Thomas Sowell reveals why he walked away from Marxism

Hoover Institution senior fellow Thomas Sowell shares details on his path from being a Marxist to a fierce critic of social justice narratives on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'
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[@glenbard657]

"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." - Aristotle

[@alexanderarmstrong3668]

How lovely it would be to have afternoon tea with Thomas Sowell.

[@YourSafeSpaceBoulder]

This man is a national treasure. We need to celebrate him as much as we can before he's gone.

[@kimobrien.]

Why not asl the Pope to canonize him?

[@timothyjenkin4365]

They have us all... divided. This is the way... they... control Us. Keep Us.... divided. Pastor TIM-US Army Veteran

[@ron3537]

Mr Sowell is truly a wise and humble man. I think true humility is so rare in our day and is so desperately needed. As he shows, there's nothing wrong with realizing an unhealthy direction one is going in, and simply making the change for the better. So many fear to realize they're moving in the wrong direction and don't want to admit the error. Thanks for being such a wonderful example Mr Sowell!

[@firojmnalam6121]

Talent wins games, but Teamwork and intelligence wins Champions. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@RodrigoOliveira-cc3kc]

Thomas Sowell is a genius!

[@foundationalstatesmen]

IN WHAT?

[@torablack]

ikr...

[@bradchristy8429]

@@foundationalstatesmenCoy ignorance doesn’t promote your ideals. Stop it.

[@foundationalstatesmen]

Nether does Uncle T@m Sowell bootlicking, azz kissing and his Tatum tap dancing for Team White Supremacy 🕺🏿@@bradchristy8429

[@timothyjenkin4365]

Get Us out of the... United Nations... NOW.

[@kimobrien.]

Go ahead and leave but then you won't be able to go around bragging about how you the leader of the "free world."

[@timothyjenkin4365]

@@kimobrien. I .. just want...a better.. World

[@mkr4922]

When Mr. Sowell speaks I listen and I suggest everyone should listen or read one of his books. Thank you Mr. Sowell

[@kimobrien.]

That's all he does is write books and talk the conservative capitalist party line.

[@mkr4922]

@@kimobrien. you are clueless. Take time out of your socialist agenda and learn more about the man before you speak without facts.

[@whereschavo3953]

this mans brain is going to outlast his body, he is truly a genius

[@tracynewberry2937]

Everyone on this earth should understand that we only live once. So do the right thing.

[@Scrubby-McScrubberson]

*Thomas Sowell is a Greek god chiseled from solid 0nyx* we're not worthy '🙌🏾' we're not worthy ' 🙌🏾' Mark Levine.. meh

[@PeterKKraus]

You're a pagan.

[@richardgillette5759]

Levine sucks Sowell has points

[@MalchikGuy]

​@@richardgillette5759 Fox needs to clear out all the troglodytes-of-zionisms

[@torablack]

ikr...

[@kimberlyvalpey7158]

Such a Brilliant Man. U have so much respect for this man. Everything I have heard from him

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

Republican despise JUSTICE.

[@artistjuliadocherty]

1:34 Yes Mr. Sowell, that has happened to me. You were said person… Thank you! Much love to you! 🥰🥰🥰

[@matthewballon7553]

For a man in his 90's, he looks like he's in his mid 70's or early 80's

[@PDBowden16]

He’s amazingly sharp for 93 years old.

[@waynebaker5720]

Yea But the context of what he says is dull

[@foundationalstatesmen]

But he wears DEPENDS, and your time is coming!

[@scottrutkowski841]

Bull crap. He all of a sudden relished it’s bad. Guys like 75 years old. It’s because people are waking up and he is afraid of becoming non existent

[@dianefoister4400]

Agree. Glad you saw the truth of the matter. You think for yourself. That is so important in discerning truth from the lies.

[@kimobrien.]

What proof does Sowell have that he was ever a Marxist?

[@joeclark7888]

Heaven rejoices more over a lost soul coming to God than for all those that were righteous all-along.

[@enriconono3638]

What Sowell is saying here are just FACTS.

[@evertvdb000]

no, just an opinion

[@waynebaker5720]

I wonder if he has used any grifting money to help make a difference in the less fortunate lives or if he's told them to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. ..😊

[@anthonyphillips2874]

​@@waynebaker5720The less fortunate can learn from his wisdom.

[@kimobrien.]

@@anthonyphillips2874 What facts does Sowell present that he was ever a Marxist? Did he ever carry a picket sign? Did he ever even talk to an actual Marxist?

[@angelapagano5235]

Good for Thomas Sowell to walk away from that. Many people have followed him in his footsteps. God Bless Him.

[@andrelotscher280]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nonameissafer.8457]

When was he a Marxist? Be specific.

[@foundationalstatesmen]

People like whom?

[@kimobrien.]

What proof can you provide that Sowell ever so much as carried a picket sign or spoke publicly in favor of class struggle or communism?

[@angelapagano5235]

@@kimobrien. Being that this was 2 weeks ago then, with your choice of the pic you have, you're irrelevant at this point in time. Have a nice day, Kim.

[@timothyjenkin4365]

Syria,Iraq, Afghanistan.. Vietnam. Look.... Pastor TIM-US Army Veteran

[@russellcole2368]

Such a brilliant man. God bless him.

[@toneybond547]

Listen people, the sound of wisdom is being given to your ears!!!

[@scottkew6278]

"And when the facts kept going the wrong way I realized that this was not going to do what it claimed it was going to do." "What they say sounds so good. It s only after you study history that you find out just how bad, how horribly it actually turned out." Wow.....F A C T S..... MARXISM....NO BUENO AMIGO.....

[@bub0niccommie3]

it takes one read through his book to realize how flawed Thomas's ideology really is

[@hakeemfrancis1099]

Hey, dummy. You have to give critically and objectively well-thought reasons for why Thomas's ideology is flawed so it can be scrutinised.

[@PeterKKraus]

I never knew of him until a couple years ago. He made think, my jaw drop, and just blew my mind. That is one insightful guy.

[@andrelotscher280]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nonameissafer.8457]

Lmfao

[@PeterKKraus]

@@andrelotscher280 Mental case.

[@PeterKKraus]

@@nonameissafer.8457 Mental case.

[@timothyjenkin4365]

Look how many US TROOPS...WHO HAVE DIED... FOR... NOTHING. FACT PASTOR TIM-US ARMY VETERAN

[@PeterKKraus]

Sounds like your eyes are on the world and not the kingdom. "PASTOR"

[@timothyjenkin4365]

@@PeterKKraus If you don't believe in eternal life You will not get it.

[@timothyjenkin4365]

@@PeterKKraus I stand with...New Israel.. The United States of America

[@timothyjenkin4365]

@@PeterKKraus go read e bible...

[@PeterKKraus]

@@timothyjenkin4365 No YOU. A sower went out to sow....This man is PERVERTING faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...and the Messiah of aIsrael.

[@ben4216]

Trump will bring all Americans together! With our love of money, flags and striped ties! GoTrump4Ever ❤

[@kimobrien.]

Sowell said elect Trump because he would be easier to impeach.

[@rev.stephena.cakouros948]

The Dean has spoken. .

[@headspaceandtiming2114]

The simple observation that no one has all the knowledge needed to make decisions for other peoples live. Dr Sowell is amazing at speaking simple truth. And, showing the current mentality of todays politicians, particularly the liberal progressives.

[@kimobrien.]

Sowell said elect Trump because he'd be easier to impeach.

[@headspaceandtiming2114]

@@kimobrien. Dr Sowell also said the only worse President than Trump was Obama. Feel better?

[@planejanedaniels]

Sowell's journey is truly enlightening!

[@andrelotscher280]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@waynebaker5720]

Enlightingly, disappointing; yea. ..

[@foundationalstatesmen]

He`s old, why not?

[@anthonyphillips2874]

​@@waynebaker5720No enlightening, truthful and inspiring.

[@torablack]

nice interview.

[@jamalshamah7280]

That man is a national treasure

[@kyleshrum8186]

No these people just don’t want to work for anything. They want everything handed to them and then some. What they really want is everything you have and for you to suffer.

[@imnotanalien7839]

The wisdom of Dr. Sowell, is always worth listening to. After listening to him, you have learned something new and interesting…..particularly when talking about the Marx lying moochers, …’who hate you not for your mistakes, but for your achievements’. (Ayn Rand couldn’t have said it more perfect!) 🌻

[@kimobrien.]

Ayn Rand who constantly talked about the immorality of Social Security until it came time to get her check.

[@lorinhaco6476]

wrote over 40 Books and none of them is in schools. long live mr. sowell and his thought.

[@bobwoods1302]

Anyone see Lauren Boebert with her boyfriends hand up her dress at a children play? Some good wholesome Republican family values there😂😂

[@byron5299]

It was a beetlejuice musical. 😅

[@MalchikGuy]

Nah coz we are not peeping-toms Sick'0

[@Jaysonbc1234]

Your boy Sniffy Joe approves😅

[@patriotpatrol3709]

We see you still support the guy that spent time in the shower showing his own daughter "winky" the one eyed love monster.

[@PeterKKraus]

Yeah, she should become a democrat.

[@AlanRoehrich9651]

Sowell is one of the greatest minds of our time.

[@usnchief1339]

If you're ignorant, marxism works just fine.

[@kimobrien.]

Sowell knows about the long term tendency of the rate of profit to decline. What do the bosses do when the profits stop flowing? hint: (the close down and demand bailouts)

[@jimmyr9468]

Chrome Dome Levin has no problem with COUP ATTEMPTS, as long as they originate on his side of the political aisle. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@snakerstran9101]

Say no to Marxism

[@darkdan3379]

No Marxism? So what is Christian nationalism?

[@wjdyr6261]

So what is it?

[@kimobrien.]

Sowell a "marxist"? When did Sowell ever participate in a single protest action? When did Sowell ever carry a picket sign? Sowell was a young person who lived though the end of Segregation and never did anything but sit in a professors chair and criticise others.

[@Salmirche]

Levin and his daily reactionary extreme rightwing propaganda....just boring

[@nickmanning3913]

Bahahah. He literally just explained what government does.

[@kimobrien.]

Capitalist government not giving you a bog enough bailot boss?

[@AndreaDoesYoga]

Fascinating journey, Mr. Sowell!

[@kimobrien.]

From rebel who read about Marx in the encyclopedia britannica to bourgeois professor and mouthpiece for capitalist big business.

[@uncleogrimacy]

We all become more stupid as we get older

[@Genesis-007]

A very smart decision.

[@Funboyy123]

The goat.

[@terrencekane8203]

When Lachlan Murdoch starts cleaning house, this hack should be the first one booted.

[@andrelotscher280]

🤓👍

[@francescombs1350]

Right!!! Yay for communism!! 🙄

[@PeterKKraus]

May the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob bless you.

[@teresaphillips2940]

You must be one of those that gave Biden a 38% approval rating. Go back to msnbc

[@starchild19743]

Did this man get a Medal of Freedom from ANY U.S president yet?

[@Islam__Islam]

If you ever find yourself questioning your existence or you want answers about what your purpose is in this life, The Quran is the only book in the world which will give you the true answers to these questions.

[@PeterKKraus]

There has NEVER been a prophet of God who was not of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

[@PeterKKraus]

You are DELUSIONAL.

[@topcatmatt]

"I was given lots of money to say neoliberal economic horseshit."

[@PeterKKraus]

You wish.

[@Sardonic-Angel]

I bet you spent it all on scratch tickets and shiny things

[@PeterKKraus]

@@Sardonic-Angel He was pretending that a black person isn't intelligent enough to think for himself and he (Sowell) was bought off somehow.

[@topcatmatt]

@@Sardonic-Angel I have literally never played a lottery in 36 yrs and several states and countries. I'm speaking about macroeconomics. You're just trying to undercut a larger point by coming at me personally. Anecdotes vs the actual factual system, As per usual

[@topcatmatt]

@@PeterKKraus lmao, I know he did. He's been a pet at think tanks for quite a while now.

[@ben4216]

We'll still take you back, big man. Anytime. The workers controlling the means of production is a great idea. Stops businesspeople amd shareholders getting rich from the sweat and toil of the people who actually do the work. Love, the Marxists x

[@kimobrien.]

What "marxist" organization did he ever belong to? You social democrats want him. You can have him.

[@andrelotscher280]

The great CryBaby Levin 😭

[@teresaphillips2940]

You must be one of the 38% that give Biden a good approval rating.

[@Arisaem]

Thomas Sowell is a liar.

[@erosionhead420]

How so ?

[@foundationalstatesmen]

And a major azz kisser!

[@anthonyphillips2874]

No he isn't.

[@kimobrien.]

@@anthonyphillips2874 Just when did Comrade Thomas belong to the communist movement?

[@williamshaw5388]

Is this guy an Uncle?! 😂😂😂😂

[@PeterKKraus]

I wonder if you listened to anything. I doubt it.

[@waynebaker5720]

Yea, Ruckus. ..

[@foundationalstatesmen]

What do YOU think?

[@PeterKKraus]

@@foundationalstatesmen Yeah. Black people are supposed to be like Cardi B. Not a well spoken person who happens to have dark skin.

[@anthonyphillips2874]

No but you are.

[@sumkmyans390]

Burrrrppp. 🫢