The Devastating Legacy of Lyndon Johnson's Presidency - Its Downward Spiral Today | Thomas Sowell

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[@pedrofernandez8729]

Amazing to me that when someone simply speaks the thruth of how things work in this world, people are shocked and dismayed and call him a right wing traitor to the minorities.

[@KratostheThird]

I’ve noticed this with anyone who criticizes presidents who are/were Democrats. They are labeled right wing Christians and, you already know what happens.

[@MrD_2112]

Most people are afraid to ackowledge that they've been decieved and lived a lie their whole life.

[@karenshelley8517]

Such an evil man. Sometimes I think he was worst president because of the spiral he started. Thankful he did not have an additional presidential term.

[@judys5638]

He's not worse than obama, but a close second.

[@LebanonBologna40]

He was incredibly corrupt and likely responsible for the murders of several people through connections he had.

[@stevendrumm4957]

​@@judys5638Ben Shapiro rates LBJ as being a worse President than Obama, with Woodrow Wilson being worse than both.

[@jamesdavis9036]

@@stevendrumm4957 Because Wilson created the Fed? There's definitely an argument to be made there.

[@michaelsilberg9059]

Listening to Thomas Sowell is like putting on glasses that allow you to see the truth clearly.

[@champfisk5613]

Ok this topic if you agree you're a racist

[@AmericanSCPO]

That's a great comment.

[@sr2291]

He knows nothing about welfare.

[@michaelsilberg9059]

​@@sr2291 I think you're confusing knowing about welfare and living off of welfare.

[@michaelsilberg9059]

​@@AmericanSCPOThank you.

[@rencleavus5213]

The "breathtaking arrogance" of Johnson's "Great Society". I could not agree more. To think that he and his minions could engineer a just society is beyond contemptible. He was a horrible president, one of the absolute worst. Lyndon Bainful Johnson.

[@allenhill1223]

I once. Heard from my work mate's. Is was a bad idea.

[@bengoolie5197]

The proverbial "Pink-Communist" could sum up LBJ accurately.

[@champfisk5613]

Racist

[@lawerencestimpson2280]

Love the great observations.There is really a good parity of welfare people in US and UK.

[@judierenfrow8073]

LBJ was so horrible for this country. Destroyed so much with his policies.

[@williampaz2092]

@@judierenfrow8073 LBJ was totally and fully responsible for removing Social Security out of it’s Non-Taxable Investment Status and putting it in the General Fund so he could tax it to pay for the Vietnam War. JFK was planning to sign an Executive Order into law when he got back from Dallas, an order that would have De-Established the Federal Reserve Board. The day after LBJ stepped into the Oval Office that order disappeared. I have long suspected that LBJ is the one responsible for JFK’s death.

[@Youttubi]

I agree.

[@rodneywalden5358]

Whats to be done, put fathers and God back into the family. Reduce speding, let mothers stay home to raise their families till a least their children are in school full time.

[@cdaway2024]

WE HAVE TO DESTROY THE CONCEPT OF RACE. THAT'S THE BARRIER THEY BUILT TO KEEP US DIVIDED.

[@sr2291]

How do you do that? By force?

[@kkjppt5359]

Yes, applying some good common sense and providing leadership in all those areas would be a good start. Maybe even stop bashing the people who follow this path would be even better.

[@sr2291]

@@kkjppt5359 Who is going to pay for that?

[@sr2291]

@@rodneywalden5358 Did you mean speeding or spending?

[@JeanNovacco]

Maybe Congress should pass a law that politicians are not allowed to use speech writers

[@oldtanker4860]

I've been around for 7 decades. Grew up in a neighborhood 2 miles from downtown. I was 6 or 7 when they paved the roads in my neighborhood. It wasn't the worst, but was far from the best part of town a mix of Anglos and Hispanics as am I. It was pounded into me to do well in school. It was pounded into me that if I wanted something, I was to work for it. I grew up on VA benefits and social security from my Father who died when I was 8. I now have 3 separate college degrees, have been fully retired since I was 50. I did that by working my way through school and scholarships for my BS degree. The others came later but still on my dime. It boggles my mind to see people who say they cannot get away from poverty. It absolutely can be done, it just takes the decision to do it and to work for it. Education is not the entire answer, deciding not to be a victim and to work is.

[@Melons-vg8dq]

People in rural America were working long hours in agriculture and earning a pittance. The urban areas were unionized. A pound of cotton fetched .34 cents. A woman's dress (union) cost $34.00. No Dollar Trees back then.

[@TexMarque]

The Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 made one major change: Those that could afford to leave the inner cities left leaving the poorest socioeconomic blacks who were left in disarray by those that had previously provided stability. Preferential treatment was politically tolerable; but as one can plainly see is the majority of citizens wanted a level playing field after a reasonable time, say 30 years (and that was 30 years ago).

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

LBJ, in retrospect, was a horror

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

The more I learn about LBJ the more I dislike him.

[@justinclark7883]

@@Allan_aka_RocKITEman you wait until you read Zirbel’s The Texas Connection then - assassination of JFK - yep pure evil

[@judierenfrow8073]

He destroyed Social Security.

[@davidbroadley2983]

Review his compliance with President Nasser's request to remove UN peacekeepers in Sinia. Which then allowed the closure of the Straights of Tiran and caused the 1967 war between Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Israel. The impact of that war are still being felt today. Israel wiped out the various airforces in two to three hours and then their armies. Captured Gaza, Golan Heights and Sinia.

[@OfficialpKIndustries]

Just wait until you find out that he signed the "Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965"

[@Aubury]

The apartheid in southern states of America, rather mocked the freedom mantra that is sold. Jim Crow laws post Lincoln. Whilst a conservative might choose to paint another history, it’s not being bought across the wider political spectrum.

[@JoeDuke-PhD]

Two houses from mine was a black family, so they were in a 'poor neighborhood', in terms of COVID aid, but I couldn't get aid. Democrat government.

[@ionecuff6323]

I was 13 yrs old when President Kennedy was assassinated. I remember watching Johnson taking the oath of office on the plane. I never liked Johnson, but at that moment of him taking the oath, I knew, with every fiber of my being, that Johnson was part of the assassination and was doing everything in his power to contain hide his joy. He was always an extremely prejudice man. As a white girl with a mother from Alabama and a Dad from Oregon, I was brought up that it didn't make any difference the color of a person's skin, because we all bleed red and we are all brothers and sisters in God. So to hear Johnson's double sided speeches, it really ticked me off. Thank you for bringing out more truth of what Johnson was.

[@buicklincoln]

Kennedy was killed because he had a plan to pull us out of the Vietnam War. Johnson may have been part of the scheme to keep us there to further the military industrial complex that Einsenhower warned us against.

[@lawerencestimpson2280]

Read Roger Stone's book about LBJ.

[@sr2291]

Why would I read a book written by a criminal?

[@kkjppt5359]

Great book, Roger has a very sharp mind and has amazing experience and insight into the political world for many decades.

[@mtthwpnn]

0:45 Already at maximum eye roll

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Cultural and ethical apotheosis is needed.

[@teglaprbambaluftlaurvafhen5449]

, more intrusive governance, taxes combined with more and more handouts are ensuring less faith in individualism therefore less cohesive communities and lack of reliabilty for each other....

[@sr2291]

Johnson didn't make people be promiscuous and take drugs. Blaming "the Welfare State" for everything is disengenous. I had friends who lived with a mother and a father and got in just as much trouble with the law.

[@buicklincoln]

Johnson's Great Society wasn't the problem. The problem was the program was created with unending "support" with no time tables on how the program was progressing or failing or when the programs would end.

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Remember when WSJ actually TRIED to be impartial? Lol. Better times.

[@TOMA865]

Great opinion but can humanity ever have the same opinion on a subject? Playing the victim, racism, nepotism, religion etc card humility has a long way. Thanks

[@desmonddevlin4128]

Food Stamps is the new Jim Crow.

[@billnorris8457]

People are people. the Lessica Tarloofs (karen) are afflicted with zombieism.

[@donnawilson4941]

Creepy old crone...😂

[@hallelujah969]

Endtime Bible prophecy is proving to be true

[@captnhuffy]

So, what you're saying is that it's "clearly" trump's fault sarcasm 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@champfisk5613]

Sowell is full of it on this topic

[@DefiantSix]

😂😂😂

[@jimandnena4]

Please give us your credentials for your judgement. Dr. Sowell has research that goes back over 50 years to support his conclusions. Or, maybe you could watch even a few of his videos; perhaps buy one of his dozens of books?

[@champfisk5613]

@@jimandnena4 I have plenty of his books. As far as my credentials, you'll just have to use your imagination. You believe him because it fits your narrative. Redlining wasn't a thing, him crow was fake as well as convict leasing. There was also no mortgage discrimination for ppl that worked right beside white people in factories. Keep in mind whether he was a great president or not, FDR was in office for a lot of this and Woody Wilson screened Birth of a Nation in the White House. Maybe everything I said is false and the Blacks are just lazy....

[@svtinker]

If you can cite success enabling people I’d be interested to read about it.

[@champfisk5613]

@@svtinker you're being facetious, so not entertaining this