Because a lot of older folks, who're likely to be financially better off than the youth, had a hard time relating to the need for Trump to curtail immigration and globalism. That'd be my guess.
Sowell said he was a marxist in his youth. It wasn't until he got his first research job in grad school (after a year in the military) that he realized how corrupt government industries were.
He was in a research program at the Dept of Labor and his job was to research the impact of increasing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico compared to wealth inequality. His colleagues were writing comparable papers about how much better off the workers were, but he noticed that there was a lot more unemployment. When he asked about it, no one would give a straight answer and claimed that it was because hurricane season damages the crops and reduces the number of people needed. Rather than take that at face value, he made an inquiry into the Department of Agriculture for the Puerto Rico records of employment for that particular crop over the past X years. After much stonewalling, he finally got the records and proved definitively that there was a significant drop in that year versus years with comparable crops and comparable hurricanes.
He thought his colleagues would be excited about his research only to find that everyone in his group now hated him. You see, many of these professional academics had made a career out of studying the impacts of minimum wage and Sowell was undermining them by trying to "oversimplify it", i.e. find an answer. He said that's when he realized that no government program could ever be as effective as the private sector and he vowed to pursue research into debunking these government funded conspiracies.
"Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality" - Uncommon Knowledge Podcast (available on spotify and youtube)
There's more former lefties here than people realize. I would say all of us were open minded to radical change in how the government operates. The initial Trump crowd just wanted to be left alone and the initial Bernie/Obama crowd wanted everyone to be better off.
As we know now, there is no way to make people better off at the expense of others. Trumps plan somehow makes everyone better and promotes individual freedom. And the more you dig into it, all he's really doing is undoing the government chokehold on our lives and promoting American interests abroad.
It really is that simple, which makes you wonder what the hell all these other politicians were doing all along.
I appreciate you sharing. I think in the grand scheme of things there's less vitriol here than reddit. Also a lot of people have been burned by the bullying of the left wing media and its supporters, even if that doesn't directly excuse their behavior.
You're welcome into the family, but this family expects you to work to better yourself and give if you can. No demands about what others should be giving. We also welcome addressing inequality, but not the crazy left wing version of "equality" that pits people against each other.
America first. Raise a family (children or a community), teach them good values, love and support your spouse.
The only problem with the left's ideas is reality itself. This is why they have recently turned on reality itself. They are trying to defeat their greatest enemy.
That's why I'm somewhat grateful for them putting the tranny debate front and center. It's one of the few instances where normies can see the left's departure from reality with no specialized knowledge or logical investigation required
Unfortunately, my parents, in their 80s, just went the other direction: Dad is a USAFA grad (1959, first graduating class in fact) former nuclear bomber (B52 and B66) pilot, lifelong Repub, who is “disgusted” by GEOTUS.
I ask why, and he gives the same three vague, implanted catch-alls “racist, sexist, and arrogant”.
He won’t talk about it. He won’t try to convince me to vote Biden. There is nothing there.
Jacques Ellul wrote the 1963 classic “Propaganda”. Therein, he notes that modern propaganda takes no interest in changing opinions, but rather only changing BEHAVIOR. He says propaganda can make a conservative vote communist and vice versa. Changing a man’s opinions is too much work; just change his behavior at the polls.
I wish this was one of the men our children learned from and looked up to in school....
He is amazing. His books, his interviews, his debates.
This twitter account is not him, but someone posting classic Sowell quotes.
This is one of the wisest men in America.
Then why was he a never Trumper?
Because a lot of older folks, who're likely to be financially better off than the youth, had a hard time relating to the need for Trump to curtail immigration and globalism. That'd be my guess.
Sowell said he was a marxist in his youth. It wasn't until he got his first research job in grad school (after a year in the military) that he realized how corrupt government industries were.
He was in a research program at the Dept of Labor and his job was to research the impact of increasing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico compared to wealth inequality. His colleagues were writing comparable papers about how much better off the workers were, but he noticed that there was a lot more unemployment. When he asked about it, no one would give a straight answer and claimed that it was because hurricane season damages the crops and reduces the number of people needed. Rather than take that at face value, he made an inquiry into the Department of Agriculture for the Puerto Rico records of employment for that particular crop over the past X years. After much stonewalling, he finally got the records and proved definitively that there was a significant drop in that year versus years with comparable crops and comparable hurricanes.
He thought his colleagues would be excited about his research only to find that everyone in his group now hated him. You see, many of these professional academics had made a career out of studying the impacts of minimum wage and Sowell was undermining them by trying to "oversimplify it", i.e. find an answer. He said that's when he realized that no government program could ever be as effective as the private sector and he vowed to pursue research into debunking these government funded conspiracies.
"Thomas Sowell on the Myths of Economic Inequality" - Uncommon Knowledge Podcast (available on spotify and youtube)
Thomas Sowell and Larry Elder red pilled the shit out of me
One of the few persons that constantly delivers.
My favorite Thomas Sowell quote:
Maduro is asshoe
Amy Schumer size at that
There's more former lefties here than people realize. I would say all of us were open minded to radical change in how the government operates. The initial Trump crowd just wanted to be left alone and the initial Bernie/Obama crowd wanted everyone to be better off.
As we know now, there is no way to make people better off at the expense of others. Trumps plan somehow makes everyone better and promotes individual freedom. And the more you dig into it, all he's really doing is undoing the government chokehold on our lives and promoting American interests abroad.
It really is that simple, which makes you wonder what the hell all these other politicians were doing all along.
I appreciate you sharing. I think in the grand scheme of things there's less vitriol here than reddit. Also a lot of people have been burned by the bullying of the left wing media and its supporters, even if that doesn't directly excuse their behavior.
You're welcome into the family, but this family expects you to work to better yourself and give if you can. No demands about what others should be giving. We also welcome addressing inequality, but not the crazy left wing version of "equality" that pits people against each other.
America first. Raise a family (children or a community), teach them good values, love and support your spouse.
I think once you find out that its not a zero sum game, there's no reason (for the average person) to go back.
The only people that want that system are people who intend to exploit it.
If you're not a liberal at some time before 20 you have no heart.
If you're 40 and still a liberal you have no brain.
trump was as well so you're actually based.
Ok.
You'll be alright.
I see Thomas. I upvote.
The only problem with the left's ideas is reality itself. This is why they have recently turned on reality itself. They are trying to defeat their greatest enemy.
That's why I'm somewhat grateful for them putting the tranny debate front and center. It's one of the few instances where normies can see the left's departure from reality with no specialized knowledge or logical investigation required
With Netflix they've passed tranny and gone straight to pedo.
This man is the grandfather of BASE
Thomas Sowell blew me away with his talks on how bad minimum wage is.
It's the voice of 1% of people who are trying to get as many likes as possible. Likes from around the world that have nothing to do with US politics.
Unfortunately, my parents, in their 80s, just went the other direction: Dad is a USAFA grad (1959, first graduating class in fact) former nuclear bomber (B52 and B66) pilot, lifelong Repub, who is “disgusted” by GEOTUS. I ask why, and he gives the same three vague, implanted catch-alls “racist, sexist, and arrogant”. He won’t talk about it. He won’t try to convince me to vote Biden. There is nothing there.
Jacques Ellul wrote the 1963 classic “Propaganda”. Therein, he notes that modern propaganda takes no interest in changing opinions, but rather only changing BEHAVIOR. He says propaganda can make a conservative vote communist and vice versa. Changing a man’s opinions is too much work; just change his behavior at the polls.