Thomas Sowell deserves the Nobel Prize just for his “Basic Economics” book, much less the dozens of other books and articles he has written. Since that’s unlikely, my hope is that Trump will present him with the Medal Of Freedom. Sowell is an exemplary role model for everyone, of any race, creed, color or culture.
My own youtube and Substack feed suggest that there is more than one Black America, just as there's more than one White America. Even Ro Khanna can get in on the oppressed-minority action, despite looking like Peter Sellers with a Florsheim buff coat.
Methinks the midterms will see an even larger conservative minority mandate than the 2024 wave. I think a lot of people are finally realizing the truth about LBJ's Southern strategy and its implications.
Exactly. There is more than one Black America, just as there is more than one White America. The problem is that one version gets amplified and treated as the official voice of the whole group.
I hope you're right about the midterms. It really seems like more minority voters are tired of being told that grievance, dependency, and Democrat loyalty are part of their racial identity. Sowell spent decades exposing that fraud.
It wasn’t too late last time, when the Weather Underground was planting bombs in federal buildings. The mistake last time was to allow the radicals back into academia. Maybe we’ll learn from the past this time around…
Everyone seems to have forgotten the last attempt at marxist revolution in the 1960s-70s; even people who lived through it chose to forget. those days may come again soon enough…
"The dispute is not over whether resources will be rationed. It is over who will ration them, by what method, and with what consequences." - well said, Mr. Arnell! This is precisely why socialism and communism are inherently corrupt. The rot is a feature of these systems, not a bug, and the reason is obvious. People are self-interested. You can harness that (and capitalism is the best system we've invented so far for such harnessing), but you cannot change human nature. If you place a person (instead of a market) in charge of deciding who gets which scarce resources, the person will inevitably "redistribute" some or most of these resources to himself, his buddies and whoever is willing to give him a bigger "gift" under the table.
“No author has shaped the way I think more than Thomas Sowell.”
I have been saying that for several years. Sowell is my intellectual hero.
I have read almost all his books, except for a couple of his economic thought books, and his book on late talking children. I own some of his books both in hardcopy and in audible format .
You say:
“By any reasonable measure, Sowell should be among the most widely studied black thinkers in America. “
I think he should be one of the most widely studied thinkers in America of any race.
I have also said over and over again that I owe him a great debt for changing how I think about things. When friends or family ask why I now think the way I do, I point to Sowell almost every time.
He was born in 1930, the same year as my dad, and I suspect he won’t be with us much longer. His passing will be a great loss.
Sowell could spot the dependency of modern blacks brought about by the free stuff LBJ programs that persist today as the core democrat platform. Who reads his books? AWFLs. And yet they who must fund the cultural decline can’t understand what he says. Virtue signaling as policy generates cultural dependency and rot.
Arnell: from a dedicated subscriber, I suggest shorter pieces. I do love your take on the subjects you detail. But, they’re too long. Brevity is the soul of wit. Be well. Write on.
Thomas Sowell deserves the Nobel Prize just for his “Basic Economics” book, much less the dozens of other books and articles he has written. Since that’s unlikely, my hope is that Trump will present him with the Medal Of Freedom. Sowell is an exemplary role model for everyone, of any race, creed, color or culture.
So true!
My own youtube and Substack feed suggest that there is more than one Black America, just as there's more than one White America. Even Ro Khanna can get in on the oppressed-minority action, despite looking like Peter Sellers with a Florsheim buff coat.
Methinks the midterms will see an even larger conservative minority mandate than the 2024 wave. I think a lot of people are finally realizing the truth about LBJ's Southern strategy and its implications.
Exactly. There is more than one Black America, just as there is more than one White America. The problem is that one version gets amplified and treated as the official voice of the whole group.
I hope you're right about the midterms. It really seems like more minority voters are tired of being told that grievance, dependency, and Democrat loyalty are part of their racial identity. Sowell spent decades exposing that fraud.
If half of Latin America has already figured it out, can Americans be that far behind?
Eventually, but will “eventually” be too late?
It wasn’t too late last time, when the Weather Underground was planting bombs in federal buildings. The mistake last time was to allow the radicals back into academia. Maybe we’ll learn from the past this time around…
Why yes, yes they can! Americans are soft from years of plenty and mindless addictions to drugs, TV, the internet, and enslavement to "feelings".
A lot of Latin America has suffered corrupt rulers, shortages of food, wealth and little possibility of
meaningful reform. They have suffered to just exist.
Americans haven't felt that suffering ....... yet. We will if we continue voting for marxists.
Everyone seems to have forgotten the last attempt at marxist revolution in the 1960s-70s; even people who lived through it chose to forget. those days may come again soon enough…
"The dispute is not over whether resources will be rationed. It is over who will ration them, by what method, and with what consequences." - well said, Mr. Arnell! This is precisely why socialism and communism are inherently corrupt. The rot is a feature of these systems, not a bug, and the reason is obvious. People are self-interested. You can harness that (and capitalism is the best system we've invented so far for such harnessing), but you cannot change human nature. If you place a person (instead of a market) in charge of deciding who gets which scarce resources, the person will inevitably "redistribute" some or most of these resources to himself, his buddies and whoever is willing to give him a bigger "gift" under the table.
100% on 🎯!
TY. It’s amazing to me that so many don’t understand this.
Well, we just need to keep explaining it to them! :)
That’s why I’m here. ;-) Trying to break through.
I shared this on my facebook and it did fairly well.
Absolutely! Please keep up your important work, we value it!
You said:
“No author has shaped the way I think more than Thomas Sowell.”
I have been saying that for several years. Sowell is my intellectual hero.
I have read almost all his books, except for a couple of his economic thought books, and his book on late talking children. I own some of his books both in hardcopy and in audible format .
You say:
“By any reasonable measure, Sowell should be among the most widely studied black thinkers in America. “
I think he should be one of the most widely studied thinkers in America of any race.
I have also said over and over again that I owe him a great debt for changing how I think about things. When friends or family ask why I now think the way I do, I point to Sowell almost every time.
He was born in 1930, the same year as my dad, and I suspect he won’t be with us much longer. His passing will be a great loss.
Yes, he is an amazing thinker and amazing man.
What I’m saying is that blacks in particular, should start listening to Sowell.
They want heroes yet when presented with the most intelligent man in my lifetime, they’re like “He’s a sellout.”, “He’s an Uncle Tom.”
Sowell could spot the dependency of modern blacks brought about by the free stuff LBJ programs that persist today as the core democrat platform. Who reads his books? AWFLs. And yet they who must fund the cultural decline can’t understand what he says. Virtue signaling as policy generates cultural dependency and rot.
Arnell: from a dedicated subscriber, I suggest shorter pieces. I do love your take on the subjects you detail. But, they’re too long. Brevity is the soul of wit. Be well. Write on.
I hear you on this. I try but it always, with the occasional exception, comes out long.