Thomas Sowell Dismantles Egalitarianism (Frances Fox Piven Edition)

In this clip from the 1980 Free To Choose, socialist Frances Fox Piven tangles with Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell. Sowell, in particular, is incisive with his discussion of "process" versus aspiration -- concluding that whatever the purported social goals, liberty suffers.
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  • @comesahorseman
    @comesahorseman6 жыл бұрын

    A free people will never be equal, and a people ( made) equal will never be free. It's really that simple.

  • @v.v.7522

    @v.v.7522

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Amidon amen

  • @parrotshootist3004

    @parrotshootist3004

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thus the bait for willing slaves is set.

  • @ExitStrategies

    @ExitStrategies

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Amidon “direct community action in favor of a socialist regime is an admission of supremacy”

  • @sifundo77

    @sifundo77

    4 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @TheJTinHB

    @TheJTinHB

    4 жыл бұрын

    People "made" equal, will also never be equal.

  • @jpierre9698
    @jpierre96985 жыл бұрын

    3 important questions I learned to ask because I listened to Thomas Sowell: Compared to what? At what cost? What hard evidence do you have?

  • @elizabethd.838

    @elizabethd.838

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sihing Pierre He uses reason, not emotions and rhetoric. This is the source of seeking truth.

  • @The22Walli

    @The22Walli

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, he said that arguments from the left usually don't live up to those three questions

  • @Tome4kkkk

    @Tome4kkkk

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's funny because no one is asking those questions when revering capitalism :) And no, comparing performance of a capitalist system to totalitarian socialist systems is a proof of high-IQ retardation rather than a valid argument :)

  • @TheEpikak

    @TheEpikak

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is simply amazing how much BS you can cut through using three simple questions.

  • @jesusmods1

    @jesusmods1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Tome4kkkk well you have to compare to real stuff you know?

  • @omgutubeismylife
    @omgutubeismylife10 жыл бұрын

    "Like most people, I've never seen a pollster."

  • @radioheadinc

    @radioheadinc

    5 жыл бұрын

    omgutubeismylife I love that

  • @arisvery4986

    @arisvery4986

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @michaelangeloright704

    @michaelangeloright704

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like most people I've never seen a Pollster.

  • @BenDoverII

    @BenDoverII

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even today...That statement wins the internet...

  • @Charistoph

    @Charistoph

    4 жыл бұрын

    She says, "Black Leaders", you mean like Martin Luther King, Jr? Like Malcolm X? They spoke out against the very crap she was promoting. Which is probably why they died so early on, am I right? No, she's referring to the sell outs like Reverend Jackson and Al Sharpton.

  • @casablancasj448
    @casablancasj4488 жыл бұрын

    Imagine trying to win a debate when you're up against Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell. Good luck.

  • @avonflex5031

    @avonflex5031

    5 жыл бұрын

    were can i get d full debate

  • @actualideas8078

    @actualideas8078

    4 жыл бұрын

    And you have a dumb premise to defend like socialism

  • @marcosmelendez09

    @marcosmelendez09

    4 жыл бұрын

    Simply they will win because they are speaking the truth. There is only one truth. The rest is just opinions

  • @maxscott3349

    @maxscott3349

    4 жыл бұрын

    Depends what you're debating. If it were say, which types of ground you need toothed buckets for, or whether you can weld gray cast with a 7018, I'd probably be at an advantage

  • @marcelbenner993

    @marcelbenner993

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@avonflex5031 To me, this looks like a series Milton Friedman has done. They are called Free to Choose. After some explanations in form of a movie, a debate is held at the end of each part. There are 10 in total but I don't know from which this clip is.

  • @HeavyK.
    @HeavyK.4 жыл бұрын

    The older I get, the more I enjoy a black person berating a white liberal for deciding to speak and think for black people. Tomas Sowell is just incredible.

  • @JimmyJaxJellyStax

    @JimmyJaxJellyStax

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, it's one thing to have compassion and attempt to see things from the perspective of another race beyond our own, but another to downright pretend we've somehow also lived as another. In respect for accuracy, everyone should tactfully lead the sharing of the most genuine experiences of their own race to help society most accurately understand. Sowell is the black man here, let him represent his people lady! Also not to obsess too much, risk of polarizing everything into race (ala Twitter tirades today, etc).

  • @floatsting20

    @floatsting20

    3 жыл бұрын

    A white liberal is the most racist. They spout this crap and then go home to their nice neighborhood with white faces

  • @ShawnWeeded510

    @ShawnWeeded510

    3 жыл бұрын

    And Sowell acting as though he speaks for all black people implies that blacks are to some degree a monolith. Sowell speaks for a minority of the black community.

  • @TheClemcaster

    @TheClemcaster

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only an old white man would find Sowell's ideas 'just incredible.'

  • @kevinkilpatrick7510

    @kevinkilpatrick7510

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Ken Wells he berates her for saying something correct. she’s not speaking for black people, she’s simply stating a fact: inequality in education was a significant issue of concern for the black civil rights movement in the 60s. sowell indicates very firmly that this is incorrect, but it is indeed correct, historical, factual, even widely accepted.

  • @varanidguy
    @varanidguy8 жыл бұрын

    Why don't we have shows like this on television anymore?! Screw Keeping Up With the Kardashians, that's GARBAGE! THIS!! This is what we NEED! Education!

  • @MrClaudiuzz9

    @MrClaudiuzz9

    8 жыл бұрын

    +varanidguy Supply flows to where the demand is, its what the people want

  • @lisat9322

    @lisat9322

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Claudius Odermatt - Not exactly. It's what the people are FED.

  • @MrClaudiuzz9

    @MrClaudiuzz9

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lisa T No one is forcing you to consume

  • @MrClaudiuzz9

    @MrClaudiuzz9

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lisa T You're consuming on your freedom of choice and free will

  • @lisat9322

    @lisat9322

    8 жыл бұрын

    Claudius Odermatt - I don't watch the trash on TV. It's boring. There are very few programs on today's TV that are intellectual or educational. Most are with a leftist slant and predictable. Thanks, but no thanks. I prefer to live in reality because I don't believe in unicorns and pixie dust.

  • @iWizard
    @iWizard4 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh, the good ol’ days. Remember when our public debates used to sound like that? Remember when left and right robustly debated facts and philosophies? What a joke we’ve become.

  • @marixcx

    @marixcx

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ken MacDonald Delusional i see

  • @HamsterWheelGaming
    @HamsterWheelGaming5 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman in the same room....I wish I could have been there. God bless both of them.

  • @ginohernandez3770

    @ginohernandez3770

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can add Carl Sagan in there too.

  • @DieFlabbergast

    @DieFlabbergast

    4 жыл бұрын

    God was probably in the audience (in disguise).

  • @samoralink8952

    @samoralink8952

    4 жыл бұрын

    Friedman was an evil man who caused the death of thousands of people due to his economic experiments especially in South America.

  • @LuisOrtiz-xo5kc

    @LuisOrtiz-xo5kc

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@samoralink8952 What is your evidence to support this claim?

  • @jesusmods1

    @jesusmods1

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@samoralink8952 WTF are you talking about?

  • @FerdinandFake
    @FerdinandFake4 жыл бұрын

    "If you dont want to trade freedom for welfare, you aint black" - JB

  • @davidlund5213

    @davidlund5213

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought of the same exact thing! it's infuriating how long this idea has persisted, especially in the presence of such brilliant minds as Thomas Sowell's

  • @michaelhart1072
    @michaelhart10727 жыл бұрын

    I thought egalitarianism was just that everyone had equal rights and opportunities, not equal outcome

  • @liamashton645

    @liamashton645

    4 жыл бұрын

    We've had equal rights and opportunities for decades. The results are not what the leftists wanted to see so now they want to control the outcomes by restricting rights and opportunities to the races and genders of people that did well with their opportunities in life... I.E white and Asian men. They have become authoritarian and truly believe their discrimination is just and right.

  • @fabulousdolphin4221

    @fabulousdolphin4221

    4 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @squeakersthegryphon5338

    @squeakersthegryphon5338

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sadly most modern people think that egalitarianism is equal outcome.

  • @samqwerty

    @samqwerty

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's exactly that. He is making a strawman, but people are too sentimental with their own dogmas to even notice.

  • @rowsdower12

    @rowsdower12

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's communism now. They are trying to control speech too

  • @jawhitak
    @jawhitak7 жыл бұрын

    I miss these times. People discussed ideas and policies rather than just call each other names..

  • @gregpatterson921

    @gregpatterson921

    4 жыл бұрын

    jawhitak once someone starts calling names, the other has won the argument

  • @fabulousdolphin4221

    @fabulousdolphin4221

    4 жыл бұрын

    now the answer would be YOU RACIST KRAKKA

  • @mdjcsmith
    @mdjcsmith7 жыл бұрын

    Wow, never seen Sowell lose his patience like that.

  • @TrollinFromFlask

    @TrollinFromFlask

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm against getting anger in debates but can't blame him listening to that manipulative hag.

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    He did kind of.lose it It took me a minute to understand why

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    What she said was so radically racist He was unwilling to go backwards

  • @SJQuirke

    @SJQuirke

    4 жыл бұрын

    Even this he does well - what a great guy!

  • @dannyburns2394

    @dannyburns2394

    4 жыл бұрын

    mdjcsmith, he wants to distract you with his anger so you don’t notice that he is lying. Consistently the polls show that 69-84% of black people surveyed agree with affirmative action. Today 63% of white people do. He lies!

  • @BenDoverII
    @BenDoverII4 жыл бұрын

    2:25 Even in the 80’s entitled white women trying to tell black people how to think and act, etc...Bravo Mr. Sowell for putting her in her place!!!

  • @blackpepperburger

    @blackpepperburger

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Impervious ^ U.S.A.

  • @MissSunny1966

    @MissSunny1966

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a white woman and cheered him! He's on target with it all!

  • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer

    @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jewish** woman.

  • @thebronxguy916

    @thebronxguy916

    4 жыл бұрын

    Socialist Democrat's Poverty Pimps control over the US Inner-cities.

  • @thebronxguy916

    @thebronxguy916

    4 жыл бұрын

    Poverty Programs before 1 cent, 1 dollar is spent, given to supposedly help someone. Hundreds of thousands of millions is spent on, Office Bldgs, office furniture, computers setup, computer programming, office supplies, insurance for government cars, purchase of vehicles. The come the Directors of program Salary, plus benefits, the same for his assistant director salary.. What a scam.

  • @benjaminscherrey1124
    @benjaminscherrey11248 жыл бұрын

    "Like most people I have never seen a pollster!" - Sowell What an awesome true statement! Sowell is the sage of our age. "You get greater equality of actual results by a system under which people are free to achieve unequal results" - Friedman Friedman is possibly the wisest man to live in the 20th century. He is truly missed.

  • @oscarcabral6913

    @oscarcabral6913

    8 жыл бұрын

    What does Sowell mean by that?

  • @judasjuicebox

    @judasjuicebox

    7 жыл бұрын

    what do you think of Ludvig von Mises?

  • @EthanNoble

    @EthanNoble

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'd give that label to Mises or Rothbard

  • @ajdoyle9559

    @ajdoyle9559

    5 жыл бұрын

    Polls were taken which asked a sample of black people if they supported affirmative action, most said no. She says randomly without any evidence that Thomas Sowell puts the ideas into the pollsters heads that black people don't support affirmative action, he responds that he has never even met a pollster which highlights how ridiculous her assertion is.

  • @cristianofisch

    @cristianofisch

    5 жыл бұрын

    @EthanNoble Me too. Friedman trusted government and politicians too much, thats why Mises said: "You're all a bunch of socialists".

  • @gQuaresma07
    @gQuaresma077 жыл бұрын

    milton friedman and Thomas Sowell are together ♥ :O

  • @mmlas8683

    @mmlas8683

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell is still alive.

  • @wiltonheath9618

    @wiltonheath9618

    7 жыл бұрын

    Milton Friedman is in the video

  • @akasteve03

    @akasteve03

    7 жыл бұрын

    Abdul Gemayyel this is from free to choose series by milt it was a great series

  • @MusicaX79

    @MusicaX79

    7 жыл бұрын

    There's an awesome debate for privatizing schools that has William f Buckley, Thomas Sowell, and Milton Friedman all on one side. Amazon has it and I think youtube has parts of it for free if you look hard enough.

  • @rodneyleon3645

    @rodneyleon3645

    7 жыл бұрын

    thats because milton was his mentor

  • @terrypussypower
    @terrypussypower5 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell talks the most sense of anyone I’ve ever heard. The guy is a fountain of common sense. Every time I listen to him or read anything by him I learn something important.

  • @maraw8658
    @maraw86588 жыл бұрын

    I think I actually saw Thomas roll his eyes.....and I love it

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    Honestly he totally lost it for almost a minute

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    It took me a minute or five to understand why tho

  • @FloridaManMatty

    @FloridaManMatty

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’s the closest I’ve ever seen him come to losing his cool. He was right, too.

  • @musical_lolu4811

    @musical_lolu4811

    4 жыл бұрын

    He was younger.

  • @3lightsteps
    @3lightsteps5 жыл бұрын

    Love Sowell. I have also loved Milton Friedman. Takes me back to better days when facts and logic could be heard.

  • @flamingxflamingo5330

    @flamingxflamingo5330

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're such a stereotype

  • @laloj.ramirez7101
    @laloj.ramirez71013 жыл бұрын

    “Like most people I have never seen a pollster.” Same Thomas, same. Sill relevant today in 2020

  • @patsaultz721
    @patsaultz7215 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell is the most bad ass black man to ever walk the face of this earth ...the most Under rated Scholar as well !

  • @lucasley20

    @lucasley20

    4 жыл бұрын

    He sure is!

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    He might be one of them ...MLK Jr ...Dr. Ben Carson ...I don't necessarily agree with Islam but cassius clay/Ali was pretty brilliant TBH I could go on with a few more Honestly I doubt there has ever been anyone SMARTER than Ben Carson He is an equal among the most high intellects that have ever lived

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    George Washington Carver .. George Washington

  • @buckeyewill2166

    @buckeyewill2166

    4 жыл бұрын

    pat saultz ....I respect his iconoclastic mannerisms. Even though I respect the Ne Deal and Great Society

  • @iwasherenowiamnotok8893

    @iwasherenowiamnotok8893

    4 жыл бұрын

    How about Huey Lewis

  • @percybolondo5430
    @percybolondo54307 жыл бұрын

    Tom's just too good. The smartest guy in the room every single time.

  • @ABHINAV-bo2ls

    @ABHINAV-bo2ls

    6 жыл бұрын

    Percy Bolondo That would surely be Friedman.

  • @ramtrucks721

    @ramtrucks721

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not when Freidman is there

  • @classycactus8449
    @classycactus84494 жыл бұрын

    I find it funny that she essentially asserted that you first need equality of outcome to achieve equality of opportunity.

  • @yoonjeongsoo9378
    @yoonjeongsoo93787 жыл бұрын

    "You expressed it dammit!!!" Love this moment

  • @worsethanjoerogan8061

    @worsethanjoerogan8061

    6 жыл бұрын

    When Sowell gets mad lol

  • @Chaosdude341

    @Chaosdude341

    5 жыл бұрын

    That was great.

  • @ElronHumpperdink
    @ElronHumpperdink6 жыл бұрын

    Notice how Sowell is an economist, the opponent is in political science. One is a useful occupation.

  • @Tome4kkkk

    @Tome4kkkk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Economists - the clergy class of today.

  • @Zorro9129

    @Zorro9129

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's more like political science has been subverted by a league interested in advancing its goals rather than pursuing truth.

  • @nickthesupersaiyan

    @nickthesupersaiyan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Economics have been politicized to cheerlead capitalist economic logic and values.

  • @thisrichbastard.809

    @thisrichbastard.809

    4 жыл бұрын

    Economics is theory based. Civilizations existed and thrive for thousands of years without Economists.

  • @juanme555

    @juanme555

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Dr. Georgio Yakatura Not nearly as useful as Cicero.

  • @einhornisaman2973
    @einhornisaman29737 жыл бұрын

    It must of been a pleasure in going to school everyday to be able to listen Thomas Sowell lecture about economics. I almost envy those students that had the privilege to hear this brilliant man speak.

  • @thedizzlesizzle89

    @thedizzlesizzle89

    7 жыл бұрын

    You can still have that same privileges.. pretty much every talk they've done is available on youtube. You have it better than they did actually back then

  • @lucasfortes7705

    @lucasfortes7705

    7 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Stewart God bless the free-market!

  • @xandercorp6175

    @xandercorp6175

    6 жыл бұрын

    "almost"

  • @tigerarmyrule
    @tigerarmyrule8 жыл бұрын

    Friedman should be required reading for everyone.

  • @allenellsworth5799

    @allenellsworth5799

    7 жыл бұрын

    As well as his son.

  • @GamingLoadown101

    @GamingLoadown101

    7 жыл бұрын

    Economics in one lesson should as should the problem with socialism

  • @lbuday
    @lbuday4 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman top 10 anime collaborations

  • @ChuddmasterZero
    @ChuddmasterZero4 жыл бұрын

    Sowell’s reasoning is always powerful and compelling. I wish he had a more prominent role today - his wisdom is sorely needed.

  • @sammyscellojourney3851
    @sammyscellojourney38517 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell should be the hero of the black community, he's a brillant mind!

  • @teebaggwell9853

    @teebaggwell9853

    5 жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately black community call him all degrading names because he speak the truth.

  • @Cynicruss2

    @Cynicruss2

    5 жыл бұрын

    You guys need to stop this identity politics.

  • @radiolaw3297

    @radiolaw3297

    5 жыл бұрын

    He should be the hero of all communities.

  • @logant44

    @logant44

    5 жыл бұрын

    when he finally passes on (and he getting quite old) nyt will give him brief mention somewhere in the corner of some nondescript page

  • @cajunpipesmoker1519

    @cajunpipesmoker1519

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sammy's Cello Journey , I've heard he has to live in seclusion because of death threats by the black community.

  • @agiftedrighterdotcom
    @agiftedrighterdotcom7 жыл бұрын

    My babies' intellects are increasing just by my playing this in the background of their playtime. I know it is true.

  • @LittleHatori

    @LittleHatori

    5 жыл бұрын

    😂yas!!!!! u can never start Good habits or discourse too early in a child's life.

  • @avonflex5031

    @avonflex5031

    5 жыл бұрын

    were can i watch full debate

  • @brandonvestra

    @brandonvestra

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@avonflex5031 I'm looking for that too.

  • @emergencybearcedures4494

    @emergencybearcedures4494

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is true

  • @fabulousdolphin4221

    @fabulousdolphin4221

    4 жыл бұрын

    they are becoming more equal

  • @flaminghulaballoo
    @flaminghulaballoo3 жыл бұрын

    Sowell nails it in his first sentence: talking at cross purposes. Sowell is talking from quantifiable fact and Piven is talking from rhetoric. The difference is substantive, especially as Sowell knows he is arguing from fact, and Piven does not seem to know that she is only arguing from rhetoric. This is the seminal problem of public discourse in our times. Never mind Social Media whipping up the mid-wits on any or all given sides. You cannot have any agreement when one side always argues in what is de facto bad faith. It has only gotten worse in 40 years.

  • @49riffinator
    @49riffinator4 жыл бұрын

    Milton Friedman was like 'Man I could really use some popcorn right now'

  • @dcgregorya5434
    @dcgregorya54344 жыл бұрын

    Watching these videos makes me depressed at how : We knew all this decades ago. Our society is even less intelligent now than it was then. At least you can say some of the liberals on here couldn't know the net result of how every one of these policies would fail. Now we do know this and people want to keep doubling down on something which not only doesn't work but it has counterproductive results.

  • @fabulousdolphin4221

    @fabulousdolphin4221

    4 жыл бұрын

    read letters written by the average Joe in WW1 and WW2. You can clearly see how much dumber we are. the proficiency of language use has plummeted

  • @dbjkatz

    @dbjkatz

    4 жыл бұрын

    dcgregorya the leftist imbeciles who killed Classical liberalism cling to the futile hope that their ideas - much like a 35 year old who lives in a basement smoking pot and playing video games - will some day work.

  • @buzifalus

    @buzifalus

    4 жыл бұрын

    america let us down. kill it before it breeds

  • @kingdomcome1617

    @kingdomcome1617

    4 жыл бұрын

    You win the top comment award for this video. Well stated.

  • @truthseeker9688

    @truthseeker9688

    4 жыл бұрын

    dcgregorya so true.

  • @billybagbom
    @billybagbom9 жыл бұрын

    Wanna have a bad day? Include in it a debate with Thomas Sowell. He will wipe up the floor with you.

  • @jbailor13

    @jbailor13

    6 жыл бұрын

    /\ There are no three sentences which better sum up the talents of Mr. Sowell.

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe I would debate anyone on almost anything It's fun :)

  • 8 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell is a frigg'n genius. He's written several books, some of which I've read and heartily recommend.

  • @guyfawkes9252

    @guyfawkes9252

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Walter Strong Which book would you recommend?

  • @Coaching-is3pz

    @Coaching-is3pz

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Walter Strong So completely agree. One gains IQ points simply by reading Sowell's work.

  • @blessedalcuin

    @blessedalcuin

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Walter Strong Yup, he's written forty books.

  • @mohtoadh

    @mohtoadh

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Walter Strong recommend just one?

  • @guyfawkes9252

    @guyfawkes9252

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes.

  • @brendannadnerb5903
    @brendannadnerb590311 жыл бұрын

    I love hearing Sowell say "damn it."

  • @capitalismisgood7650
    @capitalismisgood765010 жыл бұрын

    Great quote from Thomas Sowell later on. "we live in a anointed state where the anointed decide how you should feel." Fits well here when he talks about black people not polling on affirmative action, the anointed polled for affirmative action putting affirmative action in the black peoples mouth.

  • @rajbaj

    @rajbaj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where can I watch the entire debate?

  • @herashak
    @herashak5 жыл бұрын

    "Like most people I have never seen a pollster" "get wealthy with a permit to set up a television station"

  • @Noraeve
    @Noraeve3 жыл бұрын

    "Like most people I have never seen a pollster!" - true then and true today. Love Thomas Sowell.

  • @fredpearson5204
    @fredpearson52048 жыл бұрын

    I'm not sure who's more awesome: Thomas Sowell or Milton Friedman? Piven is a microbe amongst intellectual giants.

  • @Mendelmandela

    @Mendelmandela

    8 жыл бұрын

    +David Pearson piven is a virus among aliens heheheh

  • @samwiseg1972

    @samwiseg1972

    8 жыл бұрын

    Just like Yoda and Obi-Wan. Can't choose!

  • @yoonjeongsoo9378

    @yoonjeongsoo9378

    7 жыл бұрын

    Fred Pearson I love them both to death. But Thomas lays down the absolute FIRE on race issues. It's so cathartic... and I'm a Korean man living in South Korea.

  • @veryliberalprogressiveathe6117

    @veryliberalprogressiveathe6117

    6 жыл бұрын

    Fred Pearson I don't compare them. They're both great 👍.

  • @davidturner1641

    @davidturner1641

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@veryliberalprogressiveathe6117 I agree

  • @shyama5612
    @shyama56124 жыл бұрын

    Its amazing that even today 'equality of opportunity' is derided and 'equality of outcome' is considered morally superior by the Progressives. I shudder to think what would I have been if I had not known of Sowell and Milton. For sure, I'd have been a progressive as that's the 'factory setting' for most urban IT professional like myself.

  • @no-bozos
    @no-bozos4 жыл бұрын

    Never enter a battle of wits with Thomas Sowell unarmed.

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee4 жыл бұрын

    Never saw Sowell get riled up before! Dammit, woman! Lol

  • @williamg780
    @williamg7806 жыл бұрын

    I love Sowell’s hand swipe at 2:32

  • @McBain86

    @McBain86

    6 жыл бұрын

    Then Piven gives him the stink-eye, LOL.

  • @pwenkojammy2894
    @pwenkojammy28943 жыл бұрын

    "They expressed it" Sowell is sitting there like: I'm sitting right in front of you... no I didn't...

  • @highdesert420
    @highdesert4204 жыл бұрын

    I love Thomas Sowell so much. Wish he'd live forever.

  • @fastsean9
    @fastsean93 жыл бұрын

    “A lot of people are born at the bottom of the society.” Girl please. It’s all a mindset. Do u think poor Asians come to America say aw I wish I somebody gave me money while i do nothing? No

  • @pablorages1241
    @pablorages12414 жыл бұрын

    Sowell is a BOSS ... I wish everyone could think so logically and truthfully

  • @John_II
    @John_II Жыл бұрын

    I could listen to Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell all day.

  • @PMichaelG
    @PMichaelG4 жыл бұрын

    Sowell: "Like most people, I have never met a Pollster" Epic..

  • @b3makinn
    @b3makinn4 жыл бұрын

    This man’s message has depth and weight. Thank you

  • @penelopeplimsoul3617
    @penelopeplimsoul36173 жыл бұрын

    The moment he rolls his eyes and sighs. 😆😂

  • @ilovetoeatoff
    @ilovetoeatoff7 жыл бұрын

    Where can I watch the full video? Gosh, this is interesting.

  • @manuelaraujo2764

    @manuelaraujo2764

    7 жыл бұрын

    Free to choose. Search for Firedmans Series and you'll find the complete episodes. Although Im not quite sure which episode this one is particularly.

  • @BlackFaceTrudeau
    @BlackFaceTrudeau4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! What a duo! The master and his protegé

  • @skepticbubble3166
    @skepticbubble31663 жыл бұрын

    Removing any barrier to advancement not giving any sector a special privileged wow that was so simple and hit the point right on the spot

  • @moniquemorris5833
    @moniquemorris58334 жыл бұрын

    "Intellectuals were not in that protest movement, black people were in that protest movement" Okay, girl. Tell me how you really feel.

  • @dannyhawkins4842
    @dannyhawkins48425 жыл бұрын

    There is no such thing as equality between people. Equality is a mathematical term that is used to describe a relationship between abstract quantities. What people who use the term "equality" really mean to say is, "People are alike.".

  • @cserpakbalazs6342
    @cserpakbalazs63429 жыл бұрын

    off topic: Is Sowell 50 in this video? I can't belive he is, bt Wikipedia says he was born in 1930.

  • @davidmolyneux5289

    @davidmolyneux5289

    7 жыл бұрын

    Crazy, he looks about 35 haha

  • @garrettjohnson7546

    @garrettjohnson7546

    5 жыл бұрын

    He's 89 now

  • @ramakrishnagodugunur195
    @ramakrishnagodugunur1954 жыл бұрын

    These are the ones we should have more on TV. Thomas Sowell and Friedman on one stage. Wow, nice!

  • @Trid3nt861
    @Trid3nt8614 жыл бұрын

    Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell in the same panel together.... Im so joyful.

  • @georgecorrea8530
    @georgecorrea85304 жыл бұрын

    Love it all. I wish we had more debates like these in today's world 🌏.

  • @lordbarberwigg
    @lordbarberwigg4 жыл бұрын

    Such gratitude towards Mr Sowell and Mr Friedman for fighting the good fight and setting such powerful examples and education so that we may carry that torch for the next generation. I love reading and watching videos of them. Their worlds are just as true, if not more so, today.

  • @RonJohn63
    @RonJohn6311 жыл бұрын

    "Freedom to achieve unequally." What a great concept.

  • @jacbug-7349
    @jacbug-73494 жыл бұрын

    He is one of the most brutal debaters I’ve ever seen. He talks with such vigour and confidence. He provides facts and a rational explanation to every claim put informant of him.

  • @bjornironside6707
    @bjornironside67073 жыл бұрын

    egalitarianism sounds a lot like everyone gets a trophy

  • @MikeJack20
    @MikeJack204 жыл бұрын

    The greatest cause of inequality is government programs. Mind blown.

  • @Anonamoosemouse
    @Anonamoosemouse4 жыл бұрын

    "You get greater equality of actual results by a system under which people are free to obtain unequal results."

  • @sdurham1662
    @sdurham16623 жыл бұрын

    Why can't we have programs like this today?

  • @thomaskline5164
    @thomaskline51644 жыл бұрын

    I saw this in 1980, but time has passed I just don't remember if it was before or after I Graduated from Parris Island.

  • @joeashbubemma
    @joeashbubemma8 жыл бұрын

    Intellectual MMA. I love it. Friedman, Sowell - heavyweight champions of Freedom.

  • @saltburner2
    @saltburner25 жыл бұрын

    The Englishman in the opening minute is Peter Jay, one-time British Ambassador to the USA, son of Douglas Jay MP and son-in-law of British premier James Callaghan.

  • @yeboscrebo4451
    @yeboscrebo44514 жыл бұрын

    Friedman is always so clear and concise, so easy to listen to

  • @martybeazley3306
    @martybeazley33064 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite speakers, Thomas Sowell, he is a fine American and a brilliant man.

  • @battleax8136
    @battleax81368 жыл бұрын

    Damn this dude is smart

  • @thegreatonecometh200

    @thegreatonecometh200

    4 жыл бұрын

    hes another in a long line of right wing nuts wanting small government nothing particularly brilliant about his stance ! he lives in the same fantasy as Milton Freidman where everything will run great if government almost disappears ! time has proven that wrong everywhere including here

  • @avoiceup3222

    @avoiceup3222

    4 жыл бұрын

    thegreatonecometh200 you are correct to say he is a nut according to those who want others to control their mind for them. I will govern my own mind thank you.

  • @scottwilson4798

    @scottwilson4798

    4 жыл бұрын

    thegreatonecometh200 where exactly has that been proven?

  • @brendancarroll3762
    @brendancarroll37625 жыл бұрын

    wow its impossible to have a conversation like this these days.

  • @woodtrevor21
    @woodtrevor2110 жыл бұрын

    He was a great voice for such a time. Would like to see more of him nowadays on TV!

  • @rickywhite5715
    @rickywhite57154 жыл бұрын

    The best way to achieve equality is to treat everyone equally.

  • @thecurrentmoment

    @thecurrentmoment

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great idea!

  • @shoopinc
    @shoopinc3 жыл бұрын

    "Like most people I have never seen a pollster" -Thomas Sowell

  • @Mecharocca
    @Mecharocca5 жыл бұрын

    3:24 "Ah, this is...magical."

  • @Gathoklea
    @Gathoklea3 жыл бұрын

    Anyone have the full video of this debate? I'd love to be able to watch it in its entirety.

  • @stan420
    @stan4204 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and Jordan Peterson together fighting all this nonsense

  • @kevGrajeda09
    @kevGrajeda09 Жыл бұрын

    Can we talk about his hair for a second? Modern black women are supposed to be celebrated for flaunting their natrual curls in the face of racist buainess standards. Thomas Sowell rocked the fro during some of the most influential intellectual conversations of our time. 50+years ago!

  • @Koldeman
    @Koldeman10 жыл бұрын

    Look at how tickled Friedman gets when Sowell tells Piven, "No, YOU expressed it dammit!"

  • @covercalls88
    @covercalls883 жыл бұрын

    I have followed Dr. Friedman and Dr. Sowell during my college days. Very impressive men to say the least.. I really had to pay attention to what Dr. Sowell was saying, as it was thought provoking and took a little longer to sink in. Dr. Friedman to me was a little more easier to understanding as he tenderd to use easily understood examples to make his point.

  • @wikicross
    @wikicross10 жыл бұрын

    "These 2 have never admitted to being wrong on a single point of their philosophy." Actually, Sowell used to be a Marxist.

  • @joeyravage4798
    @joeyravage47986 жыл бұрын

    Sowell: "You expressed it, damn it!"

  • @rowsdower12
    @rowsdower124 жыл бұрын

    I'm the same thinking, no one is equal. So many variables, intellect and choices.

  • @bruceruttan60
    @bruceruttan605 жыл бұрын

    His courage and absolute confidence in his analytic technique is so obvious is just look at his face when answering. T. Sowell should be recorded as one of the finest Americans of our time.

  • @anthonyreed480
    @anthonyreed4804 жыл бұрын

    Man, he demolished that Karen. "Like most people, I've never met a pollster." HA!

  • @geezerbill
    @geezerbill4 жыл бұрын

    Around the 3:00 mark: oooh yeah, here comes the Sowell smack-down! He rocks. Now I'm off to find a Sowell "Thug Life" compilation.

  • @dijonnestricklen7840
    @dijonnestricklen78407 жыл бұрын

    I learned so much today from this video thanks again for the tip.

  • @mrbiz7774
    @mrbiz77744 жыл бұрын

    One of the smartest men I've ever listened to. A real American. God Bless TS

  • @iliilliliiliilliliiliillil9137
    @iliilliliiliilliliiliillil91377 ай бұрын

    This mans should have been president instead of Obama

  • @Frankcapasso
    @Frankcapasso Жыл бұрын

    Dr. Sowell has achieved greatness 10 times over!

  • @michaelg362
    @michaelg3624 жыл бұрын

    Where is this nowadays... My generation needs to hear this

  • @rakashaagain
    @rakashaagain5 жыл бұрын

    So much GREAT discussion in this. Wow.

  • @raymondeaton5692
    @raymondeaton56925 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Sowell is my hero. An honest thinking man.

  • @bigvis497
    @bigvis4975 жыл бұрын

    2:23 wow, I dont think I've ever seen pissed-off Sowell before!

  • @donrainesoh
    @donrainesoh3 жыл бұрын

    “Like most people I have never seen a pollster” true true

  • @pisaniforprez
    @pisaniforprez11 жыл бұрын

    Just to let you know, I had purchased Basic Economics a few days after your comment. It came in eBay a week or so ago. Been busy with school, but I'll go through it soon. Thanks for your help!