Thomas Sowell and Roger Ailes

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  • @gabo3color
    @gabo3color Před 3 lety +98

    "There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs." -- Thomas Sowell

    • @otthoheldring
      @otthoheldring Před rokem +2

      Brilliant insight. People look at the imagined benefits and ignore the costs or opportunity costs.

  • @ralphgreen3371
    @ralphgreen3371 Před 4 lety +79

    2020 and I have just discovered who this great man is. A godsend for me.

    • @larzulrich199
      @larzulrich199 Před 2 lety +6

      It made me angry that i found out about him in 2020 i was like "are you serious" how have i not seen him before!!!

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 Před rokem +1

      You might want to examine the reasons why you never heard of him prior to 2020.

    • @linak7155
      @linak7155 Před 9 měsíci

      @kevinmadden1645 uhm...timing? unwillingness to hear a contradictory view? A reluctance to hear a black man? A short attention span? What's your take?

  • @CorrectCrusader
    @CorrectCrusader Před 4 lety +86

    I am a simple man, I see Thomas Sowell in the title, I click

    • @drewjackson9723
      @drewjackson9723 Před 2 lety

      Indeed.

    • @Mark27472
      @Mark27472 Před 5 měsíci

      There is a logical progression in fact.
      I click. I watch. I like.
      I buy. I read. I read again.
      And again. Up to about ten different titles of Dr.Sowell now. Unbelievable.

  • @skybot9998
    @skybot9998 Před 4 lety +44

    I just love Thomas Sowell,his books are worth reading over and over again.

  • @anthonybrett
    @anthonybrett Před 4 lety +129

    Sowell is just a legend. He's just so damn intelligent.

    • @paul-andrelarose3389
      @paul-andrelarose3389 Před 2 lety +6

      And honestly clairvoyant. 2021/12/22. Ontario, Canada.

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 Před rokem +4

      It is an embarrassment to the rest of the population that he is as brilliant as he is.

    • @linak7155
      @linak7155 Před 9 měsíci

      @kevinmadden1645 It is a great embarrassment and shame!

  • @bones23jones
    @bones23jones Před 5 lety +93

    Fantastic Classic Sowell

    • @1911beauty
      @1911beauty Před 4 lety +4

      Smart black men recognize smart black men

  • @markmiller3713
    @markmiller3713 Před 4 lety +125

    "It never seems to occur to liberals that other people are not blocks of wood..." That was my favorite line.

    • @mickaelmtp2397
      @mickaelmtp2397 Před 3 lety +8

      He used that line a few other times regarding tax rates. Such a powerful sentence.

    • @krisweaver7524
      @krisweaver7524 Před 2 lety +2

      He also condemns Donald Trump and Bob Dole. Stop cherry picking quotations. Dr. Sowell reveals ignorance and hypocrisy on both sides.

    • @markmiller3713
      @markmiller3713 Před 2 lety +1

      Meaning that blocks of wood are inanimate objects and "accept" whatever is done to them.

    • @JR-wj9bh
      @JR-wj9bh Před 2 lety

      ​@@krisweaver7524 huh? i think you replied on the wrong comment section.

  • @acropolisnow9466
    @acropolisnow9466 Před 4 lety +134

    Sowell is a man of immense character and also charisma, and not at all a show-off about it either.

    • @dewanmdurnto3592
      @dewanmdurnto3592 Před 2 lety +2

      Please don't take everything he said here as gospel. Please look at he counter arguments against his argument and the flaws in his reasoning.

    • @alexrennison8070
      @alexrennison8070 Před 2 lety +2

      @@dewanmdurnto3592 Would you mind pointing me to some?

  • @qeoo6578
    @qeoo6578 Před 5 lety +129

    What they dicussed is still relevant today.

    • @rackets7991
      @rackets7991 Před 4 lety +7

      Thats because we continue to elect people with no interest in resolving the issues...Immigration has needed reformed for over 40 years with no resolution..

    • @MrBibbyneal
      @MrBibbyneal Před 3 lety +1

      Even more so...

    • @therealp7667
      @therealp7667 Před 3 lety +1

      more than ever

    • @qeoo6578
      @qeoo6578 Před 3 lety +3

      2 years later, and ive noticed my spelling error. 🤡

    • @dmartinez1993
      @dmartinez1993 Před rokem

      Immigration hasn’t been fixed because they’re restocking future voters for the Democratic Party.

  • @Leon-xv1nh
    @Leon-xv1nh Před 3 lety +22

    Sowell involuntarily saying "Oh my gosh" whenever he's overcome by the scale of how effed the world is, it always inspires me, that level of passion.

    • @alexrennison8070
      @alexrennison8070 Před 2 lety

      I like his “heaven help us” in exasperation towards a certain person or policy haha.

  • @johnpatmos1722
    @johnpatmos1722 Před 4 lety +85

    Bottom line, we are accountable for our actions.

  • @FM-dm8xj
    @FM-dm8xj Před rokem +5

    "Their are no soloutions, only trade offs".
    If their was ever a quote to epitomise the instric nature of humanity, this would be it.

  • @dayaaron87
    @dayaaron87 Před 3 lety +11

    Bro I can listen to Sowell all day everyday!!! This man is amazing and so simple

  • @albertchurchill4845
    @albertchurchill4845 Před 2 lety +14

    The kind of teacher that actually deserves tenure. I wish I had teachers like him.

    • @hockman221
      @hockman221 Před měsícem

      I wish I had ONE teacher like him.

  • @ken_tx
    @ken_tx Před 3 lety +23

    He predicted where we are today decades ago. Such a brilliant man.

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 Před rokem +1

      The black William F . Buckley .

    • @kevinmadden1645
      @kevinmadden1645 Před rokem

      On second thought, maybe Buckley is the white Thomas Sowell.

    • @linak7155
      @linak7155 Před 9 měsíci

      @@kevinmadden1645 how about simply men who rise to the call for their individual time...

  • @D_SQ
    @D_SQ Před 4 lety +15

    One of the greatest interviews I have ever watched. Both men are in form.

  • @superxereu
    @superxereu Před 3 lety +27

    This man predicted the next 25 years

  • @shyama5612
    @shyama5612 Před 5 lety +43

    great to see such in depth interviews and on a wide ranging topics. Sowell, what a man!

  • @oooweebaby4483
    @oooweebaby4483 Před 5 lety +31

    Not corrupted by the politics! Real man and a real president of intellectual vision well beyond our time!

    • @oooweebaby4483
      @oooweebaby4483 Před 4 lety +4

      @LiveOkie Absolutely, the common sense is merely lacking today.

  • @TXPeter
    @TXPeter Před 4 lety +70

    I used to think that all the homeless people really needed help and were victims of unfortunate financial tragedies. Then I got a job that really gave me a front row seat to the realities of the homeless. Most, if not all, have mental illness, usually from years of drug abuse. Most, if not all, are still using drugs and/or alcohol. They all qualify and receive SSI benefits including housing. They panhandle for money not because they need food, but because their EBT/SNAP cards will not purchase more liquor or drugs. Most have families that tried to give them help and a place to live, but they created safety issues in the home or refused to make positive changes so they had to leave.

    • @manamsetty2664
      @manamsetty2664 Před 2 lety +1

      Crazy world

    • @danjones6702
      @danjones6702 Před rokem +2

      also they dont want to work.. ive helped in a soup kitchen and you see them with nice watches and jewlery and new phones.

    • @coachhannah2403
      @coachhannah2403 Před 8 měsíci

      And that means what?

    • @muckey7800
      @muckey7800 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@coachhannah2403 it means that those bums are mostly lazy drifters and that we (productive members of American society) shouldn't feel bad about leaving them out there on their perches on local street corners and freeway off ramps without our money or even give them the time of day. It also means that Americans need to wake up and stop voting for sniveling idiot leftists who use said bums as crybullying battering rams to guilt taxpayers into electing and reelecting them to positions where they can waste more of our hard earned money on useless things that don't benefit us. Are we clear?

    • @fifihey
      @fifihey Před 7 měsíci

      I came from an actual 3rd world country to western Europe. One day I saw a man panhandling outside of a discount supermarket, I gave him some money. A friend of mine who’s a local told me not to do that again. Before I had the chance to ask why, a nice car passed us by (we were walking) and I saw the man driving it was the one I gave my money to earlier. Apparently after I gave him a change he decided “lets call it a day”, got in his car, and drove away! I learned a lesson that day 😂

  • @temarikel8674
    @temarikel8674 Před 2 lety +7

    I'm admittedly a Dr. Sowell fan so I naturally clicked on this video. I, however, have no idea how great an interviewer Ailes is. He let's him speak, butts in when it's appropriate, asks follow up questions, and all that because he listens.
    The anecdote about the champion African boxer is absolute gold!! Dr. Sowell, if you'll allow me, I'm stealing that analogy.

  • @jackbotman
    @jackbotman Před 2 lety +6

    He's the Bruce Lee of Economics

  • @mariaorsic9763
    @mariaorsic9763 Před 4 lety +20

    Sowell is astounding!

  • @nickpalmer1928
    @nickpalmer1928 Před 3 lety +11

    You just know he’s a good dad

  • @mitchellseeman4783
    @mitchellseeman4783 Před 3 lety +9

    The greatest. Thank you Mr Sowell

  • @Jamedia66
    @Jamedia66 Před 4 lety +11

    You won’t find many disrespectful comments about Doc Sowell. He should’ve been a real decision maker for this country, but truly great men seem to get their due diligence after the fact. Sad, but wonderful at the same time. His ideas and formulations will be with us for the rest of time...

  • @DaveSkylark111
    @DaveSkylark111 Před 4 lety +21

    Still a refreshing voice to hear. I had a great time listening to this. When he says “symbolic statements” we now call that “virtue signaling”

  • @gato9866
    @gato9866 Před rokem +3

    Sowell was basically a prophet because everything he had said is coming to pass.

  • @jayanand-jaypatel4187
    @jayanand-jaypatel4187 Před 3 lety +7

    Amazing interview! I love listening to Sowell talk.

  • @likemy
    @likemy Před 3 lety +5

    Sowell sounds like a time traveler when he talks. Almost depressing how little has changed

  • @comesahorseman
    @comesahorseman Před 4 lety +14

    Need to get a copy of this book, it's still fully relevant.

  • @daegueric
    @daegueric Před 4 lety +13

    Before Ailes was able to finish the Jesse Jackson question, Sowell answered "no!"

  • @5chitzo
    @5chitzo Před rokem +1

    People gravitate towards Dr Sowell more and more. A sure sign of how timeless his ideas are and much we need a clear thinker in society.
    Truly an enlightenment values thinker.

  • @johnreno4156
    @johnreno4156 Před 3 lety +5

    Thomas Sowell is a Nation Treasure.

  • @PolynesianPrince97
    @PolynesianPrince97 Před 11 měsíci

    Dude looked great here at 65. Now at 93 he still publishing books and kicking ass.

  • @linak7155
    @linak7155 Před 9 měsíci

    I admire men or / women, such as Thomas Sowell, who are willing to examine a given issue, immerse themselves in it, and reach a well thought out perspective based on the data presented especially when everything in their background would dictate they follow the status quo. They are not afraid to stand alone in order to uphold what is right. This, in spite of the negative reprisals those views may bring. This man has stood for clarity and soundness for decades. May God continue to use his voice and written material to awaken many to clear and balanced views on many serious topics. ❤

  • @walterpearlman143
    @walterpearlman143 Před 3 lety +2

    As a young man, I was walking through Harvard Square when a white teen girl asked me for any ‘spare’ change - later walking back to the subway station I saw her again , pockets about to burst with change - When I asked her for spare change, she replied she didn’t have any !!

  • @keyurpatel1982
    @keyurpatel1982 Před 2 lety +2

    Thomas Sowell ia an American treasure.

  • @einsteindarwin8756
    @einsteindarwin8756 Před 3 lety +2

    It's refreshing to hear another perspective.The extremes make up the majority of news coverage.

    • @Brommear
      @Brommear Před 2 lety

      Here is the whole book as an audiobook.
      czcams.com/video/1gNAIfscnqs/video.html&ab_channel=Man%2CStateandMemetics
      You can listen while you do menial things like cooking or washing up if you do not have the time to sit through the whole thing. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.

  • @julioklj8
    @julioklj8 Před 4 lety +7

    He should have been our first black President

  • @sam77522
    @sam77522 Před 3 lety +4

    It's sad that this genius dont have a bigger platform

  • @theStacyJames
    @theStacyJames Před 4 lety +6

    Thomas is a Man

  • @brianrajala7671
    @brianrajala7671 Před 3 lety +4

    I am so impressed with Thomas Sowell?

  • @catholicconservativechican8299

    Thomas Sowell ✅🏆🥇🥊what a knockout💥💯🎯🤯Mind Blowing

  • @jimhughes1070
    @jimhughes1070 Před 4 lety +4

    True scholar

  • @moa3810
    @moa3810 Před 4 lety +32

    "There are no solutions to anybody's problems; there are tradeoffs" - omg Can we think about this for a minute?

    • @discojohn8753
      @discojohn8753 Před 4 lety +5

      @Wo Long You need water? Thats a problem. Drinking water doesnt just solve your thirst, it also leaves you with less water. Thats a tradeoff. In the world of economics, theres nothing BUT tradeoffs.

    • @discojohn8753
      @discojohn8753 Před 4 lety +1

      @Wo Long i never said you couldn't drink from a spring. But now there is less water in that spring, leaving you with less natural resources. Trade off.

    • @moa3810
      @moa3810 Před 4 lety

      @sebatian Thank you

    • @discojohn8753
      @discojohn8753 Před 4 lety

      @Wo Long You just said it has a con, that con is the trade off, you okay?

    • @GoogleModerator
      @GoogleModerator Před 4 lety

      @Wo Long you're correct. It does sound hyperbolic. I believe that's why politicians preach it as a solution and not what it is, a trade-off. Some trade-offs are worth it: & I'd consider that to be labelled a good solution, possibly. Either way I believe that's why Dr. Sowell is broadcasting his findings -- the elite use "solutions" to gain power and money without choosing to publicize )or even observe) the counter evidence to their own "solutions," even if it produces opposite results.
      Thanks for the banter!

  • @characarosandi1589
    @characarosandi1589 Před 4 lety +7

    'A clock that stops will be right twice a day' 👌

  • @stephenkiernan8520
    @stephenkiernan8520 Před 3 lety +1

    This guy is spot on every time but never got much of the limelight because he has zero fucks to give for peoples feelings. Just the facts.

  • @rumekpadamrophe912
    @rumekpadamrophe912 Před 11 měsíci +1

    A voice crying in the wilderness

  • @hariwilliams8208
    @hariwilliams8208 Před 4 lety +21

    The antidote to Antifa

  • @xolilestilo8376
    @xolilestilo8376 Před rokem +1

    Pure logic in its rawest form😃

  • @PRODOS
    @PRODOS Před 4 lety +4

    Great interview & discussion! Thanks for making it available.
    Roger Ailes is an excellent interviewer.
    And Thomas Sowell is my hero. My wife and I both love his work.
    He has the mind and spirit of the American Founding Fathers.

  • @sarjim4381
    @sarjim4381 Před 4 lety +12

    In regards to East Palo Alto, the place really was one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Things finally came to a head in 1994 when the number of murders in EPA reached an all-time high. To his credit, Gov George Dukmejian decided it was time for the state to step in. Between San Mateo SO, the CHP, and officers from at least 15 other agencies in the Bay Area., he started and funded a special task force. I was a reserve deputy in one of those departments at the time and spent a couple nights in EPA serving felony warrants and rounding up criminals that had outstanding warrants for years. We just flooded EPA with cops, and were taking every known or suspected criminal off the streets. I don't know how many we arrested in just that first week, but we needed buses from the Department of Corrections just to transport them all. BY the end of that first week, the good people of EPA could see the police weren't just putting on a big show. Some of the worst and most violent gangsters were off the street and weren't just going to get out on bail this time. We had residents come out of their house and cheer for us as we drove by. It was one of the few times in my 27 year career I felt like I was really doing something to help the weak and defenseless. Defunding the police will never work. Those high crime, mostly minority communities need way more police, not less.

    • @johnreno4156
      @johnreno4156 Před 3 lety +3

      Thank you for your first hand observations.

  • @ucbookman
    @ucbookman Před 3 lety +10

    Despite being 10 years older than Ailes, Thomas Sowell looks like he could be his teenage son.

  • @maureenparisi5808
    @maureenparisi5808 Před 3 lety +2

    I could this to Sowell all day long.

  • @freedomofspeech2238
    @freedomofspeech2238 Před 4 lety +5

    Thank you Dr Sowell. We need people to pick up where you have led us which is that Freedom is the main point. Government is the problem.

  • @channelname5345
    @channelname5345 Před 3 lety +2

    just read this a few months ago FANTASTIC

  • @shaunosby5093
    @shaunosby5093 Před 2 lety +3

    Would you be a good president?
    No I’d probably get impeached. I would do what I thought was right and the people who disagreed would do otherwise.
    Thomas Sowell is both brilliant and a prophet.

  • @P0RKINS2
    @P0RKINS2 Před 4 lety +9

    Great interview. This was by far his best book

  • @thomasryan5736
    @thomasryan5736 Před 2 lety +1

    Dr. Sowell is a National treasure.

  • @alcidesjaimes6794
    @alcidesjaimes6794 Před 4 lety +14

    He's 65 here 😳.

    • @anthonybrett
      @anthonybrett Před 4 lety +5

      I hope I'm that fast at 65, the problem is, I'm not that fast at 50! Im screwed! lol

  • @lt2339
    @lt2339 Před 3 lety +5

    Omg, 2021 this is so current, would love to see him up against Biden Pelosi etc.

  • @mdw2720
    @mdw2720 Před 3 lety +3

    This guy is amazing

  • @hoffpbass
    @hoffpbass Před 4 lety +2

    I think I'd better write him for President thus year.

  • @freedomworks3976
    @freedomworks3976 Před 4 lety +10

    Imagine if young black girls and boys at 12 or 14 years old watched this an .....

  • @johnpatmos1722
    @johnpatmos1722 Před 4 lety +13

    Wow! Scathing view on Jesse Jackson!

  • @TerrenceBosworth
    @TerrenceBosworth Před 3 lety +3

    A good man. wise and able to see things as they really are. The statement that some media " commentators" think that they are superior and have all the answers so true today in Australia. Self-titled " analysts" pontificating and speaking as the " Anointed speaking for the Angels" Our good politicians' effectiveness reduced because of the time the good politicians have to spend defending attacks from the " Anointed " who champion anything except the big issues like the CCP. The Anointed are cowardly bullies who if they had any intestinal fortitude would look at the big picture and see where true threats to our lives and way of life are.

  • @solomonecclesia5253
    @solomonecclesia5253 Před 4 lety +3

    Lifestyle has everything to do with where you are in Life period...

  • @vanmedya8699
    @vanmedya8699 Před 2 lety +1

    CZcams algorithm is doing its job correctly.

  • @neige4221
    @neige4221 Před rokem

    We need more people who think like Thomas Sowell.

  • @JCPFILMS
    @JCPFILMS Před 3 lety +3

    The interviewer looks a lot like Alfred Hitchcock.

  • @qeoo6578
    @qeoo6578 Před 5 lety +8

    Good ol' Mr. Baritone.

  • @TheOriginalCryptoPimp
    @TheOriginalCryptoPimp Před 3 lety +1

    Thomas Sowell is 65. He looks great and is sharp.

  • @mpcc2022
    @mpcc2022 Před 4 lety +12

    Thomas Sowell could have been the first black president.

    • @averagejohnson3985
      @averagejohnson3985 Před 4 lety +4

      should

    • @mpcc2022
      @mpcc2022 Před 4 lety +3

      @@averagejohnson3985 I think when it comes to higher civic service that it's not appropriate to say someone should do something if they personally don't want to do it.

    • @stonymontana9773
      @stonymontana9773 Před 4 lety +2

      Nah, he doesn’t promise enough goodies to become president and holds people accountable. People want lies and hope.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 4 lety +5

      @@mpcc2022 I think what people who say this really mean is: "Wouldn't it have been great if Thomas Sowell had decided to run for President, and if he had won?" People need their daydreams.

  • @davidbryant3223
    @davidbryant3223 Před rokem +1

    prophetic -

  • @peteroreilly8060
    @peteroreilly8060 Před 3 lety +3

    A genius.

  • @markmiller3713
    @markmiller3713 Před 4 lety +2

    I liked this interviewer a lot more than Ben Wattenberg who also interviewed Dr. Sowell re: the same book.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 3 lety +2

      You liked him because he didn't grill Dr. Sowell as sharply as Wattenberg did. This guy's questions were softball, and Sowell doesn't need that; he handled Wattenberg's questions and objections quite easily.

  • @jasonpalacios1363
    @jasonpalacios1363 Před 2 lety

    Man he really was ahead of his time and in many ways he reminds me of a college professor,clam version of George Carlin.

  • @KL-sc6bs
    @KL-sc6bs Před rokem

    I see Thomas I click

  • @EMan-cu5zo
    @EMan-cu5zo Před 2 lety +1

    He saw what was coming decades ago.

  • @SuperDriven1
    @SuperDriven1 Před 4 lety +5

    A mosquito in a nudest colony

  •  Před 3 lety

    "I'd probably get impeached" in 2020 he would for sure.

  • @mauricedrew3150
    @mauricedrew3150 Před 2 lety +1

    Sowell hangin out with Ailes...that picture shows exactly who he is. The black conservatisim dream..Ailes thinks I should be president!!I must be a genius!

  • @jamesomalley4556
    @jamesomalley4556 Před rokem

    I wish he was are Prez.

  • @ArthurTheLibraryDetective

    😎..if i have 'spare change'..i Usually 'contribute'.. Long story why...you never know..🙏..Very Wise man...you see Why Most people dont know him..😎..Plus, Errbody Should know from K. Marx and Many Others....Why its Not Good to 'over indulge' your kids..🙏💯💯

  • @profeh3346
    @profeh3346 Před rokem

    I want to know what the Republican’s political considerations were that Dr Sowell referred to during the civil rights era. Historically the Republicans supported black civil rights. So specifically where did they fall short ? I’m sure he’s written about it I just need to know which book!

  • @dericksuapaia
    @dericksuapaia Před 4 lety +2

    Thomas Sowell and the mosquito in the nudist colony... he’s said that for awhile now lmbo

  • @careerbase4349
    @careerbase4349 Před 4 lety +1

    My god this man is well spoken...

  • @raachel271
    @raachel271 Před 4 lety +3

    President Trump should ask Thomas Sowell to be in his gorup of people in the White house

  • @freedomworks3976
    @freedomworks3976 Před 4 lety +1

    There are no solutions only tradeoffs

  • @davidbradley8150
    @davidbradley8150 Před 4 lety +4

    15:40 Q: Is Jesse Jackson good for African-Americans or not? A: ...after zero hesitation, in fact the question was just about clipped by the vehement instant response... "No! He's good for himself."
    Pretty devastating Dr. Sowell. I have to agree though.

  • @Jjj53214
    @Jjj53214 Před 2 lety

    What? No solutions, only trade-offs? Well, the solution is the course of action in which the benefits substantially outweigh the costs? In other words, it is the course of action in which the trade off is minimal compared to the benefits.

  • @joebidenisapedophile
    @joebidenisapedophile Před 3 lety +2

    0:36 Sowell predicts Trump impeachment 24 years later

  • @cabalpaxiarch7239
    @cabalpaxiarch7239 Před 2 lety

    Roger Ailes may have been a creep but boy was he a good interviewer.

  • @manamsetty2664
    @manamsetty2664 Před 2 lety

    Damn in every country the history, language, humanities professors cause the same problem

  • @Ketofit62
    @Ketofit62 Před rokem

    Am I the anointed?

  • @jimmclean9312
    @jimmclean9312 Před 4 lety +1

    Why do people pronounce Colin Powells name like it is part of the bowel. It's COLIN not COLON !

    • @kevindunne4271
      @kevindunne4271 Před 4 lety

      That’s how Americans pronounce it.

    • @DieFlabbergast
      @DieFlabbergast Před 4 lety +1

      The man himself (or his family) can't pronounce his own name. "Coe-lin" sounds like the name of a pharmaceutical or a furniture polish! The name Colin is centuries old and comes from Scotland: it's pronounced "Coll-in," with a short "o" as in "cost" "cotton," not a long "o" as in "cold" or "coast."

  • @jimmclean9312
    @jimmclean9312 Před 4 lety +5

    "The Liberals"seems to be used as a form of aspersion by the interviewer. Surely Liberal means to be open to ideas other than those one has been raised with. Liberal is a mindset , not a political movement. Many Democrats are far from liberal in their outlook and political views. The problem in America is that too many people have closed their minds to new ideas or to change. A bit more Liberalism might be a good idea.

    • @WessGrumble
      @WessGrumble Před 4 lety +3

      Liberal in the political sense of the word means something different. It actually is a political movement. But it also means something different per country. A liberal in my country (the Netherlands) is not the same as a liberal in America, where it's usually conflated with leftism. That's why you also have the term "classical liberal" which is probably what you're talking about.

    • @comesahorseman
      @comesahorseman Před 4 lety +2

      Don't have a problem with liberals such as Jordan Peterson. Problem is, liberalism is all to often a stepping stone on the way to left-ism.

  • @tomkay9308
    @tomkay9308 Před 3 lety

    Excuse me people, 'just replied to Sowells' comment on Ivy league-apparently a glitch I did wiped out the whole thread,go figure(actually sorry).

  • @henriomoeje8741
    @henriomoeje8741 Před 4 lety +2

    He opined that there are no solutions, only trade-offs. But he's opposed to Affirmative Action.

    • @henriomoeje8741
      @henriomoeje8741 Před 4 lety +1

      @Marouane Nouveau because he disagrees with the idea have no bearing on the efficacy of the program. It was a solution congress came up with to solve a pressing issue. Maybe if white America respected the civil rights of Blacks from 1865, maybe it won't be needed.
      Dr. Sowell contradicted himself here.

    • @benmeltzer
      @benmeltzer Před 3 lety

      He didn't say, "There are no counterproductive mesaures; only tradeoffs." That would be a different assertion.

    • @BhutanBluePoppy
      @BhutanBluePoppy Před 2 lety

      It’s possible that without Affirmative Action, we’d have more Thomas Sowells & fewer
      “Diversity Administrators”

    • @JoBlakeLisbon
      @JoBlakeLisbon Před rokem

      What's your point?
      Affirmative action was viewed as a solution. Its consequences have been disastrous. His observation is upheld.