Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World - Full Video

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  • @NONAMESLEFTNONE
    @NONAMESLEFTNONE 3 роки тому +3319

    I lost a debate with Mr. Sowell a little more than a decade ago. He so thoroughly beat me that it made me stop and rethink everything that I thought I knew. He changed my life and I'm forever grateful.

    • @sabbathwasset-upatcreation9749
      @sabbathwasset-upatcreation9749 3 роки тому +3

      NONAMESLEFTNONE... fyi... it's the Papacy that promotes Climate Change... they are the Deep State. They are the power that is "subverting" society behind the scenes. They are like an Aspen Grove with many trees but one root system. The Illuminati, the U.N., the EU, the WEF, the CFR, CIA, NSA, the IMF, the Federal Reserve, the "banksters," the Club of Rome, the Council of 300, the Bilderbergers, the Trilateral Commission, Hollywood, and the Mainstream Media are just some of the trees that make up that grove.
      They are using the Hegelian Dialectic to achieve their goals (problem, reaction, solution). And as Catechism 2188 shows, part of their solution for society's problems is a Sunday law. That's also why they promote Climate Change. It's about getting non-religious people on board with a Sunday law for the sake of lowering carbon emissions and saving the planet: adventmessenger.org/over-650-catholic-organization-world-wide-are-working-to-implement-the-popes-green-sunday-law/
      If you go to www.anym.org/pdf/National_Sunday_Law.pdf you can read a free pdf Bible study that talks about the coming conflict between God's seventh-day Sabbath vs. the Pope's man-made Sunday sacredness. It identifies the two beasts of Revelation 13, the anti-Christ, and what the Mark of the Beast is all about and how to avoid getting it.
      Btw... if you are not convinced about the Jesuits and the Vatican... did you know both of Trump's nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court went to the same elite Jesuit high school in Bethesda, MD? www.nytimes.com/2018/07/10/us/kavanaugh-gorsuch-georgetown-prep.html
      Think about the power it takes to pull something like that off. And Trump's latest appointment to the Supreme Court (Amy Barrett) is also Catholic. The Papacy is looking to implement their social teaching called "the common good." It's ideology is Collectivist in nature and is opposed to the American concept of Individualism.
      If you're still not buying the Papacy is the Deep State... go into Google images and type "Vatican City snake head audience hall." As you look at that picture... think about where the Pope is sitting when he talks to the audience.
      If you're looking for more Red Pill knowledge about the global elite, Dr. Walter Veith is a great resource. He was into the occult world before becoming a Christian and has some very well documented PowerPoint presentations that are loaded with pictures and are real eye openers.
      Are the Teachings of the Catholic Church Biblical or Pagan? | The Wine of Babylon:
      ua-cam.com/video/l-VrL3ZBb48/v-deo.html
      Who Really Runs the World? | The Secret Behind Secret Societies:
      ua-cam.com/video/eDrscByKEUQ/v-deo.html
      Who Are the REAL Forces Behind NWO? Centuries of Organized Deception | Revolutions, Tyrants & Wars:
      ua-cam.com/video/TrZ617fTHzc/v-deo.html

    • @jondoe399
      @jondoe399 3 роки тому +74

      Do you have a link to the debate, I would love to watch it.

    • @jondoe399
      @jondoe399 3 роки тому +1

      @@sabbathwasset-upatcreation9749 great post, it will keep my busy for days, thank you.

    • @jaed2630
      @jaed2630 3 роки тому +29

      @@sabbathwasset-upatcreation9749 I don't prescribe to the idea that climate change is a hoax. Or a deep state idea to counter any religious ideals. But, like with covid, if something is brought up in the political arena, ppl generally distrust anything that is brought up on said topic. I believe Sowell s economic and social positions and theories are spot on. I don't agree with his views about climate change and what is causing it

    • @johndough8115
      @johndough8115 3 роки тому +3

      @@jaed2630 Climate changes naturally, based on the Solar activity cycles, solar magnetic waves, and Orbital positions of heavenly bodies. There is nothing man kind can do to change it. It has wiped out countless civilizations before us... and will continue to do so, until the very end of the Sun, itself.
      "Winter is coming" (A Mini Iceage is on the way, very soon)

  • @patricklindsay72
    @patricklindsay72 3 роки тому +2079

    In the school where I teach, where we're talking about Black History Month, I'm going to show the first six minutes of this video to my students as an introduction to Sowell, a man they'll never hear about otherwise.

    • @stoicone149
      @stoicone149 3 роки тому +100

      Why not in full. Students need to know. Need to understand. Just as much as the teachings of Dr. M.L.K

    • @MasterEggroll
      @MasterEggroll 3 роки тому +99

      We need more teachers like you. Hopefully you don’t get in trouble knowing schools these days haha

    • @patricklindsay72
      @patricklindsay72 3 роки тому +161

      @@stoicone149 I'd love to but I'm a science teacher so I can't fully justify it. I justified showing six minutes by emphasizing how Sowell espoused facts and evidence, which is totally the scientific method!

    • @gingerleegirl6697
      @gingerleegirl6697 3 роки тому +41

      It’s sad that teachers don’t have a more active roll in the teaching of what a student should learn.

    • @jasonspringer2983
      @jasonspringer2983 3 роки тому +32

      @@MasterEggroll very sad how realistic that statement is.

  • @youngrippa59
    @youngrippa59 3 роки тому +9326

    Blessed to have been a part of this, but even more blessed to have stumbled across the works of the great Thomas Sowell at a young age. I am not dramatizing it when I say that it changed my life.

    • @BarbaraJoanneBJ
      @BarbaraJoanneBJ 3 роки тому +261

      Changed my life too. May he live forever.

    • @mavssami41
      @mavssami41 3 роки тому +222

      Me too! Sad that he isn't as well known. I do my best to spread his work all the time

    • @TheBlackKowboy
      @TheBlackKowboy 3 роки тому +118

      Great job Eric, everyone involved did great. This will be one of the classics on Thomas Sowell. Really proud of you that you were a big part of it. I follow you on the blue bird, @everyhuematters. I've been sharing this with everyone I know since you posted. As was said below, we all have to do our part to spread his work and others who follow him. Thanks.

    • @pneron2032
      @pneron2032 3 роки тому +30

      Mine too.

    • @Doing_Time
      @Doing_Time 3 роки тому +74

      Your own channel represents well carrying forward...just try to keep it clean so my kids can listen too.

  • @happinessisafulltank
    @happinessisafulltank Рік тому +877

    I’m gonna teach Thomas Sowell to my kids as part of our homeschool curriculum

    • @heatherjohnson1569
      @heatherjohnson1569 Рік тому +14

      Same!

    • @jackjeffery1536
      @jackjeffery1536 Рік тому +12

      Me too.

    • @joannthomases9304
      @joannthomases9304 Рік тому +17

      When i tried to continue homeschooling, i was ordered i had to pay 100.00 for a standard test. My daughter was not yet in 3rd but was told to go, til the next test as i had no funds to pay at that time. She was reading the American Medical Journal, at that time and was tested in the top 2% of the region, as her mom and she had fun learning. Yet they gave her a 2nd mmr shot , because they could not find her shot records from another state .she threw up for 14 days through that test thereafter.....I have had to go through nightmare after nightmare of this awful system of permission....or "cannot hear" bullying. It ruined my daughter and my entrepreneur venture and sabatoged a child to do half their work after school and weekends for various reasons, along with she would not communicate /speak to me, as before, thereafter.

    • @j.manuelp.vicens3888
      @j.manuelp.vicens3888 Рік тому +4

      I wish I could do so where I live. Absolute envy.

    • @heatherjohnson1569
      @heatherjohnson1569 Рік тому +2

      @@j.manuelp.vicens3888 what nation do you live in?

  • @Shin_Lona
    @Shin_Lona 3 роки тому +3839

    "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
    - Thomas Sowell

    • @matthewasher9819
      @matthewasher9819 3 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/Mh9I56J3f4Q/v-deo.html

    • @militadesinc.2414
      @militadesinc.2414 3 роки тому +42

      That quote explains one of the foundations of white supremacy.

    • @philippaclarke3735
      @philippaclarke3735 3 роки тому +5

      Amen!

    • @lobotomizedamericans
      @lobotomizedamericans 3 роки тому +42

      In other words, corporations (aka private tyrannies), Wall Street, big banks, and most capitalists in general.

    • @docequis9796
      @docequis9796 3 роки тому +116

      Try these truths... Regardless of skin color all Republicans supported and then reduced black unemployment, poverty, welfare dependency and unjust incarnation to lowest levels in modern history. Tell us that ALL white people are the racists?... don't get me wrong systemic racism clearly exist... to deny it is disingenuous and discredits the truth..... which is why we (reasonable people from the left and right) are in a battle that is not understood from either side..... quotas and affirmative action, welfare dependency promotion, abortion promotion, blocking of school choice/vouchers/charter schools in certain minority dominated areas with poor literacy, police union collusion with district attorneys and mayors to under or overcharge officers, poor policing and prosecuting in minority communities allowing gangs and criminal elements to ruin neighborhoods, single mother promotion policies.... ALL DEMOCRATIC PARTY policies and initiatives... not ALL white or Orange people... meanwhile Democrats selected Biden who supported the 1994 crime bill, gave a eulogy and praise for KKK top recruiter and supports the above racist policies. That's not even to mention the history of the Republican party before modern times where we white Republicans supported civil rights for our entire political history.

  • @danielidfresne328
    @danielidfresne328 3 роки тому +4350

    I’m a black teen in New York City and I’ve spent elementary and middle school in a charter school...
    The knowledge I learned from that charter school helped me land a spot in one of the specialized high schools - Brooklyn Tech.
    Now I’m a junior and using those critical thinking skills I learned from charter school, I’ve been able to first deflect indoctrination with reasoning and now by studying Sowell and others I can refute the indoctrination with facts.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +197

      That is great, Daniel! If you enjoyed this film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

    • @davidgardner4779
      @davidgardner4779 3 роки тому +100

      Epic!!! You got this!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @kham6006
      @kham6006 3 роки тому +174

      You are our future Daniel , keep going

    • @aksks762
      @aksks762 3 роки тому +107

      Praise God! you keep going guy! keep diggin' and clawin' your way to truth! Praise God we need AMERICANS like YOU!

    • @PathfinderHistoryTravel
      @PathfinderHistoryTravel 3 роки тому +101

      I’m rooting for you!

  • @liberty-matrix
    @liberty-matrix 3 роки тому +564

    "The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is. He confuses it with feeling." ~Thomas Sowell

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +15

      Wise words from a very wise man!

    • @lissburton3427
      @lissburton3427 3 роки тому +6

      @Firsthgyhgyhuy Lastujhujhuj And the right

    • @michelleduncan9965
      @michelleduncan9965 3 роки тому +4

      FANTASTIC MIND!!

    • @doublepinkdelight5975
      @doublepinkdelight5975 9 місяців тому +10

      "It is not merely that Johnny can’t read, or even that Johnny can’t think. Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is, because thinking is so often confused with feeling in many public schools."

    • @JohnUSMC0311
      @JohnUSMC0311 3 місяці тому +3

      That is outstanding! The man is brilliant!

  • @samuelmatz
    @samuelmatz Рік тому +247

    Thomas Sowell: An American national treasure . Will be 93 this July. A real fighter for what is righteous. God Bless him.

  • @missmery07
    @missmery07 3 роки тому +790

    As a young woman living in a third world
    Country in Africa, I’m deeply grateful from the bottom of my heart to be able to have access to such treasure of knowledge for FREE.

    • @PolishBehemoth
      @PolishBehemoth 3 роки тому +25

      God bless you and god bless africa. I was in Mali amd Senegal in 2018.

    • @kentuckywoman9863
      @kentuckywoman9863 3 роки тому +9

      We all are Maryclode.

    • @seeker5968
      @seeker5968 3 роки тому +2

      Coincidence no greetings

    • @rik9833
      @rik9833 3 роки тому +12

      The internet should be free for all.

    • @Angel268201
      @Angel268201 3 роки тому +13

      GOD always works in the most mysterious ways. ♥️

  • @FatherAndTeacherTV
    @FatherAndTeacherTV 3 роки тому +1338

    I was so glad to see this name trending on Twitter a few years back when Sowell decided to "retire" from writing full-time. This year, I think, he is 90 years old. My children will get a steady diet of his works as they become teenagers. I hope that they will be blessed by his work as it has been a blessing to me.

    • @aris_legacy5471
      @aris_legacy5471 3 роки тому +60

      Likewise, I am starting my son on Basic Economics. Glad that we are passing this knowledge onto our children.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +34

      Glad you enjoyed the film! Check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area.

    • @026martin
      @026martin 3 роки тому +31

      I decided to finish a college degree that I had begun 20 years before, and I chose Economics in large part to the influence of Thomas Sowell. I believe the greatest lesson I have learned from him was to evaluate the evidence as it is presented. I often find when I have found areas where I have disagreed with Thomas Sowell's ideas it was because I wanted to not accept what he said, not because I had objectively listened to the arguments and decided.
      Regardless if your children embrace his ideas as you have, I bet they will still benefit from the positive outcomes you received from his work as they will probably have a positive effect on you and that will roll down hill. Maybe when they get to the age of rebellion, you can forbid all the intellectuals that you actually agree with so their rebellion will naturally lead them right into their arms, ha ha......

    • @davidmorgan9245
      @davidmorgan9245 3 роки тому +20

      @@aris_legacy5471 me too. I'm teaching my 7 and 9 y/o material right out of #BasicEconomics!

    • @GTRalso
      @GTRalso 3 роки тому +7

      Go Papa!!!!

  • @AmosLaRue
    @AmosLaRue 3 роки тому +1064

    I feel like America needs Thomas Sowell more than ever, right now.

    • @karenp144
      @karenp144 3 роки тому +7

    • @TheChunkyluver53
      @TheChunkyluver53 3 роки тому +18

      But the left will have none of it

    • @heleavesthe99
      @heleavesthe99 3 роки тому +24

      @Myth Tree There are many black men like him. Who hold the same values. They just don't have a big a platform as him, and so you never hear about them.

    • @eddiedelisio
      @eddiedelisio 3 роки тому +2

      No doubt at all

    • @heleavesthe99
      @heleavesthe99 3 роки тому +9

      @@petergon3613 So true. Many will deny this fact, but there is nothing anyone can do to change it.

  • @MMTLP-JON
    @MMTLP-JON 2 роки тому +1325

    "Racism isn't dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers, and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as 'racist'" ~Thomas Sowell

    • @eileencastillo6323
      @eileencastillo6323 Рік тому

      Particular white people are SO obssessed with the word racist and with being labled a racist.
      Your ARROGANT ENTITLED PRIVILEGE prevents you from accepting the fact that it is YOUR actions and YOUR words that lead you to being labeled a racist.
      Your actions.
      Your words.
      Ohhh no, you're arrogant entitled privilege insists that the targets of racism are the blame for YOUR racism.
      Like spoiled cry babies.
      If you don't want to be labeled a racist then quit acting like one.
      Sowell subscribes to right wing conservative idiology and provides white people all the excuses they need to take no responsibility for their own actions and also dismiss the culpability of their slave-owning ancestors.
      Making him a national treasure for white people in denial.

    • @richardengdahl3506
      @richardengdahl3506 Рік тому

      Democrats do it because of "divide and conquer" , they espouse victimhood which turns into hate and revenge. It might be too late to change anything.

    • @texasd1385
      @texasd1385 Рік тому

      It's kept alive by the tens of millions of Americans who vote for proudly white supremacist candidates like DJT

    • @BillyDee45
      @BillyDee45 Рік тому +8

      ...talk about an idealist ...it's alive and well...without the help of ANYONE -(someone that doesn't look for it everywhere)

    • @korditsch7792
      @korditsch7792 Рік тому +14

      @@BillyDee45 ??

  • @jaimegarcia5157
    @jaimegarcia5157 3 роки тому +2113

    So many languages in the world and this man decided to speak facts

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +84

      True! If you enjoy the film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

    • @dosran5786
      @dosran5786 3 роки тому +87

      @bass reemer typical ignorance from a race baiter. he would make more money pushing leftist views at the height of their popularity wouldnt he so how does him being a conservative help him make money? even your own argument doesnt make sense...... just sad.

    • @mrawesome2742
      @mrawesome2742 3 роки тому +51

      It’s sad that this man is not a hero to more people. A true genius.

    • @studentofthegame4708
      @studentofthegame4708 3 роки тому +12

      Beautifully said !

    • @Redditor6079
      @Redditor6079 3 роки тому +8

      @@dosran5786 this x1000

  • @deanhaycox
    @deanhaycox 3 роки тому +754

    This man is a legend, he should be taught in every school.

    • @roryphares6192
      @roryphares6192 3 роки тому +12

      Word! I was just thinking that, that would turn things around in this country real quick.

    • @roryphares6192
      @roryphares6192 3 роки тому +23

      @Thomas DeLucco exactly dude, simple basic logic destroys marxism at every turn and there's nothing more dangerous to the political class than a population that can think for themselves

    • @outlaw0987654321
      @outlaw0987654321 3 роки тому +14

      Indeed it should, but it will never happen. It goes counter to the brainwashing that goes on in schools these days

    • @singlechickprepping5013
      @singlechickprepping5013 3 роки тому +3

      You would rhink...they are increasing teaching of history of other races but considering his opinions, he will not be included

    • @Lonestar_Raider
      @Lonestar_Raider 3 роки тому +9

      I agree, but the liberal left would never allow that...

  • @cryptoholic5120
    @cryptoholic5120 3 роки тому +396

    “It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think”. Incredible

    • @ragemanrasta
      @ragemanrasta 3 роки тому

      obvioulsy you didn't stop and think before you voted

    • @misternurse2u503
      @misternurse2u503 3 роки тому +16

      @@ragemanrasta so do you know this guy? How would you know how he voted? Never reply with a dumb comment to a comment that makes intellectual sense. You sound dumb

    • @sarahbourne4312
      @sarahbourne4312 3 роки тому +6

      Decision making,problem solving and critical thinkers.

    • @ragemanrasta
      @ragemanrasta 3 роки тому

      @@misternurse2u503 you as in plural, need more time USA?

    • @patriciajames6601
      @patriciajames6601 3 роки тому +5

      @@ragemanrasta Leaders are selected not elected. Wake up

  • @Terminal-Vet
    @Terminal-Vet Рік тому +234

    Im an economics major and a former U.S. Marine. Thomas Sowell is one of the greatest inspirations in my life.

    • @alanaadams7440
      @alanaadams7440 10 місяців тому +3

      Thank you for your service

    • @ITFDAVE
      @ITFDAVE 6 місяців тому

      God bless the Marine corps! Semper Fidelis 🇺🇲
      Because of you I just learned Sowell was drafted into the armed services in 1951 during the Korean War and was assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps. He served as a photographer. I'd love to know the story how he pulled that off lol. Good luck to you

    • @U_Phill
      @U_Phill 5 місяців тому

      I admire your pursuits sir. Grateful for both you and Thomas Sowell.

  • @germanikolaas
    @germanikolaas 3 роки тому +354

    When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
    -Thomas Sowell

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +16

      Wise words from a very wise man!

    • @horserose17
      @horserose17 3 роки тому +5

      like main stream and talk radio?

    • @genehendrix7590
      @genehendrix7590 3 роки тому +4

      Listen to a man who cares not for what color a person is but the amounts of Integrity and Honesty that person displays. A wise man who is fearless and refuses to be intimidated nor compromised in his deeply researched opinions. Many of todays politicians would greatly benefit from the integration of his standards if they would only integrate them into their own lives. Much respect and admiration to a great American...

    • @TheSilentprayer
      @TheSilentprayer 3 роки тому +5

      Thomas Sowell changed alot of ways I reason with life. For several years his commentaries have been useful guide in my decision making. As the saying goes: facts don't care about our feelings.

    • @RM-xf9gi
      @RM-xf9gi 3 роки тому +2

      So Thomas is saying*I got mine, why can't you get what I have?*

  • @AnthonyEvelyn
    @AnthonyEvelyn 3 роки тому +366

    Rest in peace to Walter Williams. Thomas Sowell should get a Medal of Freedom award.

    • @gutsfinky
      @gutsfinky 3 роки тому +26

      Agreed, but unfortunately it will go to some guy who throws a ball or does something equally pointless.

    • @aprilgates4937
      @aprilgates4937 3 роки тому +2

      Agreed!!!

    • @ChrisJones-wg7qc
      @ChrisJones-wg7qc 3 роки тому +1

      Damn right

    • @goldenrule7687
      @goldenrule7687 3 роки тому +2

      I agree.

    • @darrenhergert8801
      @darrenhergert8801 3 роки тому +1

      When did Walter Williams pass away? I dont know how I missed that.

  • @OfTheiAm
    @OfTheiAm 3 роки тому +379

    This makes it seem like he died...
    But this man will be celebrating his 91st birthday Godwilling
    June of this year 2021!

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +28

      That's right! 91 years young!

    • @jericlocke1
      @jericlocke1 3 роки тому +9

      He needs a huge megaphone until he leaves this temp housing. The world would be a better place if all people , no need for Marxist identity labels would heed half of what he said.

    • @apollothemoonman632
      @apollothemoonman632 3 роки тому +2

      Hell yea hes a junebug like me 🙏🏼

    • @kiwidadygirl
      @kiwidadygirl 3 роки тому +5

      A movie on his life would be phenomenal. Won't happen... Unless Dinesh D'Souza s company does it.

    • @EGbean2
      @EGbean2 3 роки тому +2

      Sending him this video! He should know his work and legacy is actively appreciated

  • @khalidalali186
    @khalidalali186 Рік тому +267

    I’m a Muslim Arab, born and raised in the very bosom of Arabia, and continue to live and work here, as has my ancestors for more than 2000 years, and this gentleman, has been a great influence on my life, since the summer of 2016, when I first stumbled upon him, by sheer coincidence, as a 28 year old bibliophile, scouring the Internet for books to order.
    I wish him health, happiness, and a long life beyond his already fruitful life as a nonagenarian.
    Thank you Mr. Sowell, and we sure love you and your work Thomas!
    🫡👏

    • @patriciatoth7715
      @patriciatoth7715 Рік тому +10

      He's 93 and just published another book!!

    • @b2bath
      @b2bath Рік тому

      You'd have been better off reading Chomsky.

    • @jefferymadison1287
      @jefferymadison1287 Рік тому +8

      @@b2bathA linguistic? We're here for logic, not language bud.

    • @TheBalterok
      @TheBalterok Рік тому +7

      @@b2bathtake a bath and stay there

    • @TheBalterok
      @TheBalterok Рік тому +2

      Have you read his teacher - Milton Friedman? That bosom of Arabia, is it some place where make tons of money? If this is the case - could You kindly translate these two authors into an excellent Arabic as the texts deserve? Put it on UA-cam in various lengths to attract different audiences? That would be such a boost to humanity! Eventually it could turn the whole of Arabian desert into a natural green forest, no less!

  • @jonathandewberry289
    @jonathandewberry289 3 роки тому +533

    Sowell is a living American Legend and really, he's a world treasure.

    • @sassyfrass4295
      @sassyfrass4295 3 роки тому +4

      So True and an understatement.

    • @eb3Variety
      @eb3Variety 3 роки тому +5

      I feel fortunate, no Blessed, to have discovered Thomas Sowell. First thru the “Uncommon Knowledge” interviews on UA-cam, his other videos and writings. What an American story and world treasure. God Bless you Sir.

    • @daveb3910
      @daveb3910 3 роки тому +4

      Freaking love that dude! He's like the wise neighborhood Grandpa that everyone goes to for answers. I hope he keeps putting out more knowledge. We need more wise people, let's help him create them!

    • @charlestontouch
      @charlestontouch 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly...i think he " taught us how to think...critical. thinking...his logic unassailabe because he did the work....and " the soft bigotry of low expecations" HAS. to be the best quote ever...on Crossfire and other tv shows where he would demolish whtever left-leaning , opposing opinion punching bag they put in front of the camera...i felt bad for them....it was as if they were unaware of critical thinlng problms with their argumnt....several just gave up....the EXACT same look Mike Tyson created in his prime...still on youtube assuming they havnt been displaced accidentally...

    • @andrewcole6367
      @andrewcole6367 3 роки тому +2

      @@eb3Variety Likewise, and Peter Robinson is so good at gently getting the most out of his interviewees. Thomas Sowell really is a gem.

  • @friday13thfan97
    @friday13thfan97 3 роки тому +600

    Thomas Sowell is nothing short of a national treasure. We won't see another in our lifetime.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +18

      Couldn't have said it better ourselves!

    • @nativeyo
      @nativeyo 3 роки тому +2

      Why? Because he agrees with your views?

    • @friday13thfan97
      @friday13thfan97 3 роки тому +40

      @@nativeyo This may come as a shock to you but maybe he is an intellectual who can explain his points in simple language. I highly recommend his book Common Sense and you will see what I mean.

    • @nativeyo
      @nativeyo 3 роки тому +1

      @@friday13thfan97 he's an intellectual that trashes other intellectuals for having a different opinion than him. How is that a national treasure?

    • @stephenosullivan9016
      @stephenosullivan9016 3 роки тому +17

      I agree 100%! I do not look forward to the day of his passing for two reasons. One..the loss of his brilliance, and two...the sad fact that his loss will be ignored by the elites that run this country.

  • @mares3841
    @mares3841 2 роки тому +233

    Thomas deserves Presidential Medal of Freedom, Nobel Prize, and on and on.

    • @seansullivan1431
      @seansullivan1431 11 місяців тому

      56:57

    • @darrenbaillie98
      @darrenbaillie98 10 місяців тому +5

      Your spot on let's start a petition for Biden to award Thomas Sowell the medal of freedom!

    • @LaudauteDominum-er2mr
      @LaudauteDominum-er2mr 9 місяців тому +2

      @@darrenbaillie98let’s go brandon

    • @katrinaisalwayscorrect
      @katrinaisalwayscorrect 8 місяців тому

      ​@darrenbaillie98 lmao yah I'm sure the biden regime wants to celebrate those who think for themselves

    • @ITFDAVE
      @ITFDAVE 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@katrinaisalwayscorrectunfortunately if people don't think like you do today you are belittled, attacked verbally and sometimes physically. Think like me or else! When did that happen and how did they pull it off so effortlessly. People identifying as intellectuals but won't allow anyone to disagree with them... wake me up when it's over lol

  • @gregkramer8016
    @gregkramer8016 Рік тому +272

    Thomas Sowell is 93 and would run circles around our current president

    • @ManPursueExcellence
      @ManPursueExcellence 5 місяців тому +17

      He already ran circles around Biden, over 30 years ago 😂

    • @marksheehan8026
      @marksheehan8026 5 місяців тому

      A dead dog would run rings around your current so called president and his last 45 years .

    • @debramg
      @debramg 4 місяці тому +11

      That's Not saying much. Sowell IS a great intellectual!

    • @RuVegan4life
      @RuVegan4life 4 місяці тому +3

      I hope the next President seeks his wisdom.

    • @acetufu9449
      @acetufu9449 3 місяці тому +1

      No comparison

  • @justinp6804
    @justinp6804 3 роки тому +403

    “Governments never learn. Only people learn.”
    ― Milton Friedman
    Thank you to all those made this possible.

    • @matthewasher9819
      @matthewasher9819 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/Mh9I56J3f4Q/v-deo.html

    • @ragemanrasta
      @ragemanrasta 3 роки тому

      so why haven't you?

    • @MrTitaniumDioxide
      @MrTitaniumDioxide 3 роки тому +4

      "Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."
      --- John Maynard Keynes

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +9

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the film.

    • @seymourbutts9085
      @seymourbutts9085 3 роки тому

      The voters decide at least every two years what our government should be so why is the two party system broken ?

  • @ajsilver8320
    @ajsilver8320 3 роки тому +718

    Dr Sowell deserves the Medal of Freedom. He is a national treasure.

    • @Relayer56
      @Relayer56 3 роки тому +34

      Absolutely. Trump should have done this. Of course, Biden would be now signing an executive order to rescind it.

    • @LS-td3no
      @LS-td3no 3 роки тому +18

      @@Relayer56 I came across a title some are giving to Biden. "Investiture of the Puppet."
      Maybe right now I'll just call him the, "Rescinder in Chief."

    • @bazaraev
      @bazaraev 3 роки тому

      @@Relayer56 0000

    • @jesussaves21
      @jesussaves21 3 роки тому +16

      Jesus died and rose again to save the world from hell, but you have to accept him as your savior first. These Bible verses explain how you can accept Jesus as your savior and have eternal life (John 3:16, Romans 3:23, 3:10, 5:12, 6:23, 5:8-9, 10:9-10, 10:13, 10:17, 8:28, Ephesians 2:8-9, Hebrews 11:1-3, James 1:17, 2 Peter 3:9-10, 1 Corinthians 15:51-55, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Revelation 21:4-6) 🙂

    • @pleaseNthanx
      @pleaseNthanx 3 роки тому +4

      Hear hear

  • @johnedwards785
    @johnedwards785 3 роки тому +233

    "When there are no consequences when rules and laws are broken, then we no longer have rules and laws; but only suggestions." ~ Thomas Sowell

    • @ragemanrasta
      @ragemanrasta 3 роки тому +1

      The US vs the World mentality ... never took any consequences for your crimes

    • @jeffreyhancock8831
      @jeffreyhancock8831 3 роки тому +1

      And in this day and age, even these "suggestions" are being considered outdated and racist....a sad state indeed.... Being born in the early 60's, this is not what I was taught growing up. When you feel an injustice has been propagated, you address it, and TOGETHER you solve it. Period. Both sides are entitled to be heard, regardless of what the narrative is following. Period. One of the first things I was taught when beginning my journey into the realms of higher education was that "Critical, Open Minded Thinking" will be the key to unlocking the answers I will be seeking to fulfill my requirements. How right they were, and continue to be....but not only when it refers to education, but to so many differing aspects of my ever changing life and the world around me. He may not have all the answers, (Mr. Sowell), but what he does share with us makes enough sense to make us stop and think. Well, some of us anyhow....now, question is, "How do we let others know what they are missing by not hearing and/or reading his words?"

    • @godfreydaniel6278
      @godfreydaniel6278 3 роки тому

      So Sowell thinks the FAKE president should be in jail right now?

    • @godfreydaniel6278
      @godfreydaniel6278 3 роки тому

      @@rabbit-ku1bn - The crazies are free-range lunatics...

    • @charlesthompson7042
      @charlesthompson7042 3 роки тому

      Very good point. This statement needs alot more attention, and needs to be heard by everyone.
      Women, men and children alike need to hear this.
      As humans we need to grow mentally and physically, but always remember to question something when it doesn't seem right.
      This is how we are able to understand something or fix it if it is broken.

  • @PLATINUMCASTLE813
    @PLATINUMCASTLE813 Рік тому +87

    Dear Mr. Thomas Sowell, you are God's gift to our Nation. May God continues to bless you with excellent health and longevity.

    • @ritaree123
      @ritaree123 6 місяців тому +2

      Amen 🙏🏾 Amen 🙏🏾 Amen 🙏🏾

  • @thewolf5459
    @thewolf5459 3 роки тому +368

    I discovered Thomas Sowell at the age of 29 while obtaining my PhD. The great tragedy is that his work has been suppressed (dare I say intentionally) for decades. It is life changing to accept that you and you alone are responsible and capable of accomplishing things, and to throw away the victim mentality.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому +1

      Has he discovered the source of the businessmans profits?

    • @spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069
      @spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 Рік тому +7

      ​@@kimobrien. he was a Marxist throughout his 20s actually. He has published academic papers on Marxian theory in big time journals.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому +2

      @@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 He never published anything in a Socialist or Communist journal of any kind I've ever seen. He's not in Marxist Internet Archive either. I've never heard of him claim to be part of any kind of workers or black organization either. Anyone can read an encyclopedia or something Marx wrote until you actually participate in the class struggle in some way I don't see how you can claim to be a "Marxist" because anyone can be unhappy about having to do without that doesn't automatically make you a "Marxist".

    • @Amberh1776
      @Amberh1776 Рік тому +2

      Amen!

    • @mcee5651
      @mcee5651 Рік тому

      ​@@kimobrien. He was a commie in theroy...like millions.

  • @robertmills3830
    @robertmills3830 3 роки тому +1469

    Very empowering moment when I read his book and understood that I wasnt a victim of white man's oppression but a fake culture which prioritize dumb stuff.
    There are superior cultures, it has nothing at all to do with race, if the cultures were switched between black people and white people then the result would be a successful black community and devastated white community.
    I am also a big fan of Thomas sowells and milton friedmans arguments for capitalism and free markets. We have limited resources and it's upto us how we make the most of it, income inequality is actually a normal thing if your life is continuously getting better every decade, it's fascinating how dumb I was before I read all this stuff

    • @charlesanderson7214
      @charlesanderson7214 3 роки тому +8

      Which book was it?

    • @vojtasks
      @vojtasks 3 роки тому +78

      This is heartwarming for me to read in the age of mindless wokeness. My respect to you dear sir! And good luck at anything you do and I wish you achieve everything!

    • @allcatsgotoheaven677
      @allcatsgotoheaven677 3 роки тому +97

      You weren’t dumb before, you were just miseducated- and it’s NOT your fault. The average person doesn’t typically sit around and think about these things. But that doesn’t make you (or anyone else) dumb. Best of luck and blessed be. 💖

    • @rathernotsay8185
      @rathernotsay8185 3 роки тому +22

      @@charlesanderson7214 almost certainly discrimination and disparity. A great read

    • @theman3923
      @theman3923 3 роки тому +15

      There are no superior or inferior cultures outside of the certain context.

  • @simonlloyd7557
    @simonlloyd7557 3 роки тому +487

    Sowell is a great man. A pity he doesn't get the recognition he deserves within the general public.

    • @user-gh5zx2rj1g
      @user-gh5zx2rj1g 2 роки тому +17

      That would involve reflection on the self, society at large and the relationship between the two . And that would be difficult and involve accepting some harsh truths

    • @tubecrazy3000
      @tubecrazy3000 2 роки тому +4

      @@user-gh5zx2rj1g well said

    • @crazymimi6061
      @crazymimi6061 2 роки тому +8

      Thomas Sowel is the greatest living American.

    • @GDuncanFYoung
      @GDuncanFYoung 2 роки тому

      @ Simon Lloyd. The problem is that he is all about truth and the facts which is very inconvenient for politicians especially those from the left.

    • @turdfurgeson517
      @turdfurgeson517 2 роки тому +7

      He is getting in way more now. He is one of the most logical thinkers I have ever listen to.

  • @lordsangone
    @lordsangone Рік тому +178

    Thomas Sowell is not just a national treasure, he is a treasure for all mankind. His words are timeless and will stand the test of time forever. Thank God for Sowell, not just for minorities but for all people who are struggling with their lives in one way or another.

  • @orynyong9684
    @orynyong9684 3 роки тому +72

    Thomas Sowell deserves a Presidential Medal.
    He made me like economics.

  • @bigtay522
    @bigtay522 3 роки тому +225

    This man here changed my entire way of thinking.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +9

      He has a way of doing that! If you enjoy the film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

    • @Daniel-cv3dn
      @Daniel-cv3dn 3 роки тому +3

      I couldn't agree more.

    • @LordStanley94
      @LordStanley94 3 роки тому +3

      @@freetochoosenetwork Thank you for that link. I will watch that film

    • @LordDirus007
      @LordDirus007 3 роки тому +2

      I first stumbled upon Milton Friedman. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out he had a couple of disciples

    • @matthewasher9819
      @matthewasher9819 3 роки тому

      @@LordDirus007 ua-cam.com/video/Mh9I56J3f4Q/v-deo.html

  • @scottl6384
    @scottl6384 3 роки тому +125

    THIS should be REQUIRED for every student in America. Period.

    • @kellymeredith5594
      @kellymeredith5594 3 роки тому +9

      Right? I'm thinking of showing it to my students. Wonder if I'll get any blowback? Oh well, I'm just a year away from retirement. ;-) I've loved Dr. Sowell since the late 70s!

    • @RubyTwilite
      @RubyTwilite 3 роки тому +1

      Whoa! Take it easy, hold on there! We don't want kids to get crazy and start thinking for themselves now!

    • @RubyTwilite
      @RubyTwilite 3 роки тому +1

      @@kellymeredith5594 PLEASE show it to your students. Someone has to have the guts to teach them to think critically. Sadly this isn't being taught and those who do, face the finger wagging. DO IT! The kids deserve the truth from someone!

    • @corinlanser
      @corinlanser 3 роки тому

      NOTHING.. Should be required reading, ever. Think for yourself should be at the forefront of every students mind

  • @ELW2940
    @ELW2940 Рік тому +24

    I’ll be 79 years old in a few days and only ever heard of Dr Thomas Sowell about two years ago thanks to UA-cam and the fortunate accident of fate that I would listen to a black intellectual with such rapt attention and admiration. I know that’s racist and I’m sorry for it. Consider the era I was raised in and the locale in which I was raised, Southern , Jim Crow era. Unfortunately my thoughts about race were formed somewhat in a vacuum. I finished high school in 1962 in a totally segregated society, in a small town with very little contact with people of different cultures. My family were at most kind Cristian people that were ambivalent about cultural and racial differences and taught me to be respectful and mannerly to all people I encountered.
    Needless to say, there’s been a lot of growing up to be accomplished by me in the course of my time here on this planet. One of the greatest men I’ve ever encountered, in any venue, is Dr Thomas Sowell. Why is he not more renowned ? His writings should be on every high school reading list for too many subjects to list, beginning with history, psychology, literature and so on and on.
    I’m sorry for sounding like such a bigot but I promise I’m not really. I’m actually just ignorant and a cultural product. I think Dr Sowell and his philosophy are national treasures and deserve more exposure to the mainstream. We can all benefit from his teachings.

    • @45eno
      @45eno Рік тому +2

      I saw nothing racist with your actions and intro. Better late then never.

    • @jrosner6123
      @jrosner6123 3 місяці тому +2

      Sadly, the educational system does not want solutions to problems. That is why they spin the works of Sowell, among other greats, out of focus. Same with certain sides of the press. Kudos to you for ever evolving, which shows you may be hitherto unaware of certain things ( we all are ) but, most certainly NOT ignorant.

    • @lauraschroeder8177
      @lauraschroeder8177 3 місяці тому

      Racism is not making comments about cultural differences. Every people/nation/society/culture on earth notices similarities and differences in other people/nation/society/culture. These observations are NOT RACISM. Racism is hatred; hatred is a sin: murder, torture, persecution, rape etc etc sinful behavior that breaks human rights laws against others based on their skin color, religion (called bigotry) and or/genetic disposition. The political Left has de-valued racism to the point of going back to segregation and division of race, instead of MLKs judging character and not skin color speech. (I had a dream).

    • @JuliaBarron-qi5gc
      @JuliaBarron-qi5gc Місяць тому

      You ar3 not a bigot just because he inspires you and you relate to him. We all need people to look up to. I grew up Catholic but didn't even know the Italian nun for whom my school was named until this past year when Mother Cabrini movie came out. Thank God I had my own Mother to look up to.

  • @JoshuaJDarcy
    @JoshuaJDarcy 3 роки тому +145

    Why am I 43 years old and gone through life without hearing about this brilliant man? This man is a national treasure full of deep, insightful knowledge and wisdom. He needs to be put in our history books for our children to learn about him.

    • @harpernelson39
      @harpernelson39 3 роки тому +4

      This is exactly how I felt when this came on my UA-cam feed and I started listening to it. The liberal left are the racist, they always have been.

    • @Magnumscoffeefreek
      @Magnumscoffeefreek 3 роки тому +12

      Because the elites have been trying to divide us for a hundred years. He speaks truth that brings us together and they hate it.

    • @chowderwhillis9448
      @chowderwhillis9448 3 роки тому +5

      @@Magnumscoffeefreek true that

    • @kolbywilliams7234
      @kolbywilliams7234 3 роки тому +6

      Because the main stream media, politicians, and corporations want to keep us ignorant and compliant. Anyone advocating for personal responsibility and liberty instead of the welfare state is “problematic.” That’s why we villainize our police, vote for laws that keep small businesses and impoverished people down, and are being fed post modern philosophy propaganda in our movies and television. Thomas Sowell speaks the truth, and those in power don’t want you to hear it.

    • @GodlyMan619
      @GodlyMan619 8 місяців тому +1

      The word 'esoteric' comes to mind

  • @Galt4570
    @Galt4570 3 роки тому +437

    Thomas Sowell is an American treasure who hasn’t received the attention he should have.

    • @r.p.8906
      @r.p.8906 3 роки тому +12

      For a reason! Nobody can argue with him, so the paid media simply ignores him!

    • @EileenTheCr0w
      @EileenTheCr0w 3 роки тому +19

      Because he doesn't represent the image that the elites want for black Americans. He shows what can happen when you actually tap your potential and think freely.

    • @CarlosAGarcia97
      @CarlosAGarcia97 3 роки тому +16

      @Kyle Johnson His Work has Merit because his statistics are facts unlike your feelings which is an opinion and facts don't care about your feelings 😒
      ...Btw let me know when the Austrian becomes a world power and Leaders of free Nations they "don't have solutions just trade-offs" Thomas Sowell

    • @kjkuta1
      @kjkuta1 3 роки тому +9

      I agree....Just think though if the left allowed him to speak openly....... You have to seek out a man like Thomas Sowell...... The liberal/left media won't ever put him out front.

    • @girumzemichael704
      @girumzemichael704 3 роки тому +6

      Thinking and good at heart people, men like Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Glenn Loury, John McWohrter and younger ones who are following in their footsteps don’t need attention and props as the intellectual clowns do. I wouldn’t think about it in terms of ‘attention they should have’. Those who are serious enough about themselves and others will find them and learn lifelong lessons from them, share from their more valuable than riches kind of wisdom and refreshing perspectives. The powers that be don’t want that. Real enlightenment and education of regular people goes against their interest. They need modern day numb and dumb serfs. They use their tools - the media, the public education system that they have been allowed to control for too long - to produce exactly the kind of masses they want. The pushing out of voices like Williams’ and Sowell’s from the public sphere makes sense when you see it in that pragmatic light, as sickening as it is.

  • @bronxkies
    @bronxkies 3 роки тому +330

    I'm glad he's getting the recognition he deserves. Oh wow, an Eric July appearance?! Nice!

    • @larreye8451
      @larreye8451 3 роки тому +15

      It’s a disgrace this man was not yet honoured by the president for his contributions.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +12

      Glad you enjoyed the film! Check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area.

    • @DMcPherson
      @DMcPherson 3 роки тому +6

      Absolutely,underrated dude

    • @timothygarycarolus1018
      @timothygarycarolus1018 3 роки тому +4

      It's a shame that they couldn't get YoungRippa but, only the musician persona 😉

    • @East_Coast_Toasty_Boy
      @East_Coast_Toasty_Boy 3 роки тому +3

      Eric is a good tuber. I sub to him.

  • @Annette64772
    @Annette64772 Рік тому +216

    I’m 63 years old Thomas Sowell is a legend. What a shame that the schools in my era didn’t teach us about him ….! SHAMEFUL

    • @MrVvulf
      @MrVvulf Рік тому

      He hasn't had a mainstream platform worthy of his attention since William F. Buckley Jr. stopped doing "Firing Line".
      Dr. Sowell wisely steered away from short form mainstream news segments where it's all too easy for editors to bushwhack ideological opponents.

    • @coolioso808
      @coolioso808 Рік тому +3

      Can add many names to that list of "shame that the schools didn't teach about", such as:
      - R. Buckminster Fuller
      - Jacque Fresco
      - Stafford Beer
      - Donnella Meadows
      - Jeremy Rifkin
      - Richard Wolff
      - Michael Tellinger
      - Peter Joseph
      - Matthew Holten

    • @bluemoonsliver6839
      @bluemoonsliver6839 Рік тому +1

      I recently a year ago discovered yhomas Sowell I wish they had teachers like him when I grew uo

    • @coolioso808
      @coolioso808 Рік тому +2

      @@bluemoonsliver6839 Be headed down a road of confusion if you were. If you were taught by teachers like Chris Hedges, Richard Wolff, Jacque Fresco, R. Buckminster Fuller, David Graeber, Peter Joseph or Michael Tellinger then you might have an amazingly healthy world view and insight.

    • @bluemoonsliver6839
      @bluemoonsliver6839 Рік тому

      Exactly

  • @zeej80
    @zeej80 3 роки тому +314

    “It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” Thomas S.
    Damn, that is deep!

    • @markmtbrider
      @markmtbrider 3 роки тому +12

      Unfortunately that takes decades to figure out , and the reason the left wants teens voting.

    • @laurac.c.5972
      @laurac.c.5972 3 роки тому +3

      Nice summary of what Aristotle said ... 2,000 years ago.

    • @charles2241
      @charles2241 3 роки тому +1

      I'm not sure I heard anything like that before, but just simple observation will tell you that EVERYBODY is an idiot. Just compare all the things the smartest do not know, and that is the extent of their idiocy, and it is vast.

    • @gxulien
      @gxulien 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, deep. Put on your rubber boots before you wade in.

    • @crabmannyjoe2
      @crabmannyjoe2 3 роки тому +2

      @@laurac.c.5972 hopefully people will in general understand eventually.

  • @toynazi
    @toynazi 3 роки тому +151

    This man should be a national treasure. Yet some don't even know who he is.
    Boggles my mind.

    • @IceLynne
      @IceLynne 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, he should be. I found him recently and my husband who's black had never heard of him. I can't wait to read the books of his I just ordered online :-)

    • @douglasschuler4605
      @douglasschuler4605 3 роки тому +4

      I think I came to know of him very late because MSM did not want us to know him. May he live another 90 years.

    • @PaulAryzer
      @PaulAryzer 3 роки тому +5

      BUT... HE IS a national treasure. One unspoiled by the dishonest, insincere world wallowing sow hate and envy.

    • @andrewkerr5296
      @andrewkerr5296 3 роки тому +1

      lol 'some'? More like 99%

    • @MrHarrisbuford
      @MrHarrisbuford 3 роки тому +1

      Imagine a world full of Thomas Sowells.

  • @augustinepryde2190
    @augustinepryde2190 3 роки тому +183

    That’s a man who’s a real role model for both boys and men everywhere

    • @Kabbas3030
      @Kabbas3030 3 роки тому +6

      'You can't say A caused B, if B happened before A. ' Thomas Sowell's words on climate change are COMMON SENSE. And yet the left and politicians refuse to see climate change for the scam that it is.

    • @scottlarock6623
      @scottlarock6623 3 роки тому +1

      As a man I do understand your comment. I would like to add that he and his direct and honest philosophy and way of living transcends gender. Im not trying to pick at your outstanding comments, I would only like to add that this great man is a role model for all. To me, he should be known as "America's Greatest Father Figure."

    • @Abeuba
      @Abeuba 3 роки тому

      Absolutely agreed the mans a living genius he belongs among the greatest minds in history from any time

  • @angelmacas1774
    @angelmacas1774 2 роки тому +310

    Dr. Sowell is a national treasure. How many more men or women like these we don't know about?

    • @IStayTrueToI
      @IStayTrueToI Рік тому +8

      Too many.

    • @davido9208
      @davido9208 Рік тому +6

      There a more but they get silenced.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому

      @@davido9208 The Conservative Republicans were pushed out by Trump.

    • @jasonhoppe3667
      @jasonhoppe3667 Рік тому +4

      How many have been aborted.😢

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому +1

      @@jasonhoppe3667 Why not ask Elon Musk he just aborted a launch of his Starship as it tumbled over and burst into flames.

  • @compass5507
    @compass5507 3 роки тому +460

    "You can't argue with Tom, so you might as well hide what he's doing." Now you know why so many people have never heard of this man.

    • @karenp144
      @karenp144 3 роки тому +11


      A great man.

    • @aserr5660
      @aserr5660 3 роки тому +13

      Make sure to get his printed publications before they are digitally burned.

    • @joedonzi9552
      @joedonzi9552 3 роки тому +11

      THOMAS SOWELL = AMERICAN PATRIOT

    • @jordan2d2
      @jordan2d2 3 роки тому +7

      Those who should lead us, often do not seek power over others. Thomas Sowell is one of those people

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. 3 роки тому

      @@jordan2d2 Sowell belongs to the capitalist class of temple money changers. Capitalist greed has destroyed the traditional family for the working class.

  • @nerdoutreachprogram5358
    @nerdoutreachprogram5358 3 роки тому +241

    Thank you all so much for making this documentary. The fact that Thomas Sowell isn’t as famous as he is intelligent is a testament to how this country’s mainstream culture loathes common sense.

    • @Professor_Utonium_
      @Professor_Utonium_ 3 роки тому +5

      Truths are a cold comfort, not many are built to withstand them.

    • @LJRoss-zv8hw
      @LJRoss-zv8hw 3 роки тому +3

      What is common sense?

    • @deedeemerry1295
      @deedeemerry1295 3 роки тому

      Thomas Sowell is so intelligent, he signed his name to a never-Trump pledge in 2016, to allow Hillary to win. Thomas Sowell is a fraud and has no common sense or intelligence

    • @bstrick9686
      @bstrick9686 3 роки тому +7

      @@deedeemerry1295 do you have the proof of this information by chance

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +4

      Glad you enjoyed the film! Make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

  • @alanhaggarty9880
    @alanhaggarty9880 3 роки тому +152

    Professor Sowell is a Titan and a inspiration to everyone.

  • @mh_golfer
    @mh_golfer Рік тому +137

    I learn more listening to Thomas Sowell for 30 minutes than I did in 3 years of high school. Sad that more young kids aren't exposed to his wisdom.

    • @mattschrader5047
      @mattschrader5047 Рік тому +2

      Not really. He doesn't prescribe to the oppressor(white)/oppressed(brown) Marxist world view so he is dismissed by academia as an Uncle Tom. What else would you expect from a race based ideology exactly?

    • @ubermenchlicheman
      @ubermenchlicheman 11 місяців тому

      You should have studied more in high school.

    • @mh_golfer
      @mh_golfer 11 місяців тому +1

      @@ubermenchlicheman Nah, real world skills are way more valuable. As is reading books from intelligent people like Mr Sowell.

    • @ubermenchlicheman
      @ubermenchlicheman 11 місяців тому +1

      @mh_golfer You've been conditioned. I've studied up on conditioning, and it's a downright shame that you've surrendered your faculties to con men.

    • @t5396
      @t5396 8 місяців тому

      @@ubermenchlicheman the only con man here is you. And as far as George Floyd goes, the fact of the matter is that white men are overwhelmingly more frequent victims of police violence than black men are. If you actually ever looked at the data, you would already know that. So either you have an actually looked at the data or you do know what the data says and you choose to ignore it in order to promote your agenda.

  • @2edged955
    @2edged955 3 роки тому +214

    The fact that I'm alive while this living legend is walking the earth humbles me. May he live long!

    • @GabrielleTollerson
      @GabrielleTollerson Рік тому +1

      WELL SAID

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому

      @@GabrielleTollerson The problem for the neo liberals began with the crisis of 2008. This whole idea that capitalist greed and private property is the best idea since sliced bread has been dashed upon the rocks of continuing economic crisis and defeat in Afghanistan by the the bosses own government. Donald Trump had the gaul to question the make profits and build American Imperialism in the world market and it got him nothing but liberal contempt for questioning the Global Profits for the American Bosses over all else.

    • @spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069
      @spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 Рік тому

      ​@@kimobrien. one of the main reasons for the financial crisis of 2008 was because of a series of bailouts provided by the federal government starting with the Mexican bailout of the middle 90s which allowed creditors to believe that no matter what happened, they would get their money back somehow some way. This is the opposite of allowing markets to operate on their own because they are a system of private profits and losses, not private profits and public losses.
      It's interesting that you are someone with a Hammer and Sickle should be commenting to indignantly under a video about a man who was himself a fervent Marxist throughout his 20s before getting a job working for the government and discovering how they actually operate first hand.

    • @kimobrien.
      @kimobrien. Рік тому

      @@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069 Naturally the capitalist seek a bailout from the problems created by the own greed. That's why the have political parties and a state that defends private property. The can not solve the problems of their crisis ridden system for multiple reason outlined in Das Kapital by Marx and Imperialism the highest stage of Capitalism by Lenin. Show me some evidence of Sowell being a fervent Marxist. An article by him published in a Socialist or Communist journal. He has never claimed membership in even a black rights or labor organization to the best of my knowledge. Anyone who understands Marx except the revisionist who Lenin set straight in State and Revolution understands that Marx's view after the Paris commune is that the workers must build their own state or as Marx had said earlier in the Manifesto that the state can not readily be used by the workers. The inability of the capitalist state to act in the workers interest should have come as no surprise to an actual Marxist. The reason the capitalist set up a national government is to defend their nation state, private property along with regulating internal and foreign trade. Naturally people like Sowell come out with theories about how markets and private property are a magical solution to all problems.

    • @ratibbaker8564
      @ratibbaker8564 Рік тому

      @@kimobrien. the crash of 2008 was caused by the interference by the government on the markets, not corporate greed!

  • @nathanngumi8467
    @nathanngumi8467 3 роки тому +154

    Prof Sowell is a giant, right up there with other titans of the past one hundred years plus.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +1

      We agree, Nathan! If you enjoyed this film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

    • @mrblank-zh1xy
      @mrblank-zh1xy 3 роки тому +3

      He's on the level of any of the greatest historical philosophers or economists. I have read most of it and his is still the best. His genius is in his ability to find facts and explanations that are irrefutable.

    • @Lisa-my5sy
      @Lisa-my5sy 3 роки тому

      100%

    • @subscribeforgoodluck1806
      @subscribeforgoodluck1806 3 роки тому +1

      I was always a conservative black man and i see his point and agree with most of them, but i can never ever support the Trumplican Party of today with their voter suppression of black people, bigotry and racism. The GOP today doesn't hide their racism. They moved to the extreme far-right to a point that the words "black lives matter" slogan and civil rights protests is seen as a crime but they are OK with and minimize Police brutaity against black people. As soon as a blackman is murdered in cold blood on Camera they start defending the perpetrator! When a capitol stormer was killed al we heard was she was a veteran and no one showed her previous crimes and her mug sht but if a black person died the first they try to do is look for a mug shot and talk about his past run ins with the law! I voted demicrat for 1st time in 2020 and will do that until the Republican Party starts fighting for issues that are important to black people and stops supporting Police brutality.

    • @mrblank-zh1xy
      @mrblank-zh1xy 3 роки тому +1

      @@subscribeforgoodluck1806 Interesting. Where is the hard, actual evidence that Republicans are suppressing the black vote? I'm interested in reading that for myself. Does it matter to you that black unemployment under Trump was at a 60 year historical low and in 2019 both the number of hate crimes per capita and police shootings per capita against black people were at an all-time historical low?

  • @kevinligusi3525
    @kevinligusi3525 3 роки тому +145

    Thomas Sowell's and Ayn Rand's books opened my eyes on freedom and what it means to live in a free world.

    • @codorin
      @codorin 3 роки тому +9

      and boy are we far from it.

    • @robertmorrison1657
      @robertmorrison1657 3 роки тому +5

      My dad according to family, family friends, as well as the amount of ayn rand books he has, was a huge objectivist in college and although not an objectivist anymore still quotes her on a daily basis. I got introduced to her book the new left by my dad, and that was an amazing book. It hit too close to home when she started talking about the comprachicos.
      I am also reading her book on epistemology, which is amazing. It is hard, and I have had to start over from the beginning again, but it is still a good book. Too bad no one my own age has heard of Ayn Rand. Not many teens are into that. Although maybe the top commenter might be interested in discussing ayn rand.

    • @johnludtke4416
      @johnludtke4416 3 роки тому +8

      Sowell is one of those intellects I point to that the left ignores because he doesn't understand the struggle. Oh, and he happens to be black...born in 1930...

    • @garyflatt4729
      @garyflatt4729 3 роки тому +1

      @@WiseOwl_1408 --- You are wrong about Ayn Rand, don't believe gossip.....

    • @robertmorrison1657
      @robertmorrison1657 3 роки тому +1

      @@johnludtke4416 Yeah. Good thinking. I do the same, however I am more well versed in Ayn Rand's work, so I am more of an Ayn Rand kind of guy.

  • @ncebambangula7170
    @ncebambangula7170 Рік тому +23

    A National treasure indeed. As a South African, in the 90’s I knew more about 2Pac et al, (from whom I’ve benefited nothing) but never heard anything said about Thomas Sowell.
    I lament the lost years I missed out on indispensable knowledge.
    I’m in my late 30’s and now own 3 copies of his big books: Basic Economics. Wealth Poverty and Politics. The Thomas Sowell Reader. I Look forward to adding more of his books to my library.

  • @kingofthorns203
    @kingofthorns203 3 роки тому +251

    Thomas Sowell was my Morpheus. Discovering his work changed my life for the better. May we have him with us for many years to come.

    • @stanzavik
      @stanzavik 3 роки тому +4

      Let's hope he's healthier than he looks

    • @JoBlakeLisbon
      @JoBlakeLisbon 2 роки тому +17

      @@stanzavik He's 90 man - I'd say he looks alright for that age.

    • @elvisdouglas3581
      @elvisdouglas3581 2 роки тому +3

      He'll live forever we will continue is work so that we can teach each other to look at the evidence and make better decisions.

    • @medicinacontanyabelliard6510
      @medicinacontanyabelliard6510 2 роки тому +2

      Im soo grateful for him! Changed my life as well!🙏🏽

    • @MackNcD
      @MackNcD 2 роки тому

      Mooji was my morpheus

  • @dmax5678
    @dmax5678 3 роки тому +72

    I'm so glad we're giving Tom his roses while he's still alive.

  • @robertross7028
    @robertross7028 3 роки тому +148

    THOMAS SOWELL DEFINES “HONEST INTELLECTUAL”. I LOVE HIM TO THE CORE

    • @reallyratherwouldnt
      @reallyratherwouldnt 3 роки тому +5

      Well said ❤️

    • @LorraineHutch
      @LorraineHutch 3 роки тому

      7year and I 0066point o66666

    • @charles56737
      @charles56737 3 роки тому +1

      Me too

    • @tommccrory201
      @tommccrory201 3 роки тому

      A wonderful honest , believable , human being. Thank you sir for sharing your knowledge and common sense approach to life. It is much appreciated.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому

      We couldn't agree more! Make sure to check out sowellfilm.com for more information on television airings and event screenings of the film!

  • @johnmoser2689
    @johnmoser2689 Рік тому +27

    Thomas is the most uniquely wise man I've ever heard, speaking at length on many subjects
    He is very impressive and a true treasure

  • @mattfairless2712
    @mattfairless2712 3 роки тому +390

    “Doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think”

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +3

      Wise words from a wise man!

    • @KarmaFlight
      @KarmaFlight 3 роки тому +2

      And go to bed on time!

    • @Kabbas3030
      @Kabbas3030 3 роки тому +5

      @@freetochoosenetwork Easily one of the most influential videos I have ever seen was Thomas Sowell on climate change. In 3 minutes flat he managed to debunk 40 years of UN backed climate non-science. Thank you Free to Choose Network, for bringing forward the light of Thomas Sowell's work

    • @workingstiff19
      @workingstiff19 3 роки тому +1

      In *Basic Economics* I believe the quote is "If people don't stop and think, what difference does it make whether they are geniuses or idiots?"

    • @Kabbas3030
      @Kabbas3030 3 роки тому

      @@workingstiff19 On top of that I have uploaded a video of how Milton Friedman proves that colonialism and slavery had brought the West to Africa, where hey hadn't even invented the wheel. India improved dramatically only because of Britain and Slavery had ensured that Black Americans today are the richest black people in the world.

  • @woodyweber769
    @woodyweber769 3 роки тому +158

    When I first learned of Thomas Sowell’s work my first thought was “Why the Hell haven’t I learned about this in school”

    • @ragemanrasta
      @ragemanrasta 3 роки тому +5

      Cause the USA were Marxists all the time, you are learning that part of your history only now ...

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому

      Glad you learned about him nonetheless! If you enjoyed the film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com for information on event screenings and public television airings of the film to watch again!

    • @Truthhound1
      @Truthhound1 3 роки тому

      Public school is socialized education. That's why you never heard of Sowell.

  • @Criswelll
    @Criswelll 3 роки тому +238

    I always love hearing his perspective. Truly remarkable man.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +6

      Hope you enjoy the film! Check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area.

    • @hopelessstrlstfan181
      @hopelessstrlstfan181 3 роки тому +1

      @Criswell, I agree as well regarding Thomas Sowell. The world would be a better place if he was the guy who wrote school text books

    • @Criswelll
      @Criswelll 3 роки тому

      @@freetochoosenetwork Certainly. That's a must!

  • @jimmyhalperin7792
    @jimmyhalperin7792 Рік тому +8

    I just, in the last week, found out about Thomas Sowell. For the last 2 years, Noam Chomsky was my favorite intellect. Over the last year, I've seen numerous Jordan Peterson videos.
    At this time, Thomas Sowell is now my favorite intellectual.
    Bless you ❤

  • @nicfeller
    @nicfeller 3 роки тому +148

    RIP Walt Williams a legend in his own right.

    • @Th0ughtf0rce
      @Th0ughtf0rce 3 роки тому +3

      It was a real shock that he went first. Tom took it pretty hard.

    • @roborob767
      @roborob767 3 роки тому +1

      Such a great man, and thinker.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +4

      RIP indeed. Walter was a national treasure. We think you'd like our film on him as well: ua-cam.com/video/YZGvQcxoAPg/v-deo.html

  • @ryanwall6940
    @ryanwall6940 3 роки тому +204

    "It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think."

    • @joshbeck3683
      @joshbeck3683 3 роки тому +6

      Something the democrats wouldn't fathom to think of today because they don't even make stupid sense.

    • @stevenomes9689
      @stevenomes9689 3 роки тому +8

      I was honestly going to post this but you beat me to it. probably the simplest and best quote from this program. if you take nothing else from it take this.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +1

      Wise words from a very wise man!

  • @nanaagyemang2699
    @nanaagyemang2699 2 роки тому +59

    I listen to Sowell, go out and feel like I'm 8 feet tall. Dumbed-down world, too many idiots on TV. The list is endless. I love the man. His books changed my life.

  • @noellealyagout1669
    @noellealyagout1669 2 роки тому +51

    It raises my spirit to know that someone such as Thomas Sowell exists among us. He truly is a LUMINARY .
    THANK YOU for doing this beautiful documentary on him ❤️❤️❤️

    • @Cocobar06
      @Cocobar06 Рік тому +1

      Yours is the greatest comment I’ve seen about Thomas. A luminary. Spot on .

    • @noellealyagout1669
      @noellealyagout1669 Рік тому

      @@Cocobar06 yes so much CLARITY in his vision of reality 🌞

  • @tidepride86
    @tidepride86 3 роки тому +293

    "He put truth above popularity."
    Boy do I wish everybody would do that.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +18

      The world would be a better place!

    • @LucreDenouncer
      @LucreDenouncer 3 роки тому +2

      Capitalism is very popular among the US masses, unfortunately.

    • @cl0k3
      @cl0k3 3 роки тому

      @@LucreDenouncer because its the secret police the state that forces you to think one way, and the comrade that will sell you out to them, that value truth.

    • @diannemcbeth7428
      @diannemcbeth7428 3 роки тому +2

      Sowell has character in a society that values image.

    • @TRez5000
      @TRez5000 3 роки тому

      Blame the lack of truth over popularity on democracy. Politicians cater to popular ideas because it gets them elected.

  • @maurab6560
    @maurab6560 3 роки тому +20

    "It doesn't matter how smart you are if you don't think." Perfect last words.

  • @marilinemariline9556
    @marilinemariline9556 2 роки тому +12

    I'm from Brazil and would love to see our politicians read this great man's work.

  • @Staygoldfarms
    @Staygoldfarms 3 роки тому +250

    Talk about a beautiful mind. Everyone needs Thomas Sowell in their life.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +14

      We couldn’t agree more! If you enjoyed the film, make sure to subscribe to our channel to stay up to date on our latest content!

    • @feliciagallo9832
      @feliciagallo9832 3 роки тому +1

      You said it!!👍🏼

    • @subscribeforgoodluck1806
      @subscribeforgoodluck1806 3 роки тому

      I was always a conservative black man and i see his point and agree with most of them, but i can never ever support the Trumplican Party of today with their voter suppression of black people, bigotry and racism. The GOP today doesn't hide their racism. They moved to the extreme far-right to a point that the words "black lives matter" slogan and civil rights protests is seen as a crime but they are OK with and minimize Police brutaity against black people. As soon as a blackman is murdered in cold blood on Camera they start defending the perpetrator! When a capitol stormer was killed al we heard was she was a veteran and no one showed her previous crimes and her mug sht but if a black person died the first they try to do is look for a mug shot and talk about his past run ins with the law! I voted demicrat for 1st time in 2020 and will do that until the Republican Party starts fighting for issues that are important to black people and stops supporting Police brutality.

    • @feliciagallo9832
      @feliciagallo9832 3 роки тому +7

      @@subscribeforgoodluck1806 a couple of points. It seems clear that you have been biased thanks to the non stop lying of Corporate media. You disparagingly refer to 'Trumplican' as a terrible thing, but I noticed that you did not cite one policy of his that was negative, rather you repeated the talking points about Trump from the media, and presumably his supporters as 'far right'. This is an ongoing lie and couldn't be further from the truth. In fact it was Goebbels who famously said: "If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it."
      He's right. It worked in Nazi Germany and it's working right here with the Democrat party who constantly makes inflammatory statements with their MSM publicity arm, and why? Because THEY all agree with it.
      Trump, for the record was one of the first businessmen to hire minorities and women into high paying positions within his companies, back in the 80's. While he was in office, be put forth legislation that would decriminalize homosexuality around the world; two historic peace deals in the middle East, demanded that China pay as much tax on their imports to the US, as the US pays in taxes on their exports....and other legislation that would put the rights of THE PEOPLE, into their hands.
      It's called self determination.
      I urge you to watch the walkaway videos where every demographic is represented.
      I urge also to watch a few videos of Brandon Tatum, Anthony Brian Logan, David Harris Jr., Bevelyn Beatty, YG Nightstorm, Larry Elder...just to name a few to realize that you have been bamboozled by voting for more government control of your life. Please read it watch something that isn't shilling for the Democrats. They are not your friend and have kept you in the dark for 50+ years now.
      I wish you well.

    • @clarkclarke
      @clarkclarke 3 роки тому

      @@freetochoosenetwork just learning about him ...just subscribed...

  • @tondalayakapoofnick2681
    @tondalayakapoofnick2681 3 роки тому +179

    I mentioned Thomas Sowell to my best friend and she asked who he was. I had to fight back tears hearing that.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +17

      Well now you can share this film with her!

    • @wlewisiii
      @wlewisiii 3 роки тому

      IOW her thinking hadn't been polluted by his double talk?

    • @thegreatonecometh200
      @thegreatonecometh200 3 роки тому

      Tell her about Sean Rochester too

    • @cfluff6716
      @cfluff6716 3 роки тому +13

      @@wlewisiii really? double talk? Out of all the disparaging opinions one could have about Sowell, double talk has gotta be the most disingenuous. Sowell is likely the most straight forward intellectual to ever speak. Unfortunately I’ve come to expect nothing less from the hateful bunch of indoctrinated fools.

    • @robertprest638
      @robertprest638 3 роки тому

      I get the same response . So what am I going to. Do about it. So far I’ve done nothing I need to do better. What say you?

  • @austinshen825
    @austinshen825 3 роки тому +39

    我是从悉尼奶爸那边来的,感谢他为这部片子加了简体,繁体和粤语字幕。能让我们更多的了解现有社会的根本问题和解决问题。而不是虚无缥缈的喊口号。如果您是华裔并支持托马斯的言论请点赞,让西方社会了解我们华人的真实想法。
    I came from Sydney daddy, thank him for adding simplified, traditional and Cantonese subtitles to this film. It allows us to learn more about the fundamental problems of the existing society and solve problems. Rather than shouting slogans vaguely.

  • @mustlearnmore4884
    @mustlearnmore4884 Рік тому +43

    Thank you so much for putting this documentary together and posting it on here for free. It could very well be a life-changing catalyst for many who watch it 🙏🏼🔥💪🏽

  • @Greengeist05
    @Greengeist05 3 роки тому +58

    "It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think."-Dr. Thomas Sowell

  • @deborahnewsome7013
    @deborahnewsome7013 3 роки тому +171

    Thomas Sowell is a great man and a great intellectual. I was working in West Africa most of my adult life. So I only recently heard of Thomas Sowell. One thing I love about him is, that he doesn't care if his ideas/philosophies are popular or not. He is interested in truth. That's what makes him an American treasure.

    • @amihartz
      @amihartz 3 роки тому +1

      communism will win

    • @jimcherry685
      @jimcherry685 3 роки тому +4

      @@amihartz No. Communism always - ALWAYS - loses.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому

      We couldn’t agree more! If you enjoyed the film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com for information on event screenings and public television airings of the film to watch again!

    • @stevencolby49
      @stevencolby49 3 роки тому

      Like another GREAT man i know.

  • @thajman
    @thajman 3 роки тому +172

    “No group can be truly suppressed until its members are trained and convinced to suppress one another.”

    • @jasonspringer2983
      @jasonspringer2983 3 роки тому +6

      Kath David yhe real racism. Marxists need you to fall. Their power depends on it for it's very survival. Now we're accused of hating you for treating you as an equally capable human being that doesn't need us being involved in every aspect of your life. An ally not a savior. The whole situation is very twisted

    • @robinluich6626
      @robinluich6626 3 роки тому +1

      Exactly.

    • @publicopinion3596
      @publicopinion3596 3 роки тому

      Well that proves the point of racial oppression based of your logic doesn't it?

    • @johnholmes9801
      @johnholmes9801 3 роки тому +5

      The Biden Administration seems to be in gear to suppress us. With the help of Big Teach suppressing information and not allowing free speech, AOC recommended targeting Trump supporters and Katie Courick suggested re-education camps to change the Trumps supporters to have them agree with liberal principles rather than to dialogue.

    • @jasonspringer2983
      @jasonspringer2983 3 роки тому +4

      @@johnholmes9801 Nicole Wallace on MSNBC just suggested drone strikes on lockdown protesters or (Ball lot) count quizzlings on US soil.

  • @SudhansuMohanDas-ml6tu
    @SudhansuMohanDas-ml6tu Рік тому +10

    My soul is blessed that I came across Thomas Sowell at the right time.

  • @cfluff6716
    @cfluff6716 3 роки тому +132

    RIP Walter Williams, society is at a loss when losing such men and hope we don’t lose Sowell anytime soon.

  • @heavensent9772
    @heavensent9772 3 роки тому +335

    "It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you think!"
    Thomas Sowell

    • @gxulien
      @gxulien 3 роки тому +3

      psedo-smart comment. You get smart by thinking. Not buy taking the thesis that black people brought poverty upon ghemselves and arguing backwards from that premise to find "evidence" to support it.

    • @concilium1
      @concilium1 3 роки тому +5

      Your strawman says that you haven't heard or read a word Thomas Sowell has said.

    • @kadensmike8190
      @kadensmike8190 3 роки тому +3

      @@concilium1 I also think the quote is a pseudo-smart statement. It's the ability to be able to make sense of your thoughts, facts, experiences which makes the difference. If you are able to analyse matters and understand the implications of facts then you are winning - I'm sure we all experience times where we spend a lot of time thinking but it only amounts to a headache or further confusion. I'm still listening to the video, but if Sowell's arguing that people are solely responsible for their own low economic and social status he can eff right off. We've all known honest, hardworking intelligent people who remain in a shit situation because the cards are stacked against them.

    • @highlyfavored57
      @highlyfavored57 3 роки тому +2

      @@kadensmike8190
      "Because the cards are stacks against them" my first thought was ...but God! can and still defies whatever hinders, blocks, etc
      Then I hear this from
      Terrence Williams-His story (minus the political
      comments)
      ua-cam.com/video/zZQUTtDhKHs/v-deo.html
      Those people you speak of that can't seem to rise above honestly could have curse on their life unbeknownst to them, that only thru prayer can it be broken off them.
      Be Blessed!

    • @heavensent9772
      @heavensent9772 3 роки тому +3

      @@highlyfavored57 I could not agree more. Im a strong beliver in no weapons formed will prosper. My story is very similar to Terrance and thru all of my short comings it only made me a better person and I can't complain about my life today.
      I truly love the part most when he speaks about being accountable for your life regardless of the obstacles and I pray for those who has trouble getting around them . May God Bless you all🙏🏽

  • @bradleyharding8973
    @bradleyharding8973 3 роки тому +144

    Thomas sowell has shaped me as a younge person. He's books and talks with Milton freemen are a must see for everyone.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +3

      We agree, Bradley! Hope you enjoy the film, and make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area.

    • @dosran5786
      @dosran5786 3 роки тому +1

      i liked his talks on william f buckleys show the videos are still on youtube he really changed my viewpoint on affirmative action with his arguments in those.

  • @elainegoolsby9902
    @elainegoolsby9902 4 місяці тому +3

    Thomas's writing should be required reading in high schools and colleges. I admire his work, his intergity, and schlorship. What a great man! Thank you for this documentary.

  • @dansysoman3391
    @dansysoman3391 3 роки тому +190

    I just found out Walter Williams passed away just over a month ago in December. The world lost a mighty man.

    • @JAMZ1960
      @JAMZ1960 3 роки тому +9

      RESPECT ❤️

    • @BAZZAROU812
      @BAZZAROU812 3 роки тому +6

      Aww.. Damn.. He'll never get recognized for his work..

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +2

      You can check out our film on the late Walter Williams here: ua-cam.com/video/YZGvQcxoAPg/v-deo.html

    • @Truthhound1
      @Truthhound1 3 роки тому +4

      Thomas Sowell wrote a moving obituary for Walter. Worth reading.

    • @dansysoman3391
      @dansysoman3391 3 роки тому

      @@Truthhound1 Yes! I read it. Very concise and meaningful words.

  • @detroitredwings7130
    @detroitredwings7130 2 роки тому +42

    By roughly the age of 32, I found myself questioning the direction, philosophy and agendas of the left that I'd been a part of since a late teenager. After stumbling onto a few interviews with Thomas Sowell, I was astounded by his level of intellect, insight, humbleness and delivery of factual knowledge and I knew at that point that I had been on the wrong track my whole life. Thank you Thomas Sowell for all the work you have done to educate people. You Sir are a true Wise Man amongst corrupt and unwise men.

  • @buddyrevell511
    @buddyrevell511 3 роки тому +193

    Dr. Sowell is an intellectual giant.
    He should be celebrated on the national stage. It is a tragedy of absurd proportions that the mainstream media have been ignoring him for decades. In fact, it's almost criminal.

    • @ondolite3789
      @ondolite3789 2 роки тому

      Rubbish 🗑!

    • @TerrenceBosworth
      @TerrenceBosworth 2 роки тому +5

      Dr Sowell should be celebrated and his lessons taught in every country on the planet

    • @ondolite3789
      @ondolite3789 2 роки тому

      @@TerrenceBosworth Sowell is a puppet, and an absolutely laughable one.
      You are ridiculous!

    • @bearowen5480
      @bearowen5480 2 роки тому +10

      Maybe not criminal, but certainly intentional. The majority of the print and electronic media have always been populated by the left. I know, because I worked there for four years, and experienced it first hand. But 50 years ago, most writers and producers still made an honest effort to present the news in an unbiased manner. Even though they privately disagreed with Buckley, Kilpatrick, and Friedman, they still gave them air time and editorial print space to present their ideas. After the '60s, that little bone to fairness started to disappear as the media increasingly unmasked their biases. Most egregiously in this cancel cultural shift (before it was called that) news managers hated black conservatives, and did everything they could to hide them and their views from the public eye. If it hadn't been for conservative talk radio and the internet, would we ever have heard of Walter Williams, Tom Sowell, Larry Elder, Ken Hamblin, Star Parker, Candace Owens, or Shelby Steele? I think not.

    • @ondolite3789
      @ondolite3789 2 роки тому

      @@bearowen5480 This is towering rubbish.
      These are not black conservatives they are just shameless slime who are fully engaged in the white innocence project.
      This media bias stuff is fraudulent.
      You have no clue as to why you have been taught to see the left as evil
      and put your faith in these silly unicorn vendors.
      Honest effort indeed!!
      Stop insulting people's intelligence.
      And Friedman is a sicko whose dumb ideas have caused misery and bloodshed.

  • @needlesandsonics5819
    @needlesandsonics5819 Рік тому +9

    Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, cal Thomas and George Will were my go tos for learning about everything outside of school. Fortunately that was still a time when schools taught actual history and literature.
    There’s no one that tops Thomas Sowell.

  • @cccycling5835
    @cccycling5835 3 роки тому +355

    “I am not your brother I am Mr. Sowell and you will address me as such.” - Thomas Sowell
    so badass, once a Marine always a Marine.

    • @ZebraFacts
      @ZebraFacts 3 роки тому +8

      I will admit I am not knowledgable of Mr. Sowell, but from the quote you have provided, if this is his words, I am suspect of any Black man that does not value the brotherhood of men. I am also suspect of anyone that Larry Elder speaks highly of.

    • @Yarsig
      @Yarsig 3 роки тому +49

      @@ZebraFacts Insinuating that you're a brother to any man who walks into your office purely based off the skin color that you share, is absolutely foolish. (A student calling a professor, "brotha") It's called respect, a thing that many people my age fail at delivering. And the fact that you didn't understand the quote was directly from this documentary, tells me not only you didn't watch it, but that you're opposed to being challenged on your own opinions.
      I would never share something as personal as brotherhood with someone who's a murderer or rapist or pedophile just for the sake of, "brotherhood of men." And I most certainly wouldn't give it away to anyone just because they have the same color as myself. Tribalism like that will only harm the communities who keep any significance in it. Just look at any gang to see what I'm talking about.

    • @TheCanon66
      @TheCanon66 3 роки тому +28

      @@ZebraFacts It wasn't about the "brotherhood of men" and I think you know that. It was about being "brothers" on account of their shared skin color. Thomas Sowell is a rare person who understands that skin color isn't and shouldn't be important.

    • @gxulien
      @gxulien 3 роки тому +4

      His marine training gave him his remarkable empathy and reverence for the sanctity of life and made him the killing machine we all know and love.

    • @R-Lee-
      @R-Lee- 3 роки тому +15

      @@ZebraFacts Damn Yargis really pointed out your ignorance. And I love and agree with every word he said.

  • @mr.seapig2811
    @mr.seapig2811 3 роки тому +174

    I think the title of Thomas Sowell’s job is “reality therapist“.

  • @no-bozos
    @no-bozos 3 роки тому +47

    I have been reading Thomas Sowell's writing since I was a senior in high school. That was 1979. The man's mind can distill complicated subject into simple truths. He is a juggernaut in cognitive thinking.

  • @jeffb5785
    @jeffb5785 5 місяців тому +7

    As a young father, I learned a little about the welfare state, I had an infant son and was struggling financially in the early 80s, my landlord suggested applying for help. I went to the welfare office for an interview, I answered a bunch of questions as my interviewer took notes with a positive attitude until he asked me if I had a car. I told him that I had a 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, he looked in a little book and said the car is worth 5k and that made me ineligible. He told me to sell the car, spend the 5k and he could help me with food stamps. I took this to mean you have to be totally broke and dependent on them before they will help you, and I wasn't willing to sell my car for several reasons. I used my car to get to and from my minimum wage job, and the car was a wedding present from my in-laws who would never forgive me. I chose to work 7 days a week and any extra hours that I could until I found a better job. I never asked welfare or anyone for financial help again. I went on to have two more children and retired in 2021 with a 35 year pension and my children all better educated and earning more than I ever did.

  • @cj-nyc2057
    @cj-nyc2057 3 роки тому +60

    One of the most influential figures in my life and i've never met him in person. A Living legend.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +2

      We agree! If you enjoy the film, make sure to check out sowellfilm.com to find event screenings and public television airings of the film in your area to watch again!

    • @stuntman1359
      @stuntman1359 3 роки тому

      Ditto

    • @Dream-bebe
      @Dream-bebe 3 роки тому

      What did he do ? I just found out about him.

  • @libertyfirst4083
    @libertyfirst4083 3 роки тому +257

    "There are no solutions. Only tradeoffs." - Thomas Sowell. I have used those words with countless people--and it _always_ stops them in their tracks.

    • @gst013
      @gst013 3 роки тому +4

      Why wouldn't they just ask you what the trade-off is in whatever you're discussing rather than being "stopped in their tracks"? 😅

    • @poloshirtsamurai
      @poloshirtsamurai 3 роки тому +1

      @@gst013 Aww, a butthurt marxist.

    • @GenXMusicMan
      @GenXMusicMan 3 роки тому

      You are in a cult! Lol

    • @charlesritter6640
      @charlesritter6640 3 роки тому +2

      That quote should be taught in schools.

    • @gst013
      @gst013 3 роки тому +4

      @@poloshirtsamurai that makes zero sense on any level, but...thanks for trying, I guess! Gold star ⭐

  • @generalnsj
    @generalnsj 3 роки тому +90

    Mr. Sowell is one of the greatest intellectuals I've ever heard. I plan on buying all of his books in hardcopy before Amazon decides its "wrong think".

    • @RM-fs8ub
      @RM-fs8ub 3 роки тому +11

      Wise thing... Am in Africa feeling so cheated. We never heard about this fantastic guy. He would have done wonders for our leadership had they studied under him. Instead, most went to USSR, to get a socialist based education.

    • @drytool
      @drytool 3 роки тому +4

      I started to realize the same thing when Amazon axed E. Michael Jones works completely from their store. When they axed Parler, which I don't use because I think there is a deeper problem with ALL social media, I started looking in to closing my Amazon account on principle. What I found out was that, even though they deceive you with a "Buy" button for kindle books, you don't actually own the books. If you close your account, they take all the books you paid for off your kindle.

    • @douglasschuler4605
      @douglasschuler4605 3 роки тому +5

      Go online to abe books you will probably find many of his books very reasonable. You can search low to high price.

    • @MrPmelland
      @MrPmelland 3 роки тому +1

      @@douglasschuler4605 guess who owns abebooks???? thats right, bezos. since 2008.

    • @RM-fs8ub
      @RM-fs8ub 3 роки тому

      @@douglasschuler4605 Do they have an email link? Will search...

  • @maryloumawson6006
    @maryloumawson6006 Рік тому +4

    That combination of integrity, open mindedness, an exceptional intellect, dogged determination, and deep courage! THAT is Thomas Sowell

  • @jameskoch8379
    @jameskoch8379 3 роки тому +162

    Possibly the most underrated human of all time

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +11

      A true intellectual giant. If you enjoyed the film, make sure to subscribe to our channel to stay up to date on our latest content!

    • @dominicklittle9828
      @dominicklittle9828 3 роки тому +2

      I’m angry I haven’t learned of him until these last few years on UA-cam and I’m 30

    • @MasterEggroll
      @MasterEggroll 3 роки тому +1

      Because he doesn’t fit the narrative that is being pushed today. Makes me like him even more. He isn’t bending the knee and being a slave to the powers that control us right now. This guy would be attacked on the media today.

    • @MasterEggroll
      @MasterEggroll 3 роки тому +1

      @@dominicklittle9828 at least you’re waking up to the bs. I have friends older than you that are brainwashed

    • @eskorekpe1513
      @eskorekpe1513 3 роки тому

      @Xbox One Go ahead. Present the points that have been proven wrong with the proofs. Don't be afraid!

  • @chriswagner7891
    @chriswagner7891 3 роки тому +146

    The best documentary on a persons life I’ve seen yet. As for Mr.Sowell, he’s a common sense genius. What a great man.

    • @yeuxvseyes199
      @yeuxvseyes199 3 роки тому +2

      I think it’s more than “ “ common sense. This is a very thoughtful and intellectual reasoning. He is simply a genius.

    • @chriswagner7891
      @chriswagner7891 3 роки тому +2

      @@yeuxvseyes199 I was using the common sense part in my reply as a reference to the title of this video . Not literally. Yes he is a genius.

    • @freetochoosenetwork
      @freetochoosenetwork  3 роки тому +1

      Thanks, Chris! Make sure to check out sowellfilm.com for information on event screenings and public television airings of the film to watch again!

    • @chriswagner7891
      @chriswagner7891 3 роки тому

      @@freetochoosenetwork Absolutely, thank you for the information. I’m a huge fan of Mr. Sowell as was my now passed father. I wish he was still here so I could show him this video. I know he’d love it. Thank you again.

    • @peirseaj
      @peirseaj 3 роки тому

      qq?q

  • @wlh52
    @wlh52 3 роки тому +98

    Thomas Sowell is a man that should be on the front lines guiding the governance of our nation.

    • @vXArchonXv
      @vXArchonXv 3 роки тому +3

      He's likely way too old now, but it would have been nice to have him as President at some point. Pure common sense and logic are so lacking in today's government and society. It's all about scoring points with the masses to see who can drive their party's agenda.

  • @gracedubon5794
    @gracedubon5794 2 роки тому +15

    A legend in the whole meaning of the name. Genius and admirable. It gives me skin goosebumps to hear his talks.

  • @eagleeye2300
    @eagleeye2300 3 роки тому +147

    "They were interested in education, and they were interested in me." How wonderful. His family's love nurtured that already fine mind.

    • @chuckkady7282
      @chuckkady7282 3 роки тому +2

      The dumbing Down of America started in our public schools after they murdered Pres Kennedy! They started teaching how to be led rather the free thinking.
      Look at what just happened in our elections. The dumbed down believe the corrupt left! That's what brainwashing does to the young that grow old only to be led in the wrong direction.

    • @patriciabrewer6255
      @patriciabrewer6255 3 роки тому

      B

  • @SoccerBoyAP
    @SoccerBoyAP 3 роки тому +305

    Host "But you're happier when you aren't reading the news?"
    Dr. Sowell: "Absolutely"

    • @Maples01
      @Maples01 3 роки тому +12

      I feel the same way, I don't watch the news or read the paper, I get a little off the internet, but have no media saved on my pc.

    • @johnhanley5293
      @johnhanley5293 3 роки тому +8

      Amen , me too !!!!!

    • @kenitcimm3467
      @kenitcimm3467 3 роки тому

      Wow....so this is why you DON'T read it? Woulx Sowell say you were those who mistook feeling for thinking?

    • @tabanjoman24
      @tabanjoman24 3 роки тому

      Me too!

  • @5un5hine73
    @5un5hine73 3 роки тому +77

    TOO ALL PEOPLE WATCHING: please for the love of god pass this knowledge on to your children. Teach them about thomas sowell and milton Friedman. Please teach them to think rationally and not emotionally. Teach them about reason, facts, philosophical ideas and the beauty of life. Strengthen their minds so they cannot be corrupted. Ladies and gentleman i feel as if we are the last link to Sowell, Friedman, Williams and many others. If they truly made an impact on your life pass down what you have learned from them. I just like many people wish that Sowell could be here forever but unfortunately he wont. Just as Friedman has left us and walter one day thomas will too, But his ldeas are what will live inside us. Pass this down to your children and ensure they do the same. For the world is growing darker........ ideas are being repressed, journalists and honest news cesored in front of our very eyes. We must fight back with the truth and by protecting those who will come after us. Making sure these ideas continue to thrive and grow is the key to saving the world from hell. Ive read orwell 1984 and its becoming truer everday. This is only the beginning. We are watching the fire rise with tears in our eyes, but our children will watch it die out

    • @deniselawrence7491
      @deniselawrence7491 3 роки тому +8

      Well said. Sad as it all is today. Pray that people find God and wake up.

    • @mjwells100
      @mjwells100 3 роки тому +4

      Very well said!

  • @pablorages1241
    @pablorages1241 Рік тому +6

    I wish I'd been taught about Thomas Sowell at school ... I honestly think it would have changed my life !

  • @lareid2062
    @lareid2062 3 роки тому +60

    So many people search for wealth to enhance their ego / lifestyle and miss a real gold mine that enriches souls. God blessed Thomas Sowell.