+corey fisher That's a foregone conclusion. No one would argue. But what rankles is the lack of attention paid as to the "why" families are being broken up. You might start with the economics of the matter.
***** Then, for heaven's sake, let us agree to disagree. No need to continue, is there? You are you, and I am me. So long. It hasn't been good to "know" you.
i think you are both right but Jay Young is slight more correct. They economics of the welfare keeps the man away from the family. Like Thomas Sowell has stated it rewards bad behavior.
Took a wrong turn? Where, if I may? It's seems more like a series of wrong turns. Which one did we "officially", go "wrong"? Sowell benefitted from social welfare initiatives. The same one he argues against. He's telling _you_ to not do the same because "you" are competition for his job.
His face reminds me of a proud father watching his son achieving something lool. Friedman taught Sowell economics, so one ought to expect that some rapport is there.
@@BuyTheDip627 Friedman tried to teach Sowell economics; however Sowell remained a marxist. It wasn't until Sowell actually worked within the government that he realized how god awful it truly is, and he vastly changed his tune.... however, I am sure Friedman's lessons was ringing in his head up until that point.
Try pulling yourself up by your bootstraps when you have no boots. Conservatism is the oldest game in the world: trying to find a superior moral justification for selfishness.
oh for fuck sake. I looked through your favourite videos and one of them is sex pistol's god save the queen. It's a radical leftist anti-hierarchy song you fucking hypocritical moron.
@@sdasf8144 Now if only people put that kind of work into figuring out why we have the problems we have, what to do about them, and carrying said plan through. Just imagine where we would be. But hey, his browsing history must have worn you out, yeah?
"If someone is subsidizing my expectations, my expectations are going to rise" So true. So many people don't seem to realize this effect of subsidies. When you subsidize something, it becomes financially inefficient and more expensive. All the young people today pursuing higher education don't seem to realize that subsidized gov't loans and grants are the very reason why the cost of education has skyrocketed. These universities are using the students as conduits, conduits which funnel money from the government to their coffers. Then all that pay dirt gets slumped over the shoulders of these people in the form of debt.
They create the pathways of our lives by means of monetary incentivizing which in turn creates a path of least resistance. I know this first hand as I attend college and I pay very little for my education. The government takes our very own money and leads us like mice through a maze into the universities through which we eventually must find ourselves indebted to them. Perpetually I might add. It’s actually extremely interesting.
The discussions and the dialogue were much more intelligent and cunning in those days than it is today. Its incredible how much discourse in America has been dumbed down.
She put up a good fight. She exhausted key arguments which is good since he treated them all thereby concretely demonstrating that his perspective was superior.
@@Tomn8er So you don't just make gains eh? Been a subscriber to your videos for years now, since you had like 3 figure subs. Delighted for you that you channel has grown so well. Congrats and keep them videos coming.
debates like this are horrible. complitely over passionate. there is no meting of the minds here. only bitter rhetoric. dispassionate discussions are the way to find solutions. this is garbage.
I kno his like 9 years younger then the secretary of welfare n she looks alot older and like 5 years younger than william f Buckley seen there interview he damn looked like he was 30 years his senior thats wild.
fiveredpears Thomas Sowell himself was born in one of the poorest, most crime ridden cities in the world; he worked hard and is now reaping the benefits. It is very possible to reach a state a prosperity from a previous state of poverty, especially in America. But it is the type of people that Sowell is describing that will hinder the beneficial results of free market capitalism. I think Sowell said it best, "no society has ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parisites living off those who produce."
I hope that you'd agree to the idea that a society over-emphasizing on maximizing its growth would not necessarily be able to thrive as well. Even if the distribution of the produce is "equal", ..growth, rather needs to be "equitable" in distribution.
Pratik Gautam Why does growth have to be equitable? So long as everyone, or at least most everyone is doing better what does it matter who has how much wealth. What would you rather have a society where some people are wealthier than others, but most people have food, water, sanitation, modern medical care, energy, telephones, internet, cars, a home, television, computers and etc. Or a society where everyone is equal, but live in shacks with unreliable food and water, no modern sanitation, medical care, cars, energy, modern communication, and a whole host of other things we take for granted. Another thing you need to consider is that people will move in and out of economic brackets throughout a life time. People who are in the bottom 10% won't likely be there 10 years from now and the same could be said of the top 10%. Most of our poor are just young people getting a start with a whole life to move ahead and immigrants who are usually poor to begin with.
Timothy Dannenhoffer Who is wealthier than they “ought” to be? Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? These men have done amazing things for people - Jeff Bezos for hundreds of millions, Bill Gates literally for *billions*. They’ve certainly made my life personally better, and I’m guessing yours too. I am begrudge them nothing, and find it rather pathetic that someone would, resenting out of envy. And of course we *all* know envy - someone will always have something you desperately want, but cannot have. But to resent out of envy is sad. You know, people usually credit the late 90’s boom to Bill Clinton. I call this “Wrong Bill Syndrome”. It’s confusing correlation with causation. I’d say it’s far more likely it was about Bill Gates. He initiated development of Windows 95. Before this, you had DOS and Windows 3.1, which were never going to make computing mainstream. Windows 95 made it so anyone could use a computer, and allowed AOL and internet browsers. It was this that led to the internet boom, which is primarily what led to 90’s prosperity. Bill Gates was largely responsible for an entire economic boom. Why begrudge him anything? What harm does it do you? Fact is, if people weren’t able to acquire such wealth when they merited it, the world would be worse off, not better. You’d mess up incentives to do the things men like this have done.
My kids will never touch DNC rat poison welfare money or entitlement. They are working harder than anyone else @ school and universities.Their aim is to contribute to the society.
The Foundation of a Family is vital people!!!! Welfare destroys ones ambition to succeed. It is a temporary safety net, not a lifestyle. The Welfare system is catastrophically abused in America.
Can you provide any evidence that the welfare system is catastrophically abused? On the contrary welfare programs like snap and TANF are proven to reduce crime, poverty and be an economic positive for the communities in which these programs are implemented. As Socrates said, so many years ago, for a democracy to be sustained it must be paired with a welfare state.
"On the contrary welfare programs like snap and TANF are proven to reduce crime, poverty and be an economic positive for the communities in which these programs are implemented."Not only has crime gone up among those in poverty, but children born in single parent homes have increased to over 70% since the 1960s. What box do you live in?
"black people went from being slaves to free people and then went back to the plantation in the 1960's" one of the dumbest things i have ever read lmfao!
corcoranglenn8 you request evidence, then make claims without evidence. Also, the notable Greeks believed democracy to be a faulty system, even though it originated from Athens. Look up Plato's "ship of state"
@@kablovskisenior447 as much as the soviets tried to abolish that, it was still unequal. they gave out free land, some people used it better than others, so they ended up cutting teh land tehy gave out. one example, many such cases
The differences in views are clear here. Mr Sowell's visions is based on fundamental principles and how they affect reality, whereas O'Banion's visions is based on immediate concrete data right before her eyes. Thus she's not able to see the large picture. Her view is perceptual, his view is conceptual.
Exactly, although equality of results continues to be applied in mixed systems with the intention of complementing equality of opportunity in a market economy, it largely only substitutes it. This begins the regression towards our loss of liberty; more regulation, more taxes, until we find ourselves in an all too familiar situation.
+Bjørn Hagen and to think liberals claim the welfare reform passed during bill Clinton's years was BILL CLINTON'S BILL. hastard a republican sponsored the bill.....................a republican. Clinton VETOED the bill TWICE before signing it.
+Bjørn Hagen IF anyone here understands the long standing hatred of the family and the influence of parents over their children vs the virtuous state, then one understands the actual test bed here. This runs through thousands of years of collectivist philosophy starting at least back to plato. Loyalty must only be to the collective and anything outside of this is not virtuous. it takes a village to raise a child. As Thomas Sowell would say to people that have studied this................................YOU KNOW THE MUSIC.
“You are subsidizing people to fail in their own private lives and to become more dependent on the handouts...”. Sadly true. Once again TS, hitting the nail on the head
Dr. Sowell is a living legend. I do hope to one day meet him in person and thank him for his contributions to this world. It's a tragedy that we don't hear more of/from him.
Professor Sowell has a gift of explaining difficult ideas in everyday terminology. He utilizes an abundance of real-life examples - sometimes from his own experience - to prove his points. It's always a pleasure to read or listen to Dr. Sowell.
"Whether they're below the poverty line or above it, they're still in the bottom 20%." Tells you everything you need to know about their position. It doesn't matter if everyone's doing well; if anyone's doing better than the others, then that person needs to give "the bottom 20%" their money.
@@lgbnz I wasn't talking about alternatives, I was just saying that capitalism has created a direct connection between someone's life and how much work they can do, and that if you don't work, you can't live, and it's crazy that people are ok with that.
@@lgbnz Would you work for a company that is bankrupt? So why work for a nation that is the same? Boomers have squandered the opportunity of innovation with an over abundance in laws, but not only that, they have completely dissembled our means of manufacturing and already sold off half the companies to foreign investors. Why should I sacrifice my life for my country when my country is being sacrificed before me and that I have no control over it without being publicly vilified for my thoughts and the colour of my skin? Even if solutions were offered, do you honestly think the reigns of power will be passed along willingly? The solution is to remove international copyright law so that at least SOME countries can compete fairly with China. But that's not going to happen, fractional reserve banking keeps you or anyone else from doing anything with its supreme rates of debt and inflation. Boomers are yet again protected from the onslaught of AI when it comes to decimating the job industry. Because of their inept ability to use technology, the younger generation thus has to be pulled back down into their little bubble of reality where comfort is king and progression is immigration.
The easiest way to destroy a man is not giving him any opportunity. That's what welfare is, opportunity. I've lived on welfare in Europe when I was a student, and the very reason why I succeeded in my studies is the welfare, because I could dedicate 100% of my time studying without having to do a part time job to survive. When I graduated I found a nice job and quit welfare, and to this day I am still very grateful to the state for the help I received. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have succeeded so well (no pun intended) without it.
"They are still the bottom 20%" That's utterly meaningless, they "could" live like royalty and still be the bottom 20%. Being the bottom 20% is not a valid reason to argue for welfare.
The 20% logic is akin to a dog chasing its own tail. There will always be 20% on the bottom, so this woman’s job is secure forever. It also makes her feel like a self-righteous savior of the poor. Welfare indeed is a great deal for her.
@@asdfasdf4176 The point was that "the bottom 20%" will always exist, as will "the top 1%" but neither of these groups are monolithic. People move up and down the income ladder in America all the time. The majority of the people in the bottom 20% of income earners 10 years ago aren't there now. There are different people now. But this woman can continually advocate for "the bottom 20%" as though they're a never-changing group of people stuck in perpetual poverty when that simply isn't true.
I never thought anyone would be a greater economist than The late great Milton Friedman... But The still with us Great Thomas Sowell has done it. He's unseated Milton Friedman as the greatest American economist of all time in my personal opinion.
The man is an intellectual beast, only equaled by Jordan Peterson in my opinion! 🤔 And I'm proud to develop my education by studying and embracing his work both economically and politically! 👊😔🫡😎🇺🇸
The problem with Dr. Thomas Sowell’s work is that he is very biased. On his books, he always states the problems that come from the left. So conservatives have never passed anything that he can critique on, ever? This is coming from someone who is neither left or right. Just my observation from what I’ve seen from him so far.
God, thank you for allowing a man like Mr. Sowell to be alive during a time my Nation needs him. It is my dream to have a conversation with him. I hope your not jealous. 8) Poster, Thank you for making this clip.
It is so important to read and listen to ALL of Thomas Sowell works on ALL of the subjects he addresses. His FACTUAL statements and his straight forward presentation are indisputable. Thank you sir. I fear that eventually, his understanding of these matters, and his devotion to presenting us with the facts and information, will be gone. Will we listen any better then?
If this debate took place today: Thomas Sowell: "Welfare is a problem for the black community." Leftist: "RACIST!" Thomas Sowell: "But I'm black myself." Leftist: "SELF-HATER!"
God bless Thomas Sowell.Instead of handing out welfare checks they need to hand out birth control. Birth control is a big step to avoiding the welfare plantation. In addition,any families who are are on welfare should be taken off if their children are missing school or continuously failing in school.
+reptilia5 I agree. Also, it shouldn't be so hard for childless individuals to get vasectomies and tubal ligations if they never want children. Condoms have a significant failure rate, that is why so many men seek a vasectomy. I heard that the state of Colorado had been making IUD's easier to get for teen girls. According to some calculations, for every $1 the government of Colorado spent on IUD's, they spent $6 less on teen pregnancy. www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html?_r=0
+reptilia5 Or the poor should be told to keep their damn legs closed. That way you don't have to hand out condoms and the poor, though not rolling in bennies, can practice self restraint.
+reptilia5 Or the poor should be told to keep their damn legs closed. That way you don't have to hand out condoms and the poor, though not rolling in bennies, can practice self restraint.
+TickleMeElmo55 What happened in Ireland with the potato crisis in that country? Thank God for the US, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, who absorbed many of Europe's poor. Otherwise, their social and economic lot wouldn't have been any better than many at the lower end of the food chain of black America.
No. Go look at the stats Teen pregnancy was much lower before the government instituted sex education. Encouraging more extra-marital sex by handing out birth control will not fix it.
This man is a superior intelligence. Every word he says makes me shiver for depth and truth, he can get to very core of the things and push you to real understanding beyond false miths
"Were talking about a small percentage, 12%." That didn't age well. Sowell's last comment about subsidizing illegitimate children would make a brilliant mic drop.
She even admits that she finds it irrelevant if her 20% are above or below the poverty line. Leaving out how this "poverty line" is calculated (it's nonsense), she has admitted that her only goal is to keep subsidizing people regardless of their standing. As far as I'm concerned she has no more leg to stand on. How very convenient for someone in her position that she'll always be needed to shuffle money around. Someone in her position should be looking at how to end the very existence and need for someone like her, but as we can see that is not the case.
He was like, 50 years old in this video. This man is a patriot and an American treasure. Mr. Sowell if you ever read my comment, thank you for what you've contributed to this country and world.
Mr. Sowell you, good sir, are amazing! Thank you so much for your intelligent, logical, articulate expressions. I wish more people would hear and heed your words.Thank you!!!!
Depends on your definition of racist. It's an intentionally nebulous term, created by Leon Trotsky. Some would call Sowell a racist for even suggesting that races exist and there are differences between them.
American, that's not the point. Everyone knows what is and isn't actual racism. The point is that the term is *intentionally vague* so that it can be used to malign with a broad brush everyone who doesn't adhere to the party line. The technique was employed quite vociferously during the Obama administration. For the first term, literally every critic was called a racist first and asked questions later.
Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman on the same panel debating economics. Either man alone is a force to be reckoned with, but together, an insurmountable dynamic duo. I have so much respect for both of these great men.
This is such a touchy subject. Growing up I looked at government assistance as a stepping stone to use when facing financial hardships, and not a life-long tool to distract you from your goals. Especially if you have that type of mindset! It’s hard to look for work with an empty stomach especially if you keep facing obstacles and hurdles over the years that’s out of your control or direction . That’s what nutrition provides, energy! I admire Mr.Sowell,, but he fails to realize an alternate reality! And because of this, I get confused by his point of views.
The problem is one of incentives versus intent. Consider this little fable: An animal lover is driving down the road and spots a poor hungry dog. He picks up the dog and takes it back to his one-acre estate. He throws a picnic the next day and while grilling hamburgers sees the dog chase a rabbit across the yard. To the homeowner's horror, the dog catches the rabbit. The homeowner frees the rabbit from the dog but begins to feel a bit guilty. The dog was only following his instinct and just wants something to eat. As a consolation, the homeowner gives the dog a burger from the grill. Five minutes later, the dog is back at the grill with another rabbit in his teeth. Moral of the story: Intent is fine, but the world operates on incentives. The intent of welfare is help through tough times. The incentive of welfare is to subsidize irresponsibility and that where Sowell and I see the primary problem with the scheme. FYI, I worked in the welfare system for more than 30 years.
@@fzqlcs you say the “world” and not “the Powers That Be.” Speaking from experience, I wouldn’t require government assistance if I was the director of my own life!!
@@martinesejour3361 If being the director of your own life is your true goal, you will not be on welfare long. Good luck, my friend. The incentives put into place should be a primary concern at all times, whether one is dealing with the "powers that be" or your best friend.
What Sowell is pointing out, that the system dis-incents people from getting into the work force and thus perpetuates the problem was first pointed out by Milton Friedman in an essay he wrote with his wife in 1943. None of this is new; smart people like Friedman saw the system was formed on the premise that, all things being equal, a person would rather work than not. The so-called Puritan work ethic. It may have been true in 1625, but it clearly wasn't in 1943 and still isn't true today. Assistance needs to be available for those who cannot work; i.e. disabled either mentally or physically. But in my view the current system perpetuates the underclass and helps prevent them from moving up the ladder. Friedman's proposal for a Negative Income Tax, postulated nearly 80 years ago, makes sense. Obviously what we're doing today isn't working; look at the increase in the last 60 years in single-parent households, unemployment levels by demographic, the crime in the ghetto, or any other measurement you care to see. The real question is why we're still talking about this and not doing something about it.
It wasn't true in Jamestown in 1607 when the colony starved under communism. They had to implement the famous Work=Eat model after communal plots failed to have anyone properly work the land.
" Obviously what we're doing today isn't working"... it's working for the Federal Reserve/Satanic bankers. As long as we let them print currency on their facade, things have to get worse. Where do the Illuminati bankers get the money they lend us at interest, taxes, mercenary bank enforcement military? They pull it out of their asses for a gourmet diet for the 99% to be paid in blood.
Marc Thomas Yes. This is an episode from Milton Friedman's "Freedom to Choose" series. The black economist is Thomas Sowell (he's my #1 fav economist), and he's only in two of the episodes - this episode and one other.
If you want to end racism towards African Americans in this country, African Americans need more representatives like this. If people weren't presented with examples like gangster rappers or athletes as the template for African Americans, but instead the majority seen were as smart as this guy, racism would be a thing of the past.
it's funny how you can tell by their eyes and facial expressions (without listening to the words they speak), how one is a bright mind and the other is an occluded ideologue. We need more people like Thomas Sowell.
The Elephant in the room is touched on by Sowell, but never named. I realize this was an economic discussion, but a social element needs to be addressed, and that is stigmatization. Through institutions such as religion, historically, out of wedlock births were rejected. Then came the "do what you feel" 60's. The destruction of the black family was a two-pronged attack. First,the legitimizing of out of wedlock births, and second, the replacement of the father with the welfare check. Take the term"Nuclear Family". It is often derided as an anachronistic concept these days, but try to understand it's meaning. The atom is the basic building block of matter, comprised of Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons (for example, Father, Mother, and children). From there it bonds with other atoms to produce molecules, as other families (atoms) bond with other people and families, molecules of community are formed. From there, more complex structures are organized into various elements (cities, states, countries). Without the basic building block of the family, this is all quite impossible. And please take note, when I refer to a "family", I am not implying a strict interpretation of a heterosexual couple with children. Gay, straight, Grandma or Grandpa as head of the household, It doesn't matter. What matters is they see themselves as an unbreakable and supreme entity, Beholden to no man or government.
@Ricardo Herrera You just took it from my mouth, spot on! That was the time and reason when devil was unchained! It was an "everybody´s dream" to sleep around and to not procreate. The consequences are beyond repair, the whole society is crumbling because people have lost the then "unalterable" certainties - family, God, gender a person´s role in society, just to name a few. But the matter is extremely complex, of course. Anyway, the pill should be mentioned and you hit the nail.
12%percent that's a small number.Yeah see if it today jas risen.this guy is not just telling what was wrong but what was going to be wrong in the future ,genius ahaahah
How can we not learn and change when we have smart people showing us the way??!! Mr. Sowell, your mind is amazing! My niece is a single mom living in low income housing on welfare. Her next baby daddy had a good job. After living with her for a few months, he quit his job, moved in with my niece full time and is happy to play video games 16 hours a day with a free roof over his head and free food. What people FAIL to acknowledge is that kids today have a lower standard of living vs what most people had last generation. Many kids today don't care about nice cars, don't want to travel, don't want things... They HAPPILY LIVE on a phone or video games with NO goals. Let me repeat that, because it sounds pathetic to most, they are HAPPY because phones and video games give them the ability to have these things virtually. I cannot tell you how many times I have been to this neighborhood and been called a sucker because I work! Guess what, her little teenage brother, my nephew, got his 18 year old girlfriend pregnant. My niece and nephew now live 2 apartments apart in the same neighborhood and he brags on social media how awesome his life is. No job, but has a 2 bedroom apartment and plays video games all day long! Mr. Sowell is right, she doesn't endorse teenage pregnancy, but she does subsidize it!
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It always comes back to the same thing. Keep the family together folks. I don't care what color you are.
+corey fisher That's a foregone conclusion. No one would argue. But what rankles is the lack of attention paid as to the "why" families are being broken up. You might start with the economics of the matter.
+Jay Young I disagree with what you're saying. Cultural devaluation of the family unit has led to this sorry state.
***** Then, for heaven's sake, let us agree to disagree. No need to continue, is there? You are you, and I am me. So long. It hasn't been good to "know" you.
Don't underestimate the power and influence Cultural Marxism.
i think you are both right but Jay Young is slight more correct.
They economics of the welfare keeps the man away from the family. Like Thomas Sowell has stated it rewards bad behavior.
If we knew this in 1980, all we can say 38 years later is, "We took a wrong turn, and we just kept going."
not only did we keep going we slammed the gas pedal to the floor!
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Clark Magnuson that is an excellent point!
It goes to show you what's popular is not always right, and what's right is not always popular. America should have listen to this man.
I'm not sure it would have mattered. People don't want to be told they can't have something and that their mistakes won't be subsidized.
Took a wrong turn? Where, if I may? It's seems more like a series of wrong turns. Which one did we "officially", go "wrong"?
Sowell benefitted from social welfare initiatives. The same one he argues against. He's telling _you_ to not do the same because "you" are competition for his job.
Thomas Sowell is my absolute favorite economist. I highly recommend his book "Basic Economics".
Almost finishing it. Amazing indeed.
Phant0m what would you say about its level of difficulty, linguistically? I'm swedish, that's why I'm asking.
Wahashak Abdi It's actually pretty readable, he cuts out unnecessary jargon.
Greasy Harold alright, thank you.
@@crippleized I am also Swedish I love the book :D
Milton Fiedman's face is priceless! :D
He was dying to jump in
His face reminds me of a proud father watching his son achieving something lool. Friedman taught Sowell economics, so one ought to expect that some rapport is there.
he is like oh no you didn't
@@HolyGround777 😂
@@BuyTheDip627 Friedman tried to teach Sowell economics; however Sowell remained a marxist. It wasn't until Sowell actually worked within the government that he realized how god awful it truly is, and he vastly changed his tune.... however, I am sure Friedman's lessons was ringing in his head up until that point.
Do we need Welfare? Or do we need to learn to take care of ourselves free from government dependence?
Farewell to Welfare....
Lets see how that turns out...with people living on the fucking streets, and children dying....wonderful
Culture Report Right. Because before LBJ's massive entitlement expansion that's what was happening in America?
ateam137 solid
Try pulling yourself up by your bootstraps when you have no boots. Conservatism is the oldest game in the world: trying to find a superior moral justification for selfishness.
I love this guy, he's a straight shooter and doesn't pull any punches.
oh for fuck sake. I looked through your favourite videos and one of them is sex pistol's god save the queen. It's a radical leftist anti-hierarchy song you fucking hypocritical moron.
@@sdasf8144 Now if only people put that kind of work into figuring out why we have the problems we have, what to do about them, and carrying said plan through. Just imagine where we would be. But hey, his browsing history must have worn you out, yeah?
What the hell does his taste in music have to do with his opinion on Sowell?
He's like, 'this bitch has no idea what she's talking 'bout LOL'
"If someone is subsidizing my expectations, my expectations are going to rise"
So true. So many people don't seem to realize this effect of subsidies. When you subsidize something, it becomes financially inefficient and more expensive. All the young people today pursuing higher education don't seem to realize that subsidized gov't loans and grants are the very reason why the cost of education has skyrocketed. These universities are using the students as conduits, conduits which funnel money from the government to their coffers. Then all that pay dirt gets slumped over the shoulders of these people in the form of debt.
Andrew Y So true.
Indeed.
They confuse subsidizing with incentivizing.
They create the pathways of our lives by means of monetary incentivizing which in turn creates a path of least resistance. I know this first hand as I attend college and I pay very little for my education. The government takes our very own money and leads us like mice through a maze into the universities through which we eventually must find ourselves indebted to them. Perpetually I might add. It’s actually extremely interesting.
Andrew Y absolutely!
The discussions and the dialogue were much more intelligent and cunning in those days than it is today. Its incredible how much discourse in America has been dumbed down.
compare it to modern day political discussion and tv coverage.. no wonder we're alll confused!
Well, _half_ the dialogue was more intelligent. ;D
She put up a good fight. She exhausted key arguments which is good since he treated them all thereby concretely demonstrating that his perspective was superior.
most media is now made up of logical fallacies (appeal to emotion) is a big one for example
Super Epic it was almost always like that but less relevant before women's suffrage
Milton Friedman just chilling there makes this 400x cooler.
Friedman was the mentor and professor of Sowell. It's like when the Emperor watched Darth Vader take on Luke Skywalker, except they're the good guys.
Lmao yeah !!!! Its so intellectually badass. And these men aren't in the slightest unworthy of presidency. Rip Ultron Friedman!
There are never debates like this anymore. The left would just be shutting down the whole conversation or walk out.
It's understandable actually. How many times do you need to lose before you decide you don't want to play the game anymore?
Or they resort to name calling, interrupting and pulling stupid faces.
@@Tomn8er So you don't just make gains eh? Been a subscriber to your videos for years now, since you had like 3 figure subs. Delighted for you that you channel has grown so well. Congrats and keep them videos coming.
debates like this are horrible. complitely over passionate. there is no meting of the minds here. only bitter rhetoric. dispassionate discussions are the way to find solutions. this is garbage.
Dishonest observations like yours is why YOU don't see these debates anymore because they absolutely still exist.
Holy crap he was 50 here!
Craig Titus Fitness
Generally blacks age very well provided they don't abuse their bodies or mind with undue stress.
He looks mid 30s at the most here and not bad looking either. Kinda amazing.
I kno his like 9 years younger then the secretary of welfare n she looks alot older and like 5 years younger than william f Buckley seen there interview he damn looked like he was 30 years his senior thats wild.
@@Obs23456 No this was filmed In 1980. Sowell is from 1930:)
It's insane, his genes and diet must be great
"You are not making them have illegitimate children you just have to subsidize it"
- Thomas Sowell hitting the nail on the head
What a quick mind he has. Well argued even when stressed. Damn he's good!
Left leaning people don't see this huge problem. We "raise"! No you subsidize failure.
Thomas Sowell is one of my heroes. Never disappoints, ever.
fiveredpears Thomas Sowell himself was born in one of the poorest, most crime ridden cities in the world; he worked hard and is now reaping the benefits. It is very possible to reach a state a prosperity from a previous state of poverty, especially in America. But it is the type of people that Sowell is describing that will hinder the beneficial results of free market capitalism. I think Sowell said it best, "no society has ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parisites living off those who produce."
I hope that you'd agree to the idea that a society over-emphasizing on maximizing its growth would not necessarily be able to thrive as well.
Even if the distribution of the produce is "equal", ..growth, rather needs to be "equitable" in distribution.
Pratik Gautam Why does growth have to be equitable? So long as everyone, or at least most everyone is doing better what does it matter who has how much wealth. What would you rather have a society where some people are wealthier than others, but most people have food, water, sanitation, modern medical care, energy, telephones, internet, cars, a home, television, computers and etc. Or a society where everyone is equal, but live in shacks with unreliable food and water, no modern sanitation, medical care, cars, energy, modern communication, and a whole host of other things we take for granted.
Another thing you need to consider is that people will move in and out of economic brackets throughout a life time. People who are in the bottom 10% won't likely be there 10 years from now and the same could be said of the top 10%. Most of our poor are just young people getting a start with a whole life to move ahead and immigrants who are usually poor to begin with.
Timothy Dannenhoffer
Who is wealthier than they “ought” to be?
Bill Gates? Jeff Bezos? These men have done amazing things for people - Jeff Bezos for hundreds of millions, Bill Gates literally for *billions*. They’ve certainly made my life personally better, and I’m guessing yours too.
I am begrudge them nothing, and find it rather pathetic that someone would, resenting out of envy. And of course we *all* know envy - someone will always have something you desperately want, but cannot have. But to resent out of envy is sad.
You know, people usually credit the late 90’s boom to Bill Clinton. I call this “Wrong Bill Syndrome”. It’s confusing correlation with causation.
I’d say it’s far more likely it was about Bill Gates. He initiated development of Windows 95. Before this, you had DOS and Windows 3.1, which were never going to make computing mainstream. Windows 95 made it so anyone could use a computer, and allowed AOL and internet browsers. It was this that led to the internet boom, which is primarily what led to 90’s prosperity.
Bill Gates was largely responsible for an entire economic boom. Why begrudge him anything? What harm does it do you?
Fact is, if people weren’t able to acquire such wealth when they merited it, the world would be worse off, not better. You’d mess up incentives to do the things men like this have done.
wealth is created, not distributed
My kids will never touch DNC rat poison welfare money or entitlement. They are working harder than anyone else @ school and universities.Their aim is to contribute to the society.
My hero. Smartest man I've ever had the privet age to listen to
The Immortal i wish i had powers to make him young again. Hes still awesome but he doesnt have the mean streak anymore
The Immortal Milton Friedman be like: Yes, my child! Dismantle this ignorant bitch, my child!
Joe Buono
Right on, brother
+Acecyn Hayek be like: Go, seeds of my loins and lead the deaf and blind to the cliffs! And then push those mothafuckas off!!!
Timothy Dannenhoffer
hmmm, on what specifically do you disagree?
The Foundation of a Family is vital people!!!! Welfare destroys ones ambition to succeed. It is a temporary safety net, not a lifestyle. The Welfare system is catastrophically abused in America.
Can you provide any evidence that the welfare system is catastrophically abused? On the contrary welfare programs like snap and TANF are proven to reduce crime, poverty and be an economic positive for the communities in which these programs are implemented. As Socrates said, so many years ago, for a democracy to be sustained it must be paired with a welfare state.
"On the contrary welfare programs like snap and TANF are proven to reduce crime, poverty and be an economic positive for the communities in which these programs are implemented."Not only has crime gone up among those in poverty, but children born in single parent homes have increased to over 70% since the 1960s. What box do you live in?
"black people went from being slaves to free people and then went back to the plantation in the 1960's" one of the dumbest things i have ever read lmfao!
Minimum income is the obvious solution and absolutely superior, only fucking imbecile morons don't understand the solution is that easy.
corcoranglenn8 you request evidence, then make claims without evidence. Also, the notable Greeks believed democracy to be a faulty system, even though it originated from Athens. Look up Plato's "ship of state"
"I'm not making them have illegitimate children."
And she just defeated her own argument.
What a noble woman she was.. God rest her soul, she was really generous with other people's money.
haha!
My God, this man even 40 years ago was brilliant. Even more so now.
There will always be a bottom 20 percent. Genius math skills on display.
Not unless everyone makes the same...(queue Soviet Russia music)
@@kablovskisenior447 as much as the soviets tried to abolish that, it was still unequal. they gave out free land, some people used it better than others, so they ended up cutting teh land tehy gave out. one example, many such cases
Thomas Sowell is an example of a great intellectual hero. Love and respect!
Yy3ahhh!!
The more I listen to this man, The more I wish I would have heard him earlier - especially when I was in college.
The differences in views are clear here. Mr Sowell's visions is based on fundamental principles and how they affect reality, whereas O'Banion's visions is based on immediate concrete data right before her eyes. Thus she's not able to see the large picture. Her view is perceptual, his view is conceptual.
Exactly, although equality of results continues to be applied in mixed systems with the intention of complementing equality of opportunity in a market economy, it largely only substitutes it. This begins the regression towards our loss of liberty; more regulation, more taxes, until we find ourselves in an all too familiar situation.
***** exactly. that is what is shown on the statistical figure 28 years later, it proved Sowell's point.
+Bjørn Hagen and to think liberals claim the welfare reform passed during bill Clinton's years was BILL CLINTON'S BILL.
hastard a republican sponsored the bill.....................a republican. Clinton VETOED the bill TWICE before signing it.
+Bjørn Hagen IF anyone here understands the long standing hatred of the family and the influence of parents over their children vs the virtuous state, then one understands the actual test bed here. This runs through thousands of years of collectivist philosophy starting at least back to plato. Loyalty must only be to the collective and anything outside of this is not virtuous. it takes a village to raise a child. As Thomas Sowell would say to people that have studied this................................YOU KNOW THE MUSIC.
Chris Whited Well dickhead, unless Republicans had a veto proof majority for welfare reform he still signed their shit.
"You simply subsidize it." What a great way to end that!
Milton chuckling here and there is priceless. The fact that nobody started screaming insults at each other is fantastic. Also something from the past.
“You are subsidizing people to fail in their own private lives and to become more dependent on the handouts...”. Sadly true. Once again TS, hitting the nail on the head
The best line is right at the end when he says that O'banion doesn't need to think that because she subsidizes it. Zing!
Ned Loughrey Exactly!
Dr. Sowell is a living legend. I do hope to one day meet him in person and thank him for his contributions to this world. It's a tragedy that we don't hear more of/from him.
There have been very few and far between people as brilliant and insightful as Thomas Sowell. God bless this man!
Professor Sowell has a gift of explaining difficult ideas in everyday terminology. He utilizes an abundance of real-life examples - sometimes from his own experience - to prove his points. It's always a pleasure to read or listen to Dr. Sowell.
"Whether they're below the poverty line or above it, they're still in the bottom 20%."
Tells you everything you need to know about their position. It doesn't matter if everyone's doing well; if anyone's doing better than the others, then that person needs to give "the bottom 20%" their money.
I love this man, and respect him immensely. He is a gift to black, white and every other living person.....
We need more Thomas sowells !
This man told the truth. Much respect to him.
I love seeing Friedman smile at Sowell's confronting of this goofy lady. He really seems to be enjoying himself.
'If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.'
2 Thessalonians 3-10.
Lol no. Fuck that. Capitalism has made us heartless.
@@lgbnz I wasn't talking about alternatives, I was just saying that capitalism has created a direct connection between someone's life and how much work they can do, and that if you don't work, you can't live, and it's crazy that people are ok with that.
@@lgbnz Would you work for a company that is bankrupt? So why work for a nation that is the same? Boomers have squandered the opportunity of innovation with an over abundance in laws, but not only that, they have completely dissembled our means of manufacturing and already sold off half the companies to foreign investors. Why should I sacrifice my life for my country when my country is being sacrificed before me and that I have no control over it without being publicly vilified for my thoughts and the colour of my skin?
Even if solutions were offered, do you honestly think the reigns of power will be passed along willingly?
The solution is to remove international copyright law so that at least SOME countries can compete fairly with China. But that's not going to happen, fractional reserve banking keeps you or anyone else from doing anything with its supreme rates of debt and inflation.
Boomers are yet again protected from the onslaught of AI when it comes to decimating the job industry. Because of their inept ability to use technology, the younger generation thus has to be pulled back down into their little bubble of reality where comfort is king and progression is immigration.
The easiest way to destroy a man is not giving him any opportunity. That's what welfare is, opportunity. I've lived on welfare in Europe when I was a student, and the very reason why I succeeded in my studies is the welfare, because I could dedicate 100% of my time studying without having to do a part time job to survive. When I graduated I found a nice job and quit welfare, and to this day I am still very grateful to the state for the help I received. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have succeeded so well (no pun intended) without it.
You'd think even the most heartless person wouldn't want more starving, homeless people wandering the streets.
TS for president
I'm a keynesian but I'd vote for him.
+Joe Dubya You'll be a Hayekian soon enough.
The best minds know better than to get involved in politics, it seems.
TS is BS.
@@fazbell Ok Boomer
This man is so SHARP! I love his voice. Thomas Sowell. Thank you.
"They are still the bottom 20%"
That's utterly meaningless, they "could" live like royalty and still be the bottom 20%. Being the bottom 20% is not a valid reason to argue for welfare.
The 20% logic is akin to a dog chasing its own tail. There will always be 20% on the bottom, so this woman’s job is secure forever. It also makes her feel like a self-righteous savior of the poor. Welfare indeed is a great deal for her.
@@chickflick "There will always be 20% on the bottom" I mean, the condition of the bottom can be improved tho.
@@asdfasdf4176 The point was that "the bottom 20%" will always exist, as will "the top 1%" but neither of these groups are monolithic. People move up and down the income ladder in America all the time. The majority of the people in the bottom 20% of income earners 10 years ago aren't there now. There are different people now. But this woman can continually advocate for "the bottom 20%" as though they're a never-changing group of people stuck in perpetual poverty when that simply isn't true.
I never thought anyone would be a greater economist than The late great Milton Friedman...
But The still with us Great Thomas Sowell has done it.
He's unseated Milton Friedman as the greatest American economist of all time in my personal opinion.
The man is an intellectual beast, only equaled by Jordan Peterson in my opinion! 🤔
And I'm proud to develop my education by studying and embracing his work both economically and politically! 👊😔🫡😎🇺🇸
@@bloodmooncomix457
Damn right 👉
These were the good days of intellectual debate (not to mention the retro placement of chairs for interested listeners in the background).
I rather listen to black intellectuals like Thomas Sowell than Labron James or Ice-cube when it comes to social issues and racism in the US!
The problem with Dr. Thomas Sowell’s work is that he is very biased. On his books, he always states the problems that come from the left. So conservatives have never passed anything that he can critique on, ever? This is coming from someone who is neither left or right. Just my observation from what I’ve seen from him so far.
This is just as relevant today as it was in 1980.
God, thank you for allowing a man like Mr. Sowell to be alive during a time my Nation needs him. It is my dream to have a conversation with him. I hope your not jealous. 8)
Poster, Thank you for making this clip.
What an incredible man, absolute huge fan.
"I'm not making them have illegitimate children."
"You don't have to do that, you simply subsidize it."
3:58 I laughed out loud, she got told.
That last line is genius: "You don't have to be, you're just subsidizing it."
Sowell is a genius. He is such an inspiration. He has so much energy.
It is so important to read and listen to ALL of Thomas Sowell works on ALL of the subjects he addresses. His FACTUAL statements and his straight forward presentation are indisputable. Thank you sir. I fear that eventually, his understanding of these matters, and his devotion to presenting us with the facts and information, will be gone. Will we listen any better then?
Thomas, love you bro! The wisdom is priceless and I wish there were more like you!
If this debate took place today:
Thomas Sowell: "Welfare is a problem for the black community."
Leftist: "RACIST!"
Thomas Sowell: "But I'm black myself."
Leftist: "SELF-HATER!"
God bless Thomas Sowell.Instead of handing out welfare checks they need to hand out birth control. Birth control is a big step to avoiding the welfare plantation. In addition,any families who are are on welfare should be taken off if their children are missing school or continuously failing in school.
+reptilia5 I agree. Also, it shouldn't be so hard for childless individuals to get vasectomies and tubal ligations if they never want children. Condoms have a significant failure rate, that is why so many men seek a vasectomy.
I heard that the state of Colorado had been making IUD's easier to get for teen girls. According to some calculations, for every $1 the government of Colorado spent on IUD's, they spent $6 less on teen pregnancy.
www.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/science/colorados-push-against-teenage-pregnancies-is-a-startling-success.html?_r=0
+reptilia5 Or the poor should be told to keep their damn legs closed. That way you don't have to hand out condoms and the poor, though not rolling in bennies, can practice self restraint.
+reptilia5 Or the poor should be told to keep their damn legs closed. That way you don't have to hand out condoms and the poor, though not rolling in bennies, can practice self restraint.
+TickleMeElmo55 What happened in Ireland with the potato crisis in that country? Thank God for the US, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, who absorbed many of Europe's poor. Otherwise, their social and economic lot wouldn't have been any better than many at the lower end of the food chain of black America.
No. Go look at the stats Teen pregnancy was much lower before the government instituted sex education. Encouraging more extra-marital sex by handing out birth control will not fix it.
yes i will vist the website of Dr Sowell
This man is a superior intelligence. Every word he says makes me shiver for depth and truth, he can get to very core of the things and push you to real understanding beyond false miths
"Do you plan on eliminating the bottom 20%" I fucking laughed at that
"Were talking about a small percentage, 12%."
That didn't age well.
Sowell's last comment about subsidizing illegitimate children would make a brilliant mic drop.
milton friedmans reactions are gold.
She even admits that she finds it irrelevant if her 20% are above or below the poverty line. Leaving out how this "poverty line" is calculated (it's nonsense), she has admitted that her only goal is to keep subsidizing people regardless of their standing. As far as I'm concerned she has no more leg to stand on.
How very convenient for someone in her position that she'll always be needed to shuffle money around. Someone in her position should be looking at how to end the very existence and need for someone like her, but as we can see that is not the case.
Exactly but ETHICS is thrown out the door when you do not have Religious morals and money is involved.
He was like, 50 years old in this video. This man is a patriot and an American treasure. Mr. Sowell if you ever read my comment, thank you for what you've contributed to this country and world.
Mr. Sowell you, good sir, are amazing! Thank you so much for your intelligent, logical, articulate expressions. I wish more people would hear and heed your words.Thank you!!!!
that last punch was good
I'm a racist but I'd vote for him.
AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH
Then you might not be a racist.
Depends on your definition of racist. It's an intentionally nebulous term, created by Leon Trotsky. Some would call Sowell a racist for even suggesting that races exist and there are differences between them.
American, that's not the point. Everyone knows what is and isn't actual racism. The point is that the term is *intentionally vague* so that it can be used to malign with a broad brush everyone who doesn't adhere to the party line. The technique was employed quite vociferously during the Obama administration. For the first term, literally every critic was called a racist first and asked questions later.
Al least you are honest lol😁
it went from 20% to 70% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
why does that chick look like a man?
It was a different time.
zak This made me lol
...because she she spanked his illegitimate bottom blue...
Because she is a biological male
She was very respectful and direct and stayed super cool.
Thomas Sowell is an American Hero. That's why TH-cam does not promote his videos. This should have millions of views....
What not to love about this man. Very intelligent and well spoken. Always backs himself up and ready to respond with the facts.
pre-destined? thank Mr. Sowell for taking that on.
He is so right. No reward for hard work!
"We are talking about 12%" Well it's something like 75% percent today. Do you think that she will (if she's still alive) admit she's wrong?
Kirito2016 heck no! She’s probably out there campaigning for elizabeth warren.
The Life Analyst You’re just wrong. Obama said the same thing.
The Life Analyst In 2008 www.politifact.com/factchecks/2008/jun/23/barack-obama/statistics-dont-lie-in-this-case/
No she wants to keep her job....
Yeah people don't acknowledge it though in fact black men without fathers basically became a meme that's how real it is.
Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman on the same panel debating economics. Either man alone is a force to be reckoned with, but together, an insurmountable dynamic duo. I have so much respect for both of these great men.
I've only been following Mr Sowell for a short time and he so obviously projects an aura of calm wisdom.
This is such a touchy subject. Growing up I looked at government assistance as a stepping stone to use when facing financial hardships, and not a life-long tool to distract you from your goals. Especially if you have that type of mindset! It’s hard to look for work with an empty stomach especially if you keep facing obstacles and hurdles over the years that’s out of your control or direction . That’s what nutrition provides, energy! I admire Mr.Sowell,, but he fails to realize an alternate reality! And because of this, I get confused by his point of views.
The problem is one of incentives versus intent. Consider this little fable: An animal lover is driving down the road and spots a poor hungry dog. He picks up the dog and takes it back to his one-acre estate. He throws a picnic the next day and while grilling hamburgers sees the dog chase a rabbit across the yard. To the homeowner's horror, the dog catches the rabbit. The homeowner frees the rabbit from the dog but begins to feel a bit guilty. The dog was only following his instinct and just wants something to eat. As a consolation, the homeowner gives the dog a burger from the grill. Five minutes later, the dog is back at the grill with another rabbit in his teeth. Moral of the story: Intent is fine, but the world operates on incentives. The intent of welfare is help through tough times. The incentive of welfare is to subsidize irresponsibility and that where Sowell and I see the primary problem with the scheme. FYI, I worked in the welfare system for more than 30 years.
@@fzqlcs you say the “world” and not “the Powers That Be.” Speaking from experience, I wouldn’t require government assistance if I was the director of my own life!!
@@martinesejour3361 If being the director of your own life is your true goal, you will not be on welfare long. Good luck, my friend. The incentives put into place should be a primary concern at all times, whether one is dealing with the "powers that be" or your best friend.
Whelp the current state of the black community should tell you just how effective welfare was in helping. Lol
What Sowell is pointing out, that the system dis-incents people from getting into the work force and thus perpetuates the problem was first pointed out by Milton Friedman in an essay he wrote with his wife in 1943. None of this is new; smart people like Friedman saw the system was formed on the premise that, all things being equal, a person would rather work than not. The so-called Puritan work ethic. It may have been true in 1625, but it clearly wasn't in 1943 and still isn't true today. Assistance needs to be available for those who cannot work; i.e. disabled either mentally or physically. But in my view the current system perpetuates the underclass and helps prevent them from moving up the ladder. Friedman's proposal for a Negative Income Tax, postulated nearly 80 years ago, makes sense. Obviously what we're doing today isn't working; look at the increase in the last 60 years in single-parent households, unemployment levels by demographic, the crime in the ghetto, or any other measurement you care to see. The real question is why we're still talking about this and not doing something about it.
It wasn't true in Jamestown in 1607 when the colony starved under communism. They had to implement the famous Work=Eat model after communal plots failed to have anyone properly work the land.
" Obviously what we're doing today isn't working"... it's working for the Federal Reserve/Satanic bankers. As long as we let them print currency on their facade, things have to get worse. Where do the Illuminati bankers get the money they lend us at interest, taxes, mercenary bank enforcement military? They pull it out of their asses for a gourmet diet for the 99% to be paid in blood.
Is this from a longer debate? what is it called?
Marc Thomas Yes. This is an episode from Milton Friedman's "Freedom to Choose" series. The black economist is Thomas Sowell (he's my #1 fav economist), and he's only in two of the episodes - this episode and one other.
I think it's from a talk called "I am a black man and I hate my own people".
Dr. Sowell has always been a voice of clarity.
These are the discussions we need to be holding rn
If you want to end racism towards African Americans in this country, African Americans need more representatives like this. If people weren't presented with examples like gangster rappers or athletes as the template for African Americans, but instead the majority seen were as smart as this guy, racism would be a thing of the past.
Friedman looks like a proud dad
hahaha totally
Wow bravo! What a beautiful way of communication between the two! I enjoy when people can speak their differences.
Thank you youtube for putting Sowell in my feed today, although I'm sure it was a mistake
I wish Thomas Sowell was at this age now in 2020, my GOD do we need this kind of thinking to combat the insanity of the left
Helen O'Banlon is a ringer for Dianne Feinstein.
"If they made it so bad, then we will make SO WELL"
#Sowell2020
Dr Sowell's arguments are the most incisive and cogent I've ever heard on the subject, a truly brilliant mind
I would love to see the entire debate, anyone know where I can find it
3:35 Friedman's smirk is great
Welfare for job loss or illness but not for having children. That would end the majority of teenage pregnancies and fatherless households.
No it won't. It'll means starving and homeless children. People not gonna stop fucking for any reason.
@@terrirnbsn3596 Above IQ 90 they already have.
This man, and other great black minds, are ignored because they don't parrot "black" stereotypes and assumed ideology.
Very respectful debates. How times have changed
it's funny how you can tell by their eyes and facial expressions (without listening to the words they speak), how one is a bright mind and the other is an occluded ideologue. We need more people like Thomas Sowell.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s right, the welfare check.
Don't sleep with men that won't marry you. Don't get divorced.
Negative tax is the way to sort this out. Poor people are an externality on us all
Just the way he talks is amazing. Excellent man
Thomas just crushing it and Milton just loving that he can watch for once, two of the greatest humans ever.
The Elephant in the room is touched on by Sowell, but never named. I realize this was an economic discussion, but a social element needs to be addressed, and that is stigmatization. Through institutions such as religion, historically, out of wedlock births were rejected. Then came the "do what you feel" 60's. The destruction of the black family was a two-pronged attack. First,the legitimizing of out of wedlock births, and second, the replacement of the father with the welfare check.
Take the term"Nuclear Family". It is often derided as an anachronistic concept these days, but try to understand it's meaning. The atom is the basic building block of matter, comprised of Protons, Electrons, and Neutrons (for example, Father, Mother, and children). From there it bonds with other atoms to produce molecules, as other families (atoms) bond with other people and families, molecules of community are formed. From there, more complex structures are organized into various elements (cities, states, countries). Without the basic building block of the family, this is all quite impossible.
And please take note, when I refer to a "family", I am not implying a strict interpretation of a heterosexual couple with children. Gay, straight, Grandma or Grandpa as head of the household, It doesn't matter. What matters is they see themselves as an unbreakable and supreme entity, Beholden to no man or government.
Joe Stonge punctuation goes inside the quotes you chach... and don’t give me the “I’m British” schtick, because then you’d be using single quotes
@Ricardo Herrera You just took it from my mouth, spot on! That was the time and reason when devil was unchained! It was an "everybody´s dream" to sleep around and to not procreate. The consequences are beyond repair, the whole society is crumbling because people have lost the then "unalterable" certainties - family, God, gender a person´s role in society, just to name a few. But the matter is extremely complex, of course. Anyway, the pill should be mentioned and you hit the nail.
@@Jarek_73 In 2020 some people still think that believing in god is equal to being a moral person...
Sowell for president!
12%percent that's a small number.Yeah see if it today jas risen.this guy is not just telling what was wrong but what was going to be wrong in the future ,genius ahaahah
47% now and climbing..... And he was right on EVERY point. Then and now.
Yeah it's not looking good today
How can we not learn and change when we have smart people showing us the way??!! Mr. Sowell, your mind is amazing!
My niece is a single mom living in low income housing on welfare. Her next baby daddy had a good job. After living with her for a few months, he quit his job, moved in with my niece full time and is happy to play video games 16 hours a day with a free roof over his head and free food. What people FAIL to acknowledge is that kids today have a lower standard of living vs what most people had last generation. Many kids today don't care about nice cars, don't want to travel, don't want things... They HAPPILY LIVE on a phone or video games with NO goals. Let me repeat that, because it sounds pathetic to most, they are HAPPY because phones and video games give them the ability to have these things virtually. I cannot tell you how many times I have been to this neighborhood and been called a sucker because I work! Guess what, her little teenage brother, my nephew, got his 18 year old girlfriend pregnant. My niece and nephew now live 2 apartments apart in the same neighborhood and he brags on social media how awesome his life is. No job, but has a 2 bedroom apartment and plays video games all day long! Mr. Sowell is right, she doesn't endorse teenage pregnancy, but she does subsidize it!
Thanks for speaking truth Dr. Sowell. Hope the world cares enough to catch on.
you gotta love how freedman is enjoying the moment XD