Sowell back in the 70's when I was a Berkeley Liberal at that time. Time has proven him correct.

    • @odietamo9376
      @odietamo9376 Před 11 měsíci

      @Google Sucks Ass Hahaha. Yes, as for myself, I have been outside the USA. Sowell is correct. He has proved it over and over again. I have learned so much from him. Bernie? Are you kidding? Bernie is like the uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won’t shut up yakking about politics and the glories of socialism and how they really are doing things right in Cuba.

    • @DreamingDarlin
      @DreamingDarlin Před 11 měsíci +4

      ​@@googlenazicompany5935 I lived in the UK and Italy for some years but I'm not sure what living abroad has to do with the OP's statement. Who would want to live in countries like Venezuela, USSR, China, North Korea, and Cuba? They've repressed and starved their citizens. China is still enslaving an ethnic group! Why do you think people from those countries try to get to the US?
      Also, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway moved on from socialism decades ago. They're now centrists so they're not the socialist utopias people like to think they are.

  • @chefpreme3602
    @chefpreme3602 Před 3 lety +325

    I was a liberal until this man red pilled me. A true American hero.

    • @donquijote6030
      @donquijote6030 Před 3 lety +15

      Welcome to the right side of history.

    • @travisborst2120
      @travisborst2120 Před 3 lety +6

      So you got brain washed lol thats literally what taking the red pill means today

    • @donquijote6030
      @donquijote6030 Před 3 lety +30

      @@travisborst2120 - That "literally" isn't what the word "literally" means. Good Lord, the world gets dumber every day.

    • @drewm3996
      @drewm3996 Před 3 lety +1

      @@travisborst2120 it’s not that extreme

    • @travisborst2120
      @travisborst2120 Před 3 lety

      @@drewm3996 never said how extreme it was but you know, words are hard for people who buy in to this dribble

  • @michaelohara6614
    @michaelohara6614 Před 3 lety +290

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. So is Jon Stossel.

    • @realityhurts8697
      @realityhurts8697 Před 3 lety +2

      @James Smythe true. Leftists hate, truth and facts.

    • @freeindeed8416
      @freeindeed8416 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes

    • @kylefarlow
      @kylefarlow Před 3 lety +7

      @James Smythe If your definition of value is being on TV, your value system needs some serious re-thinking.

  • @Saywow22
    @Saywow22 Před 3 lety +411

    Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant minds of our world! Learning from him is a wonderful gift that he has given to anyone up to the challenge!!

    • @clifffowler2581
      @clifffowler2581 Před 3 lety +6

      He's pretty cool isn't he...

    • @chickbowdrie4750
      @chickbowdrie4750 Před 3 lety +1

      Amen

    • @VABE81030
      @VABE81030 Před 3 lety +1

      I’m very grateful for him and his work.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      @@VABE81030 Economics is no way as simple as Sowell and the liberals would have you believe. The break up of the Black family can be laid directly at the altar of industrial capitalism. The sharecropper is a family farmer arrangement. The industrial workers are hired for their labor only the family is optional. Your wage is only meant to provide you enough income to come back to work for the next pay period.

    • @lookinglistening09
      @lookinglistening09 Před 3 lety

      What's your favorite book or piece by him? I just found out about him a few weeks ago. Thanks!

  • @joself3602
    @joself3602 Před 3 lety +174

    ''Just like most people I've never seen a pollster'' - Thomas Sowell

  • @aFreeDrifter
    @aFreeDrifter Před 3 lety +82

    DR: "What was your wake up to what was wrong to that line of thinking?"
    TS: "Uuh, facts."
    Precious! Cracked me up!

  • @noonefromnowhere99
    @noonefromnowhere99 Před 3 lety +233

    I've been reading his books, definitely one of the most brilliant economics minds to ever exist in the US.

    • @johnree6106
      @johnree6106 Před 3 lety +11

      Yes, if he was the economy advisor to the president we would not be in so much debt

    • @josealvarenga9967
      @josealvarenga9967 Před 3 lety +7

      I got his book Basic Economics as gift from my girlfriend’s mom last year.
      The way how he can explain complicated topics into a very concise and easy to understand explanation is nothing short of pure brilliance. Truly one of the greatest minds that has ever walked this earth. A testament to how great this country is 🇺🇸!

    • @hggryrdchgc
      @hggryrdchgc Před 3 lety +3

      @@josealvarenga9967 after you finish Basic Economics, read Vision of the Anointed and Knowlege and Decisions

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety +1

      @@hggryrdchgc Poking holes in liberal capitalist theory of the welfare state is easy enough coming up with a replacement policy is where Sowell fails miserably. No ideas other than the theory of markets fixing everything.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther Před 2 lety

      @@kimobrien.
      If your point is that you know absolutely nothing about Sowell, then you made your point well.

  • @istp1967
    @istp1967 Před 3 lety +49

    "Crusading makes for great politics; but terrible policy" -- Thomas Sowell.

  • @mrs.schmenkman2858
    @mrs.schmenkman2858 Před 3 lety +45

    😥😢We just lost Walter Williams featured here, another American hero trying to make change. He was the foremost advocate of charter schools. Both Sowell and Williams have dozens of hours of interviews right here on YT. Worth your time I promise.

  • @macprice777
    @macprice777 Před 3 lety +47

    Like they’re doing with all facts, they have to hide this man’s work. This is crazy. This country needs some serious prayer, and we who know the truth need some serious boldness.

  • @Alamo-cz5xc
    @Alamo-cz5xc Před 3 lety +105

    in a world of so called "intellectuals", Thomas Sowell sits alone on top of Olympus.

    • @johnree6106
      @johnree6106 Před 3 lety +2

      Nope there's a figure sitting besides him Jordan Peterson

    • @Alamo-cz5xc
      @Alamo-cz5xc Před 3 lety +2

      @@johnree6106 I like Dr Peterson also, he's a great thinker.

  • @luck3yp0rk93
    @luck3yp0rk93 Před 3 lety +67

    I just got the books “basic economics” and “intellectuals and society” delivered to my house today. This man has been a true inspiration to me

    • @jenniferwissmann6274
      @jenniferwissmann6274 Před 3 lety +3

      I'm listening to an audio book version of "Intellectuals and Race". My brain is happy 🧠😊

    • @shaneofthehillpeople
      @shaneofthehillpeople Před 3 lety +4

      May I suggest "Discriminations and Disparities" next? It slays a lot of popular opinions. He's fantastic.

    • @brianlaudrupchannel
      @brianlaudrupchannel Před 2 lety +1

      I was so surprised how clearly written basic economics was written

  • @thorpenator9148
    @thorpenator9148 Před 3 lety +44

    I just discovered Thomas Sowell recently. What a gem of a man.

  • @stevenglen5971
    @stevenglen5971 Před 3 lety +62

    Dude educated me on so many things, he is an absolute legend, He should have more credit given to him than he is receiving

    • @JoshuaGraves113
      @JoshuaGraves113 Před 3 lety +4

      If you want a someone else similar, look up Larry Elder. He's just as awesome.

    • @sebastiankaczmarek635
      @sebastiankaczmarek635 Před 3 lety +2

      @@JoshuaGraves113 Thomas sowell was inspiration for Larry Elder

  • @MustPassTruck
    @MustPassTruck Před 3 lety +67

    We need people like this making our laws, not the snakes we currently do.

  • @likemyshortsplease
    @likemyshortsplease Před 3 lety +60

    Thank you John for introducing your audience to this brilliant national treasure, Thomas Sowell.
    Lastly, R.I.P. Walter Williams.

  • @andya2665
    @andya2665 Před 3 lety +8

    Sowell is the epitome of an American free thinker. We need more Thomas Sowell's.

  • @cruizerdave
    @cruizerdave Před 3 lety +146

    Sowell is one of the few people who addresses the real problem in this country. The problem is that people don’t embrace truth.

    • @Rikitangoable
      @Rikitangoable Před 3 lety +3

      not just America, it's a lot of left thinking minds that base their truths off of feelings, I was one of them, diving into the research online is what made me turn right wing.

    • @kathrynpearse3245
      @kathrynpearse3245 Před 3 lety +3

      Most people WANT to be lied to, they want to be DECEIVED; and when you tell them the Truth, well that makes them angry...

    • @Rikitangoable
      @Rikitangoable Před 3 lety +1

      @@kathrynpearse3245 i can agree with this to a extent, i wish i didn't know the things i know now, ignorance is way more peaceful.

    • @kathrynpearse3245
      @kathrynpearse3245 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Rikitangoable Agreed. Ignorance is bliss...but that's the bait thats in the trap, that some people have laid. Why don't some see the trap? Because of the "bliss."

    • @Rikitangoable
      @Rikitangoable Před 3 lety +1

      @@kathrynpearse3245 its a hard one to figure out, one hand the left don't want to see the truth but try to create their own problems like they actually want problems, but never try to see the problems in front of them which are genuine problems that can be fixed.

  • @normamimosa5991
    @normamimosa5991 Před 3 lety +60

    Thomas Sowell, a man on the list of those to be admired. A precious gem in our society today.

  • @juanruiz325
    @juanruiz325 Před 3 lety +20

    “What was your wake up call in that line of thinking?”
    “Huh. Facts”
    *savage*

  • @annier.7064
    @annier.7064 Před 3 lety +6

    I'm glad there's still people like Sowell and Stossel that are commited to upholding the truth.

  • @GeoffsSousChef
    @GeoffsSousChef Před 3 lety +13

    i'll never forget the first time i watched him debate Liberals.
    the man's intellect is irrefutable.
    HE'LL CRUSH THEM ANYTIME.

  • @isaacj6212
    @isaacj6212 Před 3 lety +32

    One of the greatest minds this country has every produced.

  • @sharonsomers
    @sharonsomers Před 3 lety +19

    The saddest thing is he is the exception, not the rule. If more were like him, we wouldn't be in the fix we are in.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 Před 3 lety +21

    Walter E Williams was also a national treasure who went to his final reward on December 2, 2020. Tom Sowell just turned 90. Where are the next generation of great black voices coming from? It sure as hell isn't from BLM.

    • @KG-th3cr
      @KG-th3cr Před 11 měsíci

      @Google Sucks Ass You mean the ones who absconded with 80 million dollars?

    • @moralesfv8228
      @moralesfv8228 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@googlenazicompany5935@GNC...what?

  • @BrianBellia
    @BrianBellia Před 3 lety +18

    Sowell is the greatest thinker in America today - and a wonderful storyteller.
    A national treasure shamefully underappreciated.

  • @lerch66
    @lerch66 Před 3 lety +13

    One of my favorite clips I've ever watched of Sowell was the pride and smile coming from Milton Friedman when they were in a debate with loon lefties in the 70s.
    A legend

  • @pauperslament3467
    @pauperslament3467 Před 3 lety +114

    Why dont people like this run countries?
    Because they're not con artist trying to peddle a swindle.

    • @kyle1751
      @kyle1751 Před 3 lety

      @EDCHRIS Hanopol lmao wtf

    • @d3vilmaycry25
      @d3vilmaycry25 Před 3 lety

      @leftism goes in the trash And you got yourself an even WORSE swindler.

  • @lennomenno
    @lennomenno Před 3 lety +31

    Stossel : “ You can watch the full Sowell documentary on any of these sites starting next week.”
    Big Brother may not approve 🤔

    • @debotosani
      @debotosani Před 3 lety +1

      Where is the full documentary, btw?

  • @ledzeppelin1212
    @ledzeppelin1212 Před 3 lety +48

    Thank you, John Stossel, for exposing Thomas Sowell, who exposed the truth.

  • @sumeetilluminate3900
    @sumeetilluminate3900 Před 3 lety +45

    I was a Left leaning liberal,Basic economics brought the much needed sense in me. Thank you Sir Thomas Sowell.

    • @johncole2744
      @johncole2744 Před 3 lety +9

      I think most people atart off like this.
      Example; minimum wage.
      Youd think "who on earth would be against raising the poors wages? Probably a bad person"
      I was there.

    • @ollikoskiniemi6221
      @ollikoskiniemi6221 Před 3 lety

      @@johncole2744 Me too. It's embarrasing to think about how naive I used to be.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      @@ollikoskiniemi6221 Now you're right leaning conservative establishment? How RADICAL!!!

    • @ollikoskiniemi6221
      @ollikoskiniemi6221 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kimobrien. Establishment? Not at all, atleast in my country. Why do you even speak of radicality as if it's virtue?

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      @@ollikoskiniemi6221 Sowell is just an establishment Republican like the Bushes, Reagan, Nixon and others. They only reason people think he is odd is because so many Black leaders are Democrats. Actually the first popularly elected Black Senator was a Republican from Massachusetts Senator Ed Brooke. Earl Warren a California Republican was the Chief Justice that presided over the dismantling of Segregation. The ultra right wanted him impeached. Republican appointed Justices provided key votes in Roe v. Wade.

  • @kdiddy244
    @kdiddy244 Před 3 lety +6

    Thomas Sowell is one of my favorite people. A great story and an incredible mind. Thank you for bringing him up!

  • @davidchase9424
    @davidchase9424 Před 3 lety +6

    Dr. Sowell is a national treasure and a voice of societal truth.

  • @NicholasBhagasinsan
    @NicholasBhagasinsan Před 3 lety +43

    If there's one person that should be immortal, it would be Thomas Sowell

  • @AGhostInTheMachine
    @AGhostInTheMachine Před 3 lety +45

    Wish Thomas Sowell had run for president, but he refuses to be involved in that whole political mess.

    • @89TNash
      @89TNash Před 3 lety +11

      Of course, look at what happened to trump when he went against the system.

    • @a.gabbey5569
      @a.gabbey5569 Před 3 lety

      There are no messiahs.

    • @89TNash
      @89TNash Před 3 lety +4

      @@a.gabbey5569 okay and where did that come from?

    • @a.gabbey5569
      @a.gabbey5569 Před 3 lety +2

      @@89TNash Sowell advocates rational policies ofcourse. But politics is a different ball game entirely. I prefer him to stay out of active politics.

    • @AGhostInTheMachine
      @AGhostInTheMachine Před 3 lety +3

      @@a.gabbey5569 No messiahs...funny, that's the term used by the left for that guy in office just before Trump

  • @jeremywheeler8417
    @jeremywheeler8417 Před 3 lety +82

    Don't dare try to bring facts to the table when talking to BLM activists.

    • @coffintears5821
      @coffintears5821 Před 3 lety +12

      They dont care about facts its like they want to be oppressed

    • @OddysChannel
      @OddysChannel Před 3 lety +5

      "Exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information, the facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, authentic true with documents, with pictures. Even if I take him by force to Soviet Union and show him concentration camps, he will refuse to believe it. Until he is going to receive a kick in his fat bottom. When the military boat crashes his balls then he will understand but not before. That's the tragic situation of demoralization". - Yuri Bezmenov

    • @carlpage4248
      @carlpage4248 Před 3 lety +2

      He probably doesn't. I'm sure that he'd much rather speak to people who will listen to what he has to say.

  • @Kurushimi1729
    @Kurushimi1729 Před 3 lety +10

    "What was your wake-up call"
    "Well, uh, facts"
    Truly a unique mind.

    • @Petesworkshop2225
      @Petesworkshop2225 Před 3 lety

      That was awesome!

    • @ollikoskiniemi6221
      @ollikoskiniemi6221 Před 3 lety

      Well every mind is unique, but overcoming naivety and ignorance is not the most unique feature. I did that too and know alot of people who also did.

    • @Kurushimi1729
      @Kurushimi1729 Před 3 lety

      @@ollikoskiniemi6221 Good for you

  • @kmd5551
    @kmd5551 Před 3 lety +52

    Most intelligent man in America.

  • @snakey934Snakeybakey
    @snakey934Snakeybakey Před 3 lety +48

    This is a beautiful video, Stossel has outdone himself, and may Thomas Sowell live to 120.

    • @anatomicsnuffbox3126
      @anatomicsnuffbox3126 Před 3 lety +3

      Stossel has really been on fire lately. Snowden AND Sowell?? High caliber stuff.

    • @dirtybongwater5751
      @dirtybongwater5751 Před 3 lety +1

      Heck that, may Thomas live for infinity

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies Před 3 lety

      @@anatomicsnuffbox3126 tapping into the brains we need at a time more than ever

  • @matthewsan78
    @matthewsan78 Před 3 lety +7

    YES! Love Thomas Sowell. Can't wait to watch this documentary. I find it very hard to believe they'd play something so anti-left on PBS.

  • @generalzod7959
    @generalzod7959 Před 3 lety +12

    Yep, the msm has been avoiding him for a long time.

  • @BitterComments
    @BitterComments Před 3 lety +63

    The man who first made me think about the real world. Before him, everything was theoretical.

  • @slavicsandvich5967
    @slavicsandvich5967 Před 3 lety +182

    A national treasure who even influenced the likes of Clarence Thomas.

    • @Conn30Mtenor
      @Conn30Mtenor Před 3 lety +1

      Clarence Thomas is no friend of black people.

    • @mrhollow8697
      @mrhollow8697 Před 3 lety +2

      @James Smythe self projection much?

    • @godsstrength7129
      @godsstrength7129 Před 3 lety

      @James Smythe You sound like an anti-racist racist.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Před 3 lety

      @@godsstrength7129 Black capitalism of either the liberals or conservatives is no solution to the masses of Black working people. Free markets fixing everything is a solution with no meat on the bones.

  • @StupidBeagleAce
    @StupidBeagleAce Před 3 lety +7

    Thomas Sowell is an American treasure, one of the greatest minds of our time.

  • @jebby16
    @jebby16 Před 3 lety +9

    I saw Don Lemon had a whole segment on his show praising this guy.
    Then my alarm went off. 😴⏰

    • @HoratioFitzbastard
      @HoratioFitzbastard Před 2 lety

      Don Lemon would start crying for cuddles from his bum chum in the presence of Tom Sowell.

  • @tacticalgoalkeeper5606
    @tacticalgoalkeeper5606 Před 3 lety +13

    I remember being on welfare when I was young, my Father left when I was one year old. My Mom did everything that she could to make sure I had what I needed, and occasionally, what I wanted. I remember food stamps being embarrassing, and wanting to do whatever was necessary to get off of them. Two years later, we were free of government assistance. I've worked hard to become a middle class, successful man with a family of my own. Nowadays, I see people at the register in stores now swiping their ebt cards with pride....how far we have come as a society.
    I'm not against people that NEED help getting that help. But I am absolutely against leeches that aren't getting off their butts to change their stars.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C Před 3 lety

      Mom said I should ask about how poor kids could get fed
      So I got a book of tickets and a schedule and it read
      Monday hotdogs
      Tuesday tacos
      Wednesday hamburgers and chocolate milk
      Thursday sloppy joes and burritos in a bag
      Friday was pizza day, the best day of the week
      All the kids would line up super early just to eat

    • @pepperonipizza8200
      @pepperonipizza8200 Před 10 měsíci

      To be fair, I have some friends on food stamps. They work as evangelists and don’t make an income. They’re happy they don’t have to ask their supporters as much while they spread the word of God.
      What I’m saying is it’s more than just the lazy bums of food stamps.

  • @ChristineP223
    @ChristineP223 Před 3 lety +34

    Fun fact. The Emmy on Dave Rubin’s set was sent to him by John Stossel after his (Stossels) wife watched the interview Rubin did with Thomas Sowell.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C Před 3 lety

      Who is Stossel's wife? She must be intelligent as well.

  • @TheMrfilmmaker
    @TheMrfilmmaker Před 3 lety +4

    if we had politicians like Mr. Sowell we would be a better country.

  • @guardianhounds
    @guardianhounds Před 3 lety +10

    100 years from now they will look at him as one of the most brilliant minds of 20th and 21st centuries

    • @GCEXTREMEMN
      @GCEXTREMEMN Před 3 lety +3

      Sadly, No they won't. The Left will win this war, because its not a war with guns, but a war with peer pressure.
      Theyll win, and history will be rewritten and the likes of Sowell and Stossel, along with Shapiro and Peterson, will all be erased.

  • @RADIUMGLASS
    @RADIUMGLASS Před 3 lety +10

    I am so glad this came out. It needs to ALWAYS be available.

  • @DadBodDrumming
    @DadBodDrumming Před 3 lety +14

    Sowell is an icon who will never get the recognition he deserves in his own time.

  • @LaNguyenBTong
    @LaNguyenBTong Před 3 lety +35

    "Facts." - Thomas Sowell

  • @evillink1
    @evillink1 Před 3 lety +12

    I don't think CNN would ever let a guy like Sowell in there. Imagine a guy like Lemon trying to talk to him.

    • @ilovepizza4
      @ilovepizza4 Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣🤣 Sowell is WAY out of Lemon's league. Sowell cares about cold hard facts. He's a brilliant man, I wish he got more recognition.

    • @evillink1
      @evillink1 Před 3 lety +4

      @@ilovepizza4 Sowell lives on statistics, plus he's old enough to remember the bad old days of segregation and Jim Crow, so he can put things in perspective for Lemon. And the biggest thing? He's a former Marine and Korean War vet. Lemon is used to interviewing silly people who know nothing about nothing. I would pay Pay Per View money for that whole thing lol

    • @ilovepizza4
      @ilovepizza4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@evillink1 No doubt that Sowell would crush Lemon in any debate. I'd like to see him school AOC on socialism. He's a brilliant man with high intellectual standards who holds everything up to the same scrutiny. He asks the right questions and he's a government bureaucracy's worst nightmare. I don't think any of them would be a match for Sowell. Like I said, Sowell is WAY out of Lemon's league.

    • @MilwaukeeF40C
      @MilwaukeeF40C Před 3 lety

      @@ilovepizza4 AOC probably wants a mature ebony ass party from Sowell.

  • @Zalphen
    @Zalphen Před 3 lety +38

    What made you change your mind? facts.
    OMG I love it

  • @The10cmorgan
    @The10cmorgan Před 3 lety +25

    Stossel I thank you for doing what you do keep up the great work.

  • @rubytuby6369
    @rubytuby6369 Před 3 lety +10

    Media always ignores the stories that hurt their agendas.

  • @TheBritishPatriot
    @TheBritishPatriot Před 3 lety +11

    Thomas Sowell is an intellectual scholar, he has continued MLK's legacy!

    • @connorn.9445
      @connorn.9445 Před 3 lety

      MLK was a socialist and opposed capitalism. It says something that you think MLK was similar to Sowell. You were probably fed the white American propaganda that MLK was just about non-violence and therefore was one of the good black people but never touches on his criticism of capitalism and the effects of systemic racism on black people in America. These are two things that sowell did not agree with. And I think we can all agree on who actually did more for the civil rights movement. Yeah, the socialist. Facts are a bitch aren’t they :/

  • @3AHoles
    @3AHoles Před 3 lety +15

    Thomas Sowell should be heralded the same as any prominent black figure in America. Yet I'd say 99% of kids never even heard of him in the 12 years they were at school.

  • @LunkerFishing
    @LunkerFishing Před 3 lety +6

    Thomas Sowell, I wish you continued success in enlightening us all with more facts.

  • @bobafett109
    @bobafett109 Před 3 lety +5

    Thomas Sowell is brilliant, my generation desperately needs people like him

  • @MagicMarker447
    @MagicMarker447 Před 3 lety +6

    One of the greatest men of our age, sadly most haven't heard of him.

  • @96robj
    @96robj Před 3 lety +40

    Have never clicked on a video so fast in my life, two icons!

  • @trolllo9729
    @trolllo9729 Před 3 lety +7

    Glad he's getting recognized and for him to live to see it 🙏🤲

  • @Jamedia66
    @Jamedia66 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for this piece Mr. Stossell. One of my media professors used to show us your packages back when I was in school for journalism, telling us that you were a rare breed of truth based journalists still around. Unfortunately, that professor was far too much of the minority in his nonpartisan worldview, and that consensus has only worsened since. I have been a huge admirer and reader of Dr. Sowell since first encountering his work. The man is a sage to the highest degree. We need you back John 🙏

  • @MacromentalBlogspot
    @MacromentalBlogspot Před měsícem

    I "discovered" Thomas Sowell 4 years ago, and have come to admire his wisdom and insight. I have definitely have been schooled by him, and am thankful for it.

  • @delunk5906
    @delunk5906 Před 3 lety +17

    I’ve quoted / cited Sowell in a couple conversations with black friends/ coworders... they definitely think I’m racist now.

    • @freeindeed8416
      @freeindeed8416 Před 3 lety +7

      @James Smythe If it such good business why is he not more known. That would make him bad at business

    • @jesse4550
      @jesse4550 Před 3 lety

      @James Smythe I think you’re confused on where the money train is stationed. BLM took in $90 million in 2019 alone. They only paid out $24 million to various charities. So $66 million left, and as a 501c3, they can’t earn a profit, so that money has to go somewhere? Like say salaries to pay for $4+ million in real estate. Again, that was just 2019. Who knows about the other years.

    • @jesse4550
      @jesse4550 Před 3 lety +1

      Well yeah. He preaches personal responsibility and accountability. Very racist to not blame white folk for everything wrong in the black community

  • @SalivationNation
    @SalivationNation Před 3 lety +11

    Thank you so much for all the knowledge you have given to me and many others, Mr. Sowell🙂

  • @charlesburroughs9770
    @charlesburroughs9770 Před rokem

    I was made to watch Dr Thomas Sowell by/with my Dad growing up...Now I can't watch enough Dr Thomas Sowell voluntarily!!!

  • @kylecooper6740
    @kylecooper6740 Před 3 lety +13

    "Uh, facts" - Thomas Sowell

  • @jacksonpayne5104
    @jacksonpayne5104 Před 3 lety +20

    This man is a national treasure one of the few people with common sense nowadays

  • @whitedragon1337
    @whitedragon1337 Před 3 lety +29

    Rubin: "What was your wake up to what was wrong with that (Marxist) line of thinking?"
    Sowell: "Uh...facts."
    Legend.

  • @tooge47
    @tooge47 Před 3 lety +18

    Jesus, Himself, said " the poor will be with you ALWAYS."
    When the Creator of the universe says " ALWAYS," He means forever

  • @kevomeister
    @kevomeister Před 3 lety +10

    Unfortunately, I didn't hear about this great man when I was a teen, it was until I was 23. He is such a wise man. I just started reading Basic Economics by Mr. Sowell, it is superb!

  • @williamkeys6782
    @williamkeys6782 Před 3 lety +25

    "A well regulated Militia, BEING NEESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed".

  • @warholcow
    @warholcow Před 3 lety +5

    Love Sowell. Wish Friedman was still here too. Thanks for sharing about the documentary John. Can’t wait.

    • @JoshuaGraves113
      @JoshuaGraves113 Před 3 lety +2

      The man is in his 90's and still speaks better than our President-elect. I love Sowell and I wish he would get more social recognition.

  • @gps9715
    @gps9715 Před 3 lety +27

    "What changed his mind about Marxism? His first job." That says it all in a nutshell. Academia vs. The Real World.

  • @jlglover4592
    @jlglover4592 Před 3 lety +4

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure and should receive the Presidential Freedom award. Ditto Walter E. Williams.

  • @JamesThompson-oz8kh
    @JamesThompson-oz8kh Před 3 lety +7

    Thank you for highlighting a man who has been one of my intellectual heroes for decades. I have a number of his works on my shelf and have learned much from them. His book "Marxism" was one of the first I read. It turned me around in the 1970s and started me on my journey into Classical Liberalism and libertarian thought.

  • @philiphewittii2605
    @philiphewittii2605 Před 3 lety

    @John Stossel - great love and respect for you sir, please keep fighting the good fight. Me and Mine stand with you, ever observant, ever questioning and always seeking!

  • @rybot5252
    @rybot5252 Před 3 lety +3

    Never heard of Thomas Sowell but I am looking forward to seeing his documentary after this. Thanks!

  • @ShelliG
    @ShelliG Před 3 lety +13

    Can't wait to see this film - Free To Choose "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World" (so I remember!!!)

  • @steve9070
    @steve9070 Před 3 lety +4

    Milton Friedman and Walter Williams were the last 2 ICONs I followed. Thomas is the last one alive now. God bless Thomas Sowell and hope he taps someone to carry the torch...

  • @ccsmith2937
    @ccsmith2937 Před 3 lety

    Thomas Sowell is a Patriot that is not afraid to speak up. What a great man. 👍👍🇺🇸

  • @grondhero
    @grondhero Před 3 lety +2

    Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. It's a shame the internet wasn't around in his youth and that he isn't taught in schools.

  • @tomhalla426
    @tomhalla426 Před 3 lety +12

    Lyndon Johnson was either malevolent or stone ignorant as to the effects of his policies.

    • @Preacher357
      @Preacher357 Před 3 lety +5

      The only effect Johnson was interested in was whether it would cause people to vote for his party.

  • @davieb68
    @davieb68 Před 3 lety +3

    Very smart man , god bless you sir 🙏👍🇺🇸