Part of growing up is knowing that often the choice is not between good or bad, but bad or worse. Those who complain about whom America backs, ought to think about what replaced them. Was it immoral to back the Shah or Mubarrack or the Czars or Batista? A child will say yes. A grown up will look at what followed and say no.
@Faerlon123 You kn ow what how about we changed places. You move here to Romania, and I move there to America. Unlike you I would be more than grateful to live there.
every original thought is as welcome as a full breath of fresh air-
this nugget of truth is far more imortant than all the blathering insanity of all the words ever spoken aloud by the traitor obama who occupies the off white house -
I'd love to see any of those snarky liberals take on Tom Sowell.
They can't they're too busy with easy targets like O'Reilly, Palin, and Bachman. Put em up against a genius like Napolitano, Stossel, Elder, Sowell or Williams they'd crumple into a ball
@Redeye1524 the left avoid our best academics like the plague!! imagine the sloppiness of the modern leftist against the likes of Hayek or Friedman. At least they battled with socialist that understood socialism and communists that understood communism. You argue with the modern communist and they will say something like 'china works, its communist'!!?!? how can they think that the path of china over the last 25 years has been about controlling not freeing up its peoples??
@Redeye1524 Or Ron Paul, who always wins wins the debate and who unlike the brilliant Sowell has escaped the Deer in headlights bunk about policing the world.
Whilst I understand the point of this video is against the "any change is good change" thought, I would be weary of relying on the founding fathers for decision making in this day and age. Their approach towards problem solving are quite relevant to today's world, perhaps, but the specific conclusions they reached over two hundred years ago based on the world they lived in are not necessarily so.
Somebody once said, "When it's not necessary to change, it's necessary not to change." Now, it's necessary to change. Sowell obviously lives in the past where Americans went to war thinking that they were preserving their rights. Since most of our rights have now been taken away by our elites & politicians in the name of tyranny & empire, it's time that Sowell descends from his high horse & join the the 90 plus % of us who have been silenced & subjugated to the totalitarian American system.
It's just simplification of the basic Burkean Conservatism of the kind that he outlines and advocates mostly ably in his classic book a "Conflict of Visions". I Think both Liberals and Libertarians can often do with a good dose of Burkeanism, Liberals most severely ofcourse.
@JImmy4336 Then it's simply a failure of understanding on your part. Thomas Sowell is routinely on the mark and has a better understanding of what makes America work than a lot of media gadflies who are allegedly economists. Sowell speaks candidly and powerfully and this tends to upset people brainwashed by their Left-leaning professors to reject anything that attacks Statism and cultural/moral relativism. What, specifically, do you not agree with in this video?
@TsugaC I very rarely agree with anyone completely and there is plenty of things he said that I do agree with. But I usually have a problem with the general idea of American exceptionalism. If people think that the country is already exceptional I think it tends to make them think they don't have to work to make it even better. The unfinished pyramid means we are meant to always be improving. It represents the fact that a nation is always unfinished.
I think anyone who doubts the value of America should be forced to go live in North Korea for 6 months. By the time your done their asses will be begging to come home...and we won't see this bitching about the "1%" or capitalism anymore. I guaran-damn-tee it.
I'm asking if you believe shipping people off to North Korea, because you disagree with their views is a reasonable action?
While I find their anti-capitalist rhetoric & socialistic views as abhorrent as you do, and I certainly oppose their using force (govt) to impose their views on me, I hold their freedom to have these views as important.
That's what it means to live in a free society. If you advocate force, how are you different from them?
@UtubeMyAccountName When the North Korean government strips their people of their rights, then they are the ones who have initiated force. It is perfectly moral to use force to free their people, as no dictator can claim any rights when they have the blood of innocent people on their hands. It is not a moral obligation for the United States to free the North Koreans, but it is not immoral for the US to do so.
@christerryatl I don't know what you're talking about. The definition you gave (minus the morality bit) applies to all governments, not just the North Korean government.
The discussion was about shipping people from The U.S. off to North Korea by force who don't like capitalism, not about the morality or lack thereof of the North Korean government.
@UtubeMyAccountName They should be given the opportunity to have a social contribution tax that could be placed on the flat tax form. it could say 'I am a leftist. I believe in an the overarching wisdom of an anointed few, who, using the coercive powers of government take money from whom they deem 'rich' and give it to whom they deem 'worthy'. the flat tax that newt gingrich is imposing on america is the wrong rate. I choose to relinquish 80% of my income for the betterment of society.'
@UtubeMyAccountName they can by all means pay 80% then shriek with moral indignation at anyone else that doesn't. George Soros should donate his wealth because he is such a believer in the wisdom of the people he supports that surely he doesn't need to spend all that money himself. So should Michael Moore and the Hollywood left. If you spend most of the year on a yacht or a club house and work on a movie for 2 months and you are paid millions, you probably don't feel like you earned the money.
@aussieconservative I was talking about the entitled OWS protesters (not having anything to tax 80% of), not Moore, Soros, Buffet, and the rest of that hypocritical ilk. Clearly these people are blatant liars.
I don't know if it's guilt, or feelings of 'I didn't earn it' though. I think these people are simply petty tyrants. I think they have a vision of the world and will do whatever, lie, cheat, steal, kill, etc, (not themselves of course, the govt) to see it realized.
@UtubeMyAccountName by taking the what is none in socialist circles as the 'long march' into our public institutions, like education, the tax office and the judiciary.
@aussieconservative Yes, I think public education is the most dangerous of all the tools at govts' disposal. Far more so than the Fed, entitlements, the welfare state, the income tax, etc.
It's the Pavlovian conditioning people get in state schools & more & more private schools sadly, as the state dictates more & more of the curriculum, that allows the state to get away with all the rest of it.
Truly thoughtful & knowledgeable people would know better.
@EGarrett01 I'm firmly on the left and I don't nor does anyone else I know want to live under a brutal dictatorship like North Korea. Why do you guys on the right always see things in either black or white or in this case red or white? All most of us want is private money out of politics. I personally would like to see a strict code of conduct for politicians that bars them from having any 'conflicts of interest' ie stocks, shares, business executive roles, kickbacks etc. Whats wrong with that?
You're a member of a trade union. Unions are massive campaign contributors. If you want private money out of politics than you also would remove your own union's political influence too and will probably cause your union to collapse.
@EGarrett01 The money I contribute could go to better things than buying a political party or individual politician. It could go to providing me with the best lawyers money can buy should I need them or the best medical care for example or cheap housing or money to survive on should strike action be deemed necessary. You know things working class people want. If the corporations and the unions both agree to end political donations I would be very happy.
@Spentastic are you a voluntary member? just wondering whether you wanted to enlighten the Americans here about what the situation is like here in Australia. we have some of the slowest highest cost building practices in the world. I dont blame you, get your money, but when you compare Aussie building practices to those in Houston Texas or watch Huf Haus a german company erect and get watertight a mansion in 4 days because they dont want to miss the soccer, there is a massive gap.
@aussieconservative The Germans earn more than workers here without go slow tactics like what is going on at the desal plant. explain the desal plant in a positive way and explain card check and how workers have their mobile phones checked for videos and pictures that might be incriminating. explain the 2 hour sobering up break that workers get paid for if they turn up drunk from the night before, how they have beers before they get into work so they get the perk.
@aussieconservative I have no knowledge of card or mobile phone checks. The only cards my employer has checked is my high risk license, construction induction card, working in confined space ticket, working at heights ticket and my drivers license as they are all relevant to my job.
@aussieconservative Yes I am a voluntary member and I agree if true that the sobering up period is bullshit as I have only ever worked on zero tolerance work sites here in Western Australia. If you rock up with alcohol in your system where I've worked and am currently working you get a written warning and sent back to camp for the night, if it happens again you are sacked. The slowest most high cost building site I know of is the non union Perth Arena which is currently 3 times over budget.
@Spentastic limited government reduces the likelyhood of kickbacks. if the people limit the scope of what the public service can do. As for private money not being in politics. Doesnt that infringe on peoples freedom of speech? If Im rich does my support and advocacy of a particular candidate mean that you are coerced into thinking the same way i do. Its a funny strain of american that sees advocacy as brainwashing. EGarrett01 would agree with me, if you want brainwashing check out north korea.
@aussieconservative I'm actually an Aussie like you but unlike you I am a progressive. I think the people that are making the decisions that guide the nation should be doing it via the will of the people who elected them not the will of whoever has paid them the most. If decisions are made that I don't like then so be it as long as it is what those in the majority wants then democracy is working. Private money in politics causes conflicts of interest whether it be from my union or a corporation.
@Spentastic influence doesnt create a conflict of interest because you are a free citizen with voting rights. People seem to live under the assumption that because someone or an organization gives a politician money, so he can purchase an advertisement, so he can say what that person or organization wants him to say, its almost axiomatic that once we see the advertisement that we will have been brainwashed into doing what the ad tells us.
@aussieconservative you over estimate the intelligence of average citizens. Bombard them with enough bullshit and they will believe it. Just look how opinion polls change so swiftly with no real reason. Most people don't really know why they vote for a certain political party if you press them on the real issues or how they affect them. I personally am thinking of voting for Bob Katter's Australian Party at the next election simply because he is anti free trade and I hate free trade.
@Spentastic Advertising doesnt work like that, hell ive seen a number of ads over the years for womens sanitary products but ive never bought any because im a MAN! the power of persuasion and the use of coercion are very different beasts.
@TimeWarp66 If unrestrained capitalism is what the majority wants that's what they should have. If it goes well the people will keep it that way, if not then it will be altered accordingly. If those alterations don't work then it gets changed again. But by the will of the people not the will of those who payed to get things changed in their favour.
@EGarrett01 No one's arguing that. But that type of thinking makes people complacent. People need to ALWAYS be critical of government, whether things are good or bad. That is the beauty of this country, we CAN criticize the government. Of course it could be worse, it could always be worse. But it can always be better, too. Instead of thanking our lucky stars we're not North Korean, we should be wary of our own government, so that we never find ourselves in the same (or similar) boat they are in.
@EGarrett01 I get your point but when Patriotic Americans talk of America; they are always comparing it to North Korea or Africa and etc.. America and Western Europe are the exception not just the states. I am sure a great many Americans would love to spend 6 months in the UK or Belgium and a good number of them may very well not want to go back hehe! So, remember, it's the west that's the entity to be grateful too here.
Love him. "A Conflict of Visions" is possibly the best book I've ever read, and even his books on economics are totally engaging. The man is a genius for taking complicated ideas and making them seem like they should have been self-evident all along.
is thomas sowell really a university professor? What I'd expect from a university professor is that "it's all because of whitey and capitalism that people are poor."
@intercourseman69 whitey? EVERYONE is responsible for their own faith! Only racist blacks blame everyone else for their problems because it is easier and I know how lazy blacks can be. You ever see one cross the road at 1/2 mph at top speed... See I can be racist too!
Please shut up you fucking moron. I'm so sick of people like you. You're a dumb worthless fuck and you don't even understand how or why this country functions. You're just garbage.
LOL! you really don't understand satire(sarcasm is tough on the internet, but it seems that most people can get it). i was pointing out what a breed apart thomas sowell is.
@intercourseman69, Thomas Sowell is the EXCEPTION when it comes to university professors. When he started out, he was a socialist. However, when he went to work for the Department of Education, he was so disgusted in the way things worked, he started changing his world view, and American views. With the help of Milton Friedman, he became an economic genius. Thomas Sowell would get my vote for President if he so chose to ran. The man is an open book of common sense and class.
@intercourseman69 Amen to that, brother! He doesn't go around whining about being black or a minority...he worked hard took advantage of being an American first.
Part of growing up is knowing that often the choice is not between good or bad, but bad or worse. Those who complain about whom America backs, ought to think about what replaced them. Was it immoral to back the Shah or Mubarrack or the Czars or Batista? A child will say yes. A grown up will look at what followed and say no.
koyunbaba73 1 day ago
Haha. Yeah, the horrifying scenes aren't seen in America, but America sure as hell caused a whole lot of them around the world!
Faerlon123 3 days ago
@Faerlon123 You kn ow what how about we changed places. You move here to Romania, and I move there to America. Unlike you I would be more than grateful to live there.
necrotyk1985 3 days ago
Thrill going up my leg. Journalists? I think not!
TyZi187 3 days ago
every original thought is as welcome as a full breath of fresh air-
this nugget of truth is far more imortant than all the blathering insanity of all the words ever spoken aloud by the traitor obama who occupies the off white house -
rentatrip1 3 months ago
I'd love to see any of those snarky liberals take on Tom Sowell.
They can't they're too busy with easy targets like O'Reilly, Palin, and Bachman. Put em up against a genius like Napolitano, Stossel, Elder, Sowell or Williams they'd crumple into a ball
Redeye1524 3 months ago 7
@Redeye1524 well said.
darkENhandsome 3 months ago
@Redeye1524 the left avoid our best academics like the plague!! imagine the sloppiness of the modern leftist against the likes of Hayek or Friedman. At least they battled with socialist that understood socialism and communists that understood communism. You argue with the modern communist and they will say something like 'china works, its communist'!!?!? how can they think that the path of china over the last 25 years has been about controlling not freeing up its peoples??
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@Redeye1524 Or Ron Paul, who always wins wins the debate and who unlike the brilliant Sowell has escaped the Deer in headlights bunk about policing the world.
pablocoon 3 months ago
@pablocoon Since when has Paul won a debate?
WyldeMax 2 months ago
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Thomas Sowell is a great thinker. I really enjoy his books. I will have to read this one as well.
noncommittalcitizen 3 months ago
Whilst I understand the point of this video is against the "any change is good change" thought, I would be weary of relying on the founding fathers for decision making in this day and age. Their approach towards problem solving are quite relevant to today's world, perhaps, but the specific conclusions they reached over two hundred years ago based on the world they lived in are not necessarily so.
justicetrooper 3 months ago
@justicetrooper
Give an example of how their principles or solutions to solving problems would not work today.
girzwald3 3 months ago
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chronikful 3 months ago
Somebody once said, "When it's not necessary to change, it's necessary not to change." Now, it's necessary to change. Sowell obviously lives in the past where Americans went to war thinking that they were preserving their rights. Since most of our rights have now been taken away by our elites & politicians in the name of tyranny & empire, it's time that Sowell descends from his high horse & join the the 90 plus % of us who have been silenced & subjugated to the totalitarian American system.
BrotherWoody1 3 months ago
Government talking about freedom is like the Mafia talking about protection.
furyofbongos 3 months ago 3
Okay, while I'm a great admirer of Dr. Sowell's economic perspective, I'm not usually a fan of his political/societal leanings.
...but this particular argument is on the same level as any of his economic theories; Pure Genius!
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName
It's just simplification of the basic Burkean Conservatism of the kind that he outlines and advocates mostly ably in his classic book a "Conflict of Visions". I Think both Liberals and Libertarians can often do with a good dose of Burkeanism, Liberals most severely ofcourse.
Onieracraft 2 months ago
Couldn't have said it any better.
cableguy841 3 months ago
smart guy, not sure i completely agree with him though.
JImmy4336 3 months ago
@JImmy4336 Then it's simply a failure of understanding on your part. Thomas Sowell is routinely on the mark and has a better understanding of what makes America work than a lot of media gadflies who are allegedly economists. Sowell speaks candidly and powerfully and this tends to upset people brainwashed by their Left-leaning professors to reject anything that attacks Statism and cultural/moral relativism. What, specifically, do you not agree with in this video?
TsugaC 3 months ago 42
@TsugaC I very rarely agree with anyone completely and there is plenty of things he said that I do agree with. But I usually have a problem with the general idea of American exceptionalism. If people think that the country is already exceptional I think it tends to make them think they don't have to work to make it even better. The unfinished pyramid means we are meant to always be improving. It represents the fact that a nation is always unfinished.
JImmy4336 3 months ago
@JImmy4336 obviously. the point of the vid was a focus for changes for the better not change for change sake.
Ravengaurd6 3 months ago
Because there have been enough conservatives to hinder/slow the designs of leftists.
oilhammer04 3 months ago
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EGarrett01 3 months ago
I think anyone who doubts the value of America should be forced to go live in North Korea for 6 months. By the time your done their asses will be begging to come home...and we won't see this bitching about the "1%" or capitalism anymore. I guaran-damn-tee it.
EGarrett01 3 months ago 85
@EGarrett01 "I think anyone who doubts the value of America should be (forced) to go live in North Korea for 6 months"
No.
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName
Yes.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 First, it wouldn't work. Second how would go about it?
I don't actually believe you are seriously suggesting people be forced to go to a communist country because you disagree with their social views?
That would be inconsistent with the advocacy of a free society.
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName
You can't be this dense.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 What are you talking about?
I'm asking if you believe shipping people off to North Korea, because you disagree with their views is a reasonable action?
While I find their anti-capitalist rhetoric & socialistic views as abhorrent as you do, and I certainly oppose their using force (govt) to impose their views on me, I hold their freedom to have these views as important.
That's what it means to live in a free society. If you advocate force, how are you different from them?
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName
Yeah, you are that dense.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
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@EGarrett01 What is the point of these ad hominem attacks? What do you imagine they are accomplishing?
I asked you a simple question; do you really think initiating force against those who disagree with you is acceptable?
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName When the North Korean government strips their people of their rights, then they are the ones who have initiated force. It is perfectly moral to use force to free their people, as no dictator can claim any rights when they have the blood of innocent people on their hands. It is not a moral obligation for the United States to free the North Koreans, but it is not immoral for the US to do so.
christerryatl 3 months ago
@christerryatl But if trying to free North Korea sparks a worse conflict that spreads? Does that make taking the risk immoral?
theredraven 3 months ago
@christerryatl I don't know what you're talking about. The definition you gave (minus the morality bit) applies to all governments, not just the North Korean government.
The discussion was about shipping people from The U.S. off to North Korea by force who don't like capitalism, not about the morality or lack thereof of the North Korean government.
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName They should be given the opportunity to have a social contribution tax that could be placed on the flat tax form. it could say 'I am a leftist. I believe in an the overarching wisdom of an anointed few, who, using the coercive powers of government take money from whom they deem 'rich' and give it to whom they deem 'worthy'. the flat tax that newt gingrich is imposing on america is the wrong rate. I choose to relinquish 80% of my income for the betterment of society.'
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative Nice!
...but you & I both know it's you & I they want to pay 80%, not themselves (especially since they have nothing to pay 80% of).
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName they can by all means pay 80% then shriek with moral indignation at anyone else that doesn't. George Soros should donate his wealth because he is such a believer in the wisdom of the people he supports that surely he doesn't need to spend all that money himself. So should Michael Moore and the Hollywood left. If you spend most of the year on a yacht or a club house and work on a movie for 2 months and you are paid millions, you probably don't feel like you earned the money.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative I was talking about the entitled OWS protesters (not having anything to tax 80% of), not Moore, Soros, Buffet, and the rest of that hypocritical ilk. Clearly these people are blatant liars.
I don't know if it's guilt, or feelings of 'I didn't earn it' though. I think these people are simply petty tyrants. I think they have a vision of the world and will do whatever, lie, cheat, steal, kill, etc, (not themselves of course, the govt) to see it realized.
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago
@UtubeMyAccountName by taking the what is none in socialist circles as the 'long march' into our public institutions, like education, the tax office and the judiciary.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative Yes, I think public education is the most dangerous of all the tools at govts' disposal. Far more so than the Fed, entitlements, the welfare state, the income tax, etc.
It's the Pavlovian conditioning people get in state schools & more & more private schools sadly, as the state dictates more & more of the curriculum, that allows the state to get away with all the rest of it.
Truly thoughtful & knowledgeable people would know better.
UtubeMyAccountName 3 months ago 3
@EGarrett01 Do you think they would last even 6 days ?
HotMustard420 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 I'm firmly on the left and I don't nor does anyone else I know want to live under a brutal dictatorship like North Korea. Why do you guys on the right always see things in either black or white or in this case red or white? All most of us want is private money out of politics. I personally would like to see a strict code of conduct for politicians that bars them from having any 'conflicts of interest' ie stocks, shares, business executive roles, kickbacks etc. Whats wrong with that?
Spentastic 3 months ago
@Spentastic
If that's all you want then you're not on the left.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 Yeah I am I believe in 100% public funded elections and am a member of a trade union. I work in construction in Australia.
Spentastic 3 months ago
@Spentastic
You're a member of a trade union. Unions are massive campaign contributors. If you want private money out of politics than you also would remove your own union's political influence too and will probably cause your union to collapse.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 The money I contribute could go to better things than buying a political party or individual politician. It could go to providing me with the best lawyers money can buy should I need them or the best medical care for example or cheap housing or money to survive on should strike action be deemed necessary. You know things working class people want. If the corporations and the unions both agree to end political donations I would be very happy.
Spentastic 2 months ago
@Spentastic are you a voluntary member? just wondering whether you wanted to enlighten the Americans here about what the situation is like here in Australia. we have some of the slowest highest cost building practices in the world. I dont blame you, get your money, but when you compare Aussie building practices to those in Houston Texas or watch Huf Haus a german company erect and get watertight a mansion in 4 days because they dont want to miss the soccer, there is a massive gap.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative The Germans earn more than workers here without go slow tactics like what is going on at the desal plant. explain the desal plant in a positive way and explain card check and how workers have their mobile phones checked for videos and pictures that might be incriminating. explain the 2 hour sobering up break that workers get paid for if they turn up drunk from the night before, how they have beers before they get into work so they get the perk.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative Guys I Wouldn't use Australia as a model.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative I have no knowledge of card or mobile phone checks. The only cards my employer has checked is my high risk license, construction induction card, working in confined space ticket, working at heights ticket and my drivers license as they are all relevant to my job.
Spentastic 2 months ago
@aussieconservative Yes I am a voluntary member and I agree if true that the sobering up period is bullshit as I have only ever worked on zero tolerance work sites here in Western Australia. If you rock up with alcohol in your system where I've worked and am currently working you get a written warning and sent back to camp for the night, if it happens again you are sacked. The slowest most high cost building site I know of is the non union Perth Arena which is currently 3 times over budget.
Spentastic 2 months ago
@Spentastic limited government reduces the likelyhood of kickbacks. if the people limit the scope of what the public service can do. As for private money not being in politics. Doesnt that infringe on peoples freedom of speech? If Im rich does my support and advocacy of a particular candidate mean that you are coerced into thinking the same way i do. Its a funny strain of american that sees advocacy as brainwashing. EGarrett01 would agree with me, if you want brainwashing check out north korea.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative I'm actually an Aussie like you but unlike you I am a progressive. I think the people that are making the decisions that guide the nation should be doing it via the will of the people who elected them not the will of whoever has paid them the most. If decisions are made that I don't like then so be it as long as it is what those in the majority wants then democracy is working. Private money in politics causes conflicts of interest whether it be from my union or a corporation.
Spentastic 3 months ago
@Spentastic influence doesnt create a conflict of interest because you are a free citizen with voting rights. People seem to live under the assumption that because someone or an organization gives a politician money, so he can purchase an advertisement, so he can say what that person or organization wants him to say, its almost axiomatic that once we see the advertisement that we will have been brainwashed into doing what the ad tells us.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@aussieconservative you over estimate the intelligence of average citizens. Bombard them with enough bullshit and they will believe it. Just look how opinion polls change so swiftly with no real reason. Most people don't really know why they vote for a certain political party if you press them on the real issues or how they affect them. I personally am thinking of voting for Bob Katter's Australian Party at the next election simply because he is anti free trade and I hate free trade.
Spentastic 2 months ago
@Spentastic Advertising doesnt work like that, hell ive seen a number of ads over the years for womens sanitary products but ive never bought any because im a MAN! the power of persuasion and the use of coercion are very different beasts.
aussieconservative 3 months ago
@Spentastic
Private money should be out of politics, and government money should be out of the private sector as well. That is Capitalism. That is freedom.
TimeWarp66 3 months ago
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Spentastic 3 months ago
@TimeWarp66 If unrestrained capitalism is what the majority wants that's what they should have. If it goes well the people will keep it that way, if not then it will be altered accordingly. If those alterations don't work then it gets changed again. But by the will of the people not the will of those who payed to get things changed in their favour.
Spentastic 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 Amen
rickbruner 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 No one's arguing that. But that type of thinking makes people complacent. People need to ALWAYS be critical of government, whether things are good or bad. That is the beauty of this country, we CAN criticize the government. Of course it could be worse, it could always be worse. But it can always be better, too. Instead of thanking our lucky stars we're not North Korean, we should be wary of our own government, so that we never find ourselves in the same (or similar) boat they are in.
UngratefulLiving420 2 months ago
@EGarrett01 Marry me.
AnimationRevolution 1 month ago
@EGarrett01 I get your point but when Patriotic Americans talk of America; they are always comparing it to North Korea or Africa and etc.. America and Western Europe are the exception not just the states. I am sure a great many Americans would love to spend 6 months in the UK or Belgium and a good number of them may very well not want to go back hehe! So, remember, it's the west that's the entity to be grateful too here.
EarlRegent 1 month ago
@EGarrett01 I think anyone who doubts it just needs to stick around for a while...
seeqr9 1 month ago
Love him. "A Conflict of Visions" is possibly the best book I've ever read, and even his books on economics are totally engaging. The man is a genius for taking complicated ideas and making them seem like they should have been self-evident all along.
DevakiPolaris 3 months ago
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@DevakiPolaris "...taking complicated ideas and making them seem like they should have been self-evident all along."
Exactly! Thomas Sowell is a great teacher.
cecalder 3 months ago
Absolutely Right On! Amen
AtheistSpanker 3 months ago
@ 3:25 - 3:45
No truer words have ever been spoken.
karozans 3 months ago
America's despotism is hidden behind the stupidvision. But it is there none the less. philipnute com
zsezse215 3 months ago
@zsezse215 Yeah, American's have it rough.
mixmastermeeks 3 months ago
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is thomas sowell really a university professor? What I'd expect from a university professor is that "it's all because of whitey and capitalism that people are poor."
intercourseman69 3 months ago 28
@intercourseman69 You should check the video called "by the numbers" by Thomas Sowell
mixmastermeeks 3 months ago
@intercourseman69 whitey? EVERYONE is responsible for their own faith! Only racist blacks blame everyone else for their problems because it is easier and I know how lazy blacks can be. You ever see one cross the road at 1/2 mph at top speed... See I can be racist too!
uhateusaFU 3 months ago
@uhateusaFU
Please shut up you fucking moron. I'm so sick of people like you. You're a dumb worthless fuck and you don't even understand how or why this country functions. You're just garbage.
EGarrett01 3 months ago
@EGarrett01 Little man with little words = public schooled! <<<<<That is you...
uhateusaFU 3 months ago
@intercourseman69 LOL! You really don't know Thomas Sowell. I would recommend reading some of his books.
thurstjo1963 3 months ago
@thurstjo1963
LOL! you really don't understand satire(sarcasm is tough on the internet, but it seems that most people can get it). i was pointing out what a breed apart thomas sowell is.
intercourseman69 3 months ago
@intercourseman69, Thomas Sowell is the EXCEPTION when it comes to university professors. When he started out, he was a socialist. However, when he went to work for the Department of Education, he was so disgusted in the way things worked, he started changing his world view, and American views. With the help of Milton Friedman, he became an economic genius. Thomas Sowell would get my vote for President if he so chose to ran. The man is an open book of common sense and class.
fistsofchucknorris 3 months ago
@fistsofchucknorris
not only that, but he also got accepted into harvard without affirmative action. It's hard not respect someone like Sowell or his views.
intercourseman69 3 months ago
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@intercourseman69 Amen to that, brother! He doesn't go around whining about being black or a minority...he worked hard took advantage of being an American first.
fistsofchucknorris 3 months ago
Great video!
seangarrett92 3 months ago