Thomas Sowell vs The Left
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2021
- After last summer’s BLM protests, “experts” declared what America must do for black people: “reparations!", "abolish policing!", “socialism!”
These are AWFUL ideas that will hurt blacks, says economist Thomas Sowell.
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Sowell is brilliant and courageous. An upcoming Free To Choose film about him, "Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World,” highlights Sowell's incredible life story, and his reasons for opposing big-government policies.
Sowell grew up as an orphan in NYC, where he educated himself by reading. He became a Marxist. But that changed when he worked in government and studied economics.
"I was a summer intern at the U.S. Department of Labor," he explains. "One of my biggest concerns was about minimum wages. At first, I thought 'well this is good because all these people are poor, and they’ll get a little higher income.'"
“Then as I studied economics, I began to see, well, there’s a downside-- they may lose their jobs," he adds.
The Department of Labor didn't appreciate that point of view. Ending the minimum wage would take away their power.
"I realized the U.S. Department of Labor had its own agenda and interests," he says.
Now, at age 90, he still educates about free markets & race-blind policies.
He says today’s complaints about America's “systemic racism” are “propaganda".
"If you go back into the ‘20s, you find that married-couple families were much more prevalent among blacks then ... As late as 1930, blacks have lower unemployment rates than whites," he points out.
More of his excellent points are in the video above.
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. It's criminal what the media does trying to erase his existence.
Sowell stands for factual evidence. That is sac religious to the left’s belief system these days.
We need to be his voice, spread his videos his UA-cam channel his books. Don't let them silence him.
I don't disagree at all. However, I see a "Thomas Sowell is a national treasure" comment in every single comment section of his videos... Usually in the first 5 or 10. Try being as original as our national treasure.
the democrat party is not anymore a party but a cult of the leftist and white liberals...
wow, I was going to use the term "national treasure" in writing my comment, but you beat me to it! I've twice written to the White House to ask the president to give him the Medal of Freedom. Much deserved.
Sowell has special credibility because he turned away from Marxism based on facts.
Yes! And so few people let facts get in the way of their beliefs.
He stopped being a marxist when he was working for the government
Then why does Thomas Sowell debate virtually nobody? For example against the Marxism Professor, Richard Wolff? Or the Communist Dr. Zizek?
@@farjammovahedi4057 he did a lot of debating in his younger years.
@@dw1218 It’s hard to find then, at least on UA-cam. Wolff and Zizek have done lots of debates till this day e.g. against Peter Schiff and Jordan Peterson etc.
Rubin: "What was your wake-up to that line of thinking?"
Sowell: "Facts"
What I find to be interesting is the fact that there are *way more* former marxists who turned conservative than the other way around. That's an indication that the facts are on our side.
And Dave Rubin is the arbiter of stone cold facts. 🙂😁😄😆🤣😂😅🥲😕🙁😢😭
@@hamidkarim4811 right wing and conservative are different meaning, i think what you mean are on the right side of the wing
And also right-libertarian isnt left-liberal
Just saying
@@SetTrippin82 < triggered tyt simp
I wish he talked about the facts that made him change instead of just saying "facts".
"When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination." Thomas Sowell
So that's why the capitalist elite think they are entitled.
@@kimobrien. sure thing, comrade
One of the best lines. Thanks
Perfect comment!
Thomas Sowell said you don't judge a policy by its intentions. You judge by its results
That is an awesome quote!
I think that was Milton Friedman who said that first
Kinda stating the obvious honestly.
@@St.FighterZ sometimes the obvious needs to be stated when the masses are gaslit by a monolithic culture that controls everything
Nailed it on the head there. The great divide in our country is between those who follow intentions vs those who care about results. The former are feely types, weak in logic, who believe the fallacy that as long as their intentions are good, and led by what they perceive as "compassion", then it's right no matter how disastrous the results. It's ironic these are the same people who believe in "greater good" and yet their "compassionate" policies lead to great misery that on the end hurts so many, many more than those they wished, and might even have temporarily succeeded, to help.
He’s a brilliant man, and he’s seen it all from both sides. I wish more people would listen to Thomas Sowell!
He is a much better economist than Richard Wolfe. Wolfe is a quack, period.
He is, and I do...... I think of him as Candice's pappa ...Lol
I wish more people knew of Mr. Sowell. Prior to last year, I hadn't heard of him.
@@beaudavis3808 one come off as soft spoken, respectful and backs up his assertions with reason and facts. The other comes off as a bully.
Kimberly Holt
He's a big government republican and hates small government libertarians. He told people to vote for a radical left democrat named Donald Trump who added 7.8 trillion dollars to the national debt in one term, which is a record for a single term.
They all want us to hear black voices, but only the ones that say what they want.
_Stay on the plantation_
gibs me free shit.
@@jeffmerritt8260 Malcolm X is the guy liberals and conservatives love to hate.
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The man who should have been president, but is too smart, honorable, and factual to be a politician.
ditto
Which is why he should have been president.
Not enough dead people would vote for him
I would have voted for him
Sowell has the gift of being able to describe things in a concise, simple, and factually correct way
Yeah... in laymen terms.
@@clifffowler2581 If you can't reduce complex relationships and ideas down into layman's terms, then can you really call yourself an academic? Why bother trying to impress your audience, when you can simply inform them instead? :p
@@smartsimplefit Sorry mate I didn't grammar my comment correctly....
Thomas still kicks ass but 😴😴😴
Ironically, when you aren't trying to spin something a certain way, nor busy with performing mental gymnastics to avoid logical fallacies....almost any information can be conveyed in such a straight-forward manner
Sadly that gift also means Sowell is cursed to be ignored by the ideologues.
I discovered Dr. Sowell a few years ago when researching. It’s simply criminal that he’s not a household name similar to how Milton Friedman used to be.
By design, he’s not given the stage.
That's was i thought too. That ought to change.
Would be an easy change. As a society we could choose to require Basic Economics be taught in HS. Could teach Friedman too. Maybe some Hayek and Mises. All could be covered in two years of HS.
@@renaissancestatesman Would be a great and useful idea, but politicians hate smart people and want a bunch of hopeless idiots that are completely dependent on them, because their votes are guaranteed. As the saying goes “Give a man to fish and you feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish and you’ve got one less customer tomorrow”.
He's known in my house.
I was a liberal until this man red pilled me. A true American hero.
Welcome to the right side of history.
So you got brain washed lol thats literally what taking the red pill means today
@@travisborst2120 - That "literally" isn't what the word "literally" means. Good Lord, the world gets dumber every day.
@@travisborst2120 it’s not that extreme
@@drewm3996 never said how extreme it was but you know, words are hard for people who buy in to this dribble
"The road to hell is paved with Ivy League degrees"
- Sowell
Does Sowell count himself once or twice since he has degrees from both Harvard and Columbia.
@@kimobrien. easy there, brownshirt. It's a quote that escapes your wit.
@@anthonythekaekara8731 Sowell shouldn't throw stones in glass houses.
@@kimobrien. he can throw em ALL HE WANTS.
@@anthonythekaekara8731 I find him to be a strange individual. You don't really think he was a Marxist though do you?
Thomas Sowell is an American icon.
That's a true statement :=)
Sad to think we won't have him around much longer. Tom's in his 90s. I wish him a LONG life.
We lost Walter Williams and Herman Cain in 2020.
No, but he definitely should be. If people listened, he would be.
I wish he had become president when he was younger. He would’ve been one of the best
@@icecreamjunkie6790 He once was up for a Cabinet appt, I believe.
They jerked him around. He said he'd never go into politics after that. If he'd run for office, they'd have smeared him. Look at what they did to Herman Cain.
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. So is Jon Stossel.
@James Smythe true. Leftists hate, truth and facts.
Yes
@James Smythe If your definition of value is being on TV, your value system needs some serious re-thinking.
I was reading Sowell back in the 70's when I was a Berkeley Liberal at that time. Time has proven him correct.
@Google Sucks Ass Hahaha. Yes, as for myself, I have been outside the USA. Sowell is correct. He has proved it over and over again. I have learned so much from him. Bernie? Are you kidding? Bernie is like the uncle at Thanksgiving dinner who won’t shut up yakking about politics and the glories of socialism and how they really are doing things right in Cuba.
@@googlenazicompany5935 I lived in the UK and Italy for some years but I'm not sure what living abroad has to do with the OP's statement. Who would want to live in countries like Venezuela, USSR, China, North Korea, and Cuba? They've repressed and starved their citizens. China is still enslaving an ethnic group! Why do you think people from those countries try to get to the US?
Also, Sweden, Denmark, and Norway moved on from socialism decades ago. They're now centrists so they're not the socialist utopias people like to think they are.
His father died before he was born and his mother shortly after, and he turned out to be this Fine Man! How can you not love this guy? God Bless you and Yours Dr.Sowell!😇👍
All the people who would love to speak the truth are just shut down and called Uncle Tom . Sad 😞
He doesn't fit into the lib left hate agenda
@@user-cf6fo6bj1u you mean CNN
It's because their minds are too small to grasp the concept of the truth. It's easier to accept the lies they've been told rather than have the responsibility of fixing what's been damaged as a result of those lies.
His name is Thomas so technically there's nothing wrong with calling him uncle Tom
@@liltrump799 - you did get me their 🥱. Solely on any family
Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant minds of our world! Learning from him is a wonderful gift that he has given to anyone up to the challenge!!
He's pretty cool isn't he...
Amen
I’m very grateful for him and his work.
@@VABE81030 Economics is no way as simple as Sowell and the liberals would have you believe. The break up of the Black family can be laid directly at the altar of industrial capitalism. The sharecropper is a family farmer arrangement. The industrial workers are hired for their labor only the family is optional. Your wage is only meant to provide you enough income to come back to work for the next pay period.
What's your favorite book or piece by him? I just found out about him a few weeks ago. Thanks!
Don't dare try to bring facts to the table when talking to BLM activists.
They dont care about facts its like they want to be oppressed
"Exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who was demoralized is unable to assess true information, the facts tell nothing to him. Even if I shower him with information, authentic true with documents, with pictures. Even if I take him by force to Soviet Union and show him concentration camps, he will refuse to believe it. Until he is going to receive a kick in his fat bottom. When the military boat crashes his balls then he will understand but not before. That's the tragic situation of demoralization". - Yuri Bezmenov
He probably doesn't. I'm sure that he'd much rather speak to people who will listen to what he has to say.
''Just like most people I've never seen a pollster'' - Thomas Sowell
One of my favorite mic drop moments from Mr. Sowell.
My favorite God Bless You
@@jenniferwissmann6274 Yeah me too.
I've been reading his books, definitely one of the most brilliant economics minds to ever exist in the US.
Yes, if he was the economy advisor to the president we would not be in so much debt
I got his book Basic Economics as gift from my girlfriend’s mom last year.
The way how he can explain complicated topics into a very concise and easy to understand explanation is nothing short of pure brilliance. Truly one of the greatest minds that has ever walked this earth. A testament to how great this country is 🇺🇸!
@@josealvarenga9967 after you finish Basic Economics, read Vision of the Anointed and Knowlege and Decisions
@@hggryrdchgc Poking holes in liberal capitalist theory of the welfare state is easy enough coming up with a replacement policy is where Sowell fails miserably. No ideas other than the theory of markets fixing everything.
@@kimobrien.
If your point is that you know absolutely nothing about Sowell, then you made your point well.
Why dont people like this run countries?
Because they're not con artist trying to peddle a swindle.
@EDCHRIS Hanopol lmao wtf
@leftism goes in the trash And you got yourself an even WORSE swindler.
I just got the books “basic economics” and “intellectuals and society” delivered to my house today. This man has been a true inspiration to me
I'm listening to an audio book version of "Intellectuals and Race". My brain is happy 🧠😊
May I suggest "Discriminations and Disparities" next? It slays a lot of popular opinions. He's fantastic.
I was so surprised how clearly written basic economics was written
Sowell is one of the few people who addresses the real problem in this country. The problem is that people don’t embrace truth.
not just America, it's a lot of left thinking minds that base their truths off of feelings, I was one of them, diving into the research online is what made me turn right wing.
Most people WANT to be lied to, they want to be DECEIVED; and when you tell them the Truth, well that makes them angry...
@@kathrynpearse3245 i can agree with this to a extent, i wish i didn't know the things i know now, ignorance is way more peaceful.
@@Rikitangoable Agreed. Ignorance is bliss...but that's the bait thats in the trap, that some people have laid. Why don't some see the trap? Because of the "bliss."
@@kathrynpearse3245 its a hard one to figure out, one hand the left don't want to see the truth but try to create their own problems like they actually want problems, but never try to see the problems in front of them which are genuine problems that can be fixed.
in a world of so called "intellectuals", Thomas Sowell sits alone on top of Olympus.
Nope there's a figure sitting besides him Jordan Peterson
@@johnree6106 I like Dr Peterson also, he's a great thinker.
😥😢We just lost Walter Williams featured here, another American hero trying to make change. He was the foremost advocate of charter schools. Both Sowell and Williams have dozens of hours of interviews right here on YT. Worth your time I promise.
Indeed
DR: "What was your wake up to what was wrong to that line of thinking?"
TS: "Uuh, facts."
Precious! Cracked me up!
Dude educated me on so many things, he is an absolute legend, He should have more credit given to him than he is receiving
If you want a someone else similar, look up Larry Elder. He's just as awesome.
@@JoshuaGraves113 Thomas sowell was inspiration for Larry Elder
This is a beautiful video, Stossel has outdone himself, and may Thomas Sowell live to 120.
Stossel has really been on fire lately. Snowden AND Sowell?? High caliber stuff.
Heck that, may Thomas live for infinity
@@anatomicsnuffbox3126 tapping into the brains we need at a time more than ever
Sowell is the epitome of an American free thinker. We need more Thomas Sowell's.
I'm glad there's still people like Sowell and Stossel that are commited to upholding the truth.
We need people like this making our laws, not the snakes we currently do.
I was a Left leaning liberal,Basic economics brought the much needed sense in me. Thank you Sir Thomas Sowell.
I think most people atart off like this.
Example; minimum wage.
Youd think "who on earth would be against raising the poors wages? Probably a bad person"
I was there.
@@johncole2744 Me too. It's embarrasing to think about how naive I used to be.
@@ollikoskiniemi6221 Now you're right leaning conservative establishment? How RADICAL!!!
@@kimobrien. Establishment? Not at all, atleast in my country. Why do you even speak of radicality as if it's virtue?
@@ollikoskiniemi6221 Sowell is just an establishment Republican like the Bushes, Reagan, Nixon and others. They only reason people think he is odd is because so many Black leaders are Democrats. Actually the first popularly elected Black Senator was a Republican from Massachusetts Senator Ed Brooke. Earl Warren a California Republican was the Chief Justice that presided over the dismantling of Segregation. The ultra right wanted him impeached. Republican appointed Justices provided key votes in Roe v. Wade.
Thank you John for introducing your audience to this brilliant national treasure, Thomas Sowell.
Lastly, R.I.P. Walter Williams.
"Crusading makes for great politics; but terrible policy" -- Thomas Sowell.
Wish Thomas Sowell had run for president, but he refuses to be involved in that whole political mess.
Of course, look at what happened to trump when he went against the system.
There are no messiahs.
@@a.gabbey5569 okay and where did that come from?
@@89TNash Sowell advocates rational policies ofcourse. But politics is a different ball game entirely. I prefer him to stay out of active politics.
@@a.gabbey5569 No messiahs...funny, that's the term used by the left for that guy in office just before Trump
i'll never forget the first time i watched him debate Liberals.
the man's intellect is irrefutable.
HE'LL CRUSH THEM ANYTIME.
I just discovered Thomas Sowell recently. What a gem of a man.
Dr. Sowell is a national treasure and a voice of societal truth.
A national treasure who even influenced the likes of Clarence Thomas.
Clarence Thomas is no friend of black people.
@James Smythe self projection much?
@James Smythe You sound like an anti-racist racist.
@@godsstrength7129 Black capitalism of either the liberals or conservatives is no solution to the masses of Black working people. Free markets fixing everything is a solution with no meat on the bones.
Like they’re doing with all facts, they have to hide this man’s work. This is crazy. This country needs some serious prayer, and we who know the truth need some serious boldness.
Thomas Sowell is one of my favorite people. A great story and an incredible mind. Thank you for bringing him up!
“What was your wake up call in that line of thinking?”
“Huh. Facts”
*savage*
Thomas Sowell, a man on the list of those to be admired. A precious gem in our society today.
Sowell is the greatest thinker in America today - and a wonderful storyteller.
A national treasure shamefully underappreciated.
Thomas Sowell is brilliant, my generation desperately needs people like him
I 13, what about you?
The saddest thing is he is the exception, not the rule. If more were like him, we wouldn't be in the fix we are in.
One of my favorite clips I've ever watched of Sowell was the pride and smile coming from Milton Friedman when they were in a debate with loon lefties in the 70s.
A legend
Most intelligent man in America.
YES! Love Thomas Sowell. Can't wait to watch this documentary. I find it very hard to believe they'd play something so anti-left on PBS.
Walter E Williams was also a national treasure who went to his final reward on December 2, 2020. Tom Sowell just turned 90. Where are the next generation of great black voices coming from? It sure as hell isn't from BLM.
@Google Sucks Ass You mean the ones who absconded with 80 million dollars?
@@googlenazicompany5935@GNC...what?
One of the greatest minds this country has every produced.
Thank you, John Stossel, for exposing Thomas Sowell, who exposed the truth.
if we had politicians like Mr. Sowell we would be a better country.
"Facts." - Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell, I wish you continued success in enlightening us all with more facts.
What made you change your mind? facts.
OMG I love it
Stossel : “ You can watch the full Sowell documentary on any of these sites starting next week.”
Big Brother may not approve 🤔
Where is the full documentary, btw?
"What was your wake-up call"
"Well, uh, facts"
Truly a unique mind.
That was awesome!
Well every mind is unique, but overcoming naivety and ignorance is not the most unique feature. I did that too and know alot of people who also did.
@@ollikoskiniemi6221 Good for you
Stossel I thank you for doing what you do keep up the great work.
If there's one person that should be immortal, it would be Thomas Sowell
Yep, the msm has been avoiding him for a long time.
Thomas Sowell is an intellectual scholar, he has continued MLK's legacy!
MLK was a socialist and opposed capitalism. It says something that you think MLK was similar to Sowell. You were probably fed the white American propaganda that MLK was just about non-violence and therefore was one of the good black people but never touches on his criticism of capitalism and the effects of systemic racism on black people in America. These are two things that sowell did not agree with. And I think we can all agree on who actually did more for the civil rights movement. Yeah, the socialist. Facts are a bitch aren’t they :/
I am so glad this came out. It needs to ALWAYS be available.
Fun fact. The Emmy on Dave Rubin’s set was sent to him by John Stossel after his (Stossels) wife watched the interview Rubin did with Thomas Sowell.
Who is Stossel's wife? She must be intelligent as well.
I saw Don Lemon had a whole segment on his show praising this guy.
Then my alarm went off. 😴⏰
Don Lemon would start crying for cuddles from his bum chum in the presence of Tom Sowell.
"Uh, facts" - Thomas Sowell
Love Sowell. Wish Friedman was still here too. Thanks for sharing about the documentary John. Can’t wait.
The man is in his 90's and still speaks better than our President-elect. I love Sowell and I wish he would get more social recognition.
The man who first made me think about the real world. Before him, everything was theoretical.
I don't think CNN would ever let a guy like Sowell in there. Imagine a guy like Lemon trying to talk to him.
🤣🤣🤣 Sowell is WAY out of Lemon's league. Sowell cares about cold hard facts. He's a brilliant man, I wish he got more recognition.
@@ilovepizza4 Sowell lives on statistics, plus he's old enough to remember the bad old days of segregation and Jim Crow, so he can put things in perspective for Lemon. And the biggest thing? He's a former Marine and Korean War vet. Lemon is used to interviewing silly people who know nothing about nothing. I would pay Pay Per View money for that whole thing lol
@@evillink1 No doubt that Sowell would crush Lemon in any debate. I'd like to see him school AOC on socialism. He's a brilliant man with high intellectual standards who holds everything up to the same scrutiny. He asks the right questions and he's a government bureaucracy's worst nightmare. I don't think any of them would be a match for Sowell. Like I said, Sowell is WAY out of Lemon's league.
@@ilovepizza4 AOC probably wants a mature ebony ass party from Sowell.
100 years from now they will look at him as one of the most brilliant minds of 20th and 21st centuries
Sadly, No they won't. The Left will win this war, because its not a war with guns, but a war with peer pressure.
Theyll win, and history will be rewritten and the likes of Sowell and Stossel, along with Shapiro and Peterson, will all be erased.
Have never clicked on a video so fast in my life, two icons!
Glad he's getting recognized and for him to live to see it 🙏🤲
Thomas Sowell is an American treasure, one of the greatest minds of our time.
Media always ignores the stories that hurt their agendas.
Sowell is an icon who will never get the recognition he deserves in his own time.
I remember being on welfare when I was young, my Father left when I was one year old. My Mom did everything that she could to make sure I had what I needed, and occasionally, what I wanted. I remember food stamps being embarrassing, and wanting to do whatever was necessary to get off of them. Two years later, we were free of government assistance. I've worked hard to become a middle class, successful man with a family of my own. Nowadays, I see people at the register in stores now swiping their ebt cards with pride....how far we have come as a society.
I'm not against people that NEED help getting that help. But I am absolutely against leeches that aren't getting off their butts to change their stars.
Mom said I should ask about how poor kids could get fed
So I got a book of tickets and a schedule and it read
Monday hotdogs
Tuesday tacos
Wednesday hamburgers and chocolate milk
Thursday sloppy joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was pizza day, the best day of the week
All the kids would line up super early just to eat
To be fair, I have some friends on food stamps. They work as evangelists and don’t make an income. They’re happy they don’t have to ask their supporters as much while they spread the word of God.
What I’m saying is it’s more than just the lazy bums of food stamps.
I "discovered" Thomas Sowell 4 years ago, and have come to admire his wisdom and insight. I have definitely have been schooled by him, and am thankful for it.
One of the greatest men of our age, sadly most haven't heard of him.
Thank you so much for all the knowledge you have given to me and many others, Mr. Sowell🙂
Very smart man , god bless you sir 🙏👍🇺🇸
I was made to watch Dr Thomas Sowell by/with my Dad growing up...Now I can't watch enough Dr Thomas Sowell voluntarily!!!
I’ve quoted / cited Sowell in a couple conversations with black friends/ coworders... they definitely think I’m racist now.
@James Smythe If it such good business why is he not more known. That would make him bad at business
@James Smythe I think you’re confused on where the money train is stationed. BLM took in $90 million in 2019 alone. They only paid out $24 million to various charities. So $66 million left, and as a 501c3, they can’t earn a profit, so that money has to go somewhere? Like say salaries to pay for $4+ million in real estate. Again, that was just 2019. Who knows about the other years.
Well yeah. He preaches personal responsibility and accountability. Very racist to not blame white folk for everything wrong in the black community
Love what you and Sowell do!
Never heard of Thomas Sowell but I am looking forward to seeing his documentary after this. Thanks!
One of the smartest man out there. Always a pleasure to listen to him.
Thomas Sowell should be heralded the same as any prominent black figure in America. Yet I'd say 99% of kids never even heard of him in the 12 years they were at school.
Stossel and Sowell ... awesome :)
@John Stossel - great love and respect for you sir, please keep fighting the good fight. Me and Mine stand with you, ever observant, ever questioning and always seeking!
Sowell and Stossel. Two of my heroes.
This man is a national treasure one of the few people with common sense nowadays
R.I.P Walter Williams
"I'm a Sowell man " - the Blues Brothers (and I guess Sam and Dave too)
Thomas Sowell is a Patriot that is not afraid to speak up. What a great man. 👍👍🇺🇸
Sowell is RIGHT. It is an outrage that there is no Thomas Sowell school of Economics at a major University.
Sowell was part of the Chicago School.
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure and should receive the Presidential Freedom award. Ditto Walter E. Williams.
There's no effing way you can argue with this man and win.
God Bless Thomas Sowell and John Stossel 🙏
Thank you for highlighting a man who has been one of my intellectual heroes for decades. I have a number of his works on my shelf and have learned much from them. His book "Marxism" was one of the first I read. It turned me around in the 1970s and started me on my journey into Classical Liberalism and libertarian thought.
Can’t wait to watch the documentary!