Thomas Sowell: Vision of the Woke

[@asoncalledvoonch2210]

" You can never solve past injustices by creating modern day injustices as the remedy. It only creates more injustice. " - Dr. Thomas Sowell Dr. Thomas Sowell is an American national treasure. People of his character and wisdom don't come around everyday. And instead of being egotistical, he's humble and only tells the facts & data... He NEVER spouts his personal opinions and beliefs. And that's an extremely rare thing these days.

[@Carl-w4h]

But to federal Democrats, each injustice is another opportunity to impose their agenda, even if they themselves caused the injustice!

[@Carl-w4h]

But to federal Democrats, each injustice is another opportunity to impose their agenda, even if they themselves caused the injustice!

[@georgemills8515]

this man mr Sowell is a gem amoung Americans everyone should have to listen to him

[@tubermind]

Maybe "everyone should have to" is...well, framing the enthusiasm and appreciation that you have... in a way that mirrors elite-style "solutions" - though I agree that many could benefit from listening to him! But really, only if they were open to doing so.

[@annmatthews196]

I'm so very very sorry that society didn't listen to Mr. Sowell when he first began educating us

[@jacobhoffman2553]

thats the story of humanity - they never listen - ppl only learn in real time and you could blame god for that - for revelations to happen ppl absolutely have to not listen.... if you were gonna write a prophecy like that would it make sense to create a being that was capable of not doing exactly what you said they were gonna do? (thats a fun thought isnt it)

[@kevanwiegand5557]

"The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites." - Thomas Sowell

[@kctechie]

I would add the welfare state is not intended to free the recipients from poverty but to guarantee they remain poor, on welfare and beholden to the government. "The borrower is at the mercy of the lender."

[@YeOldEntertainment]

@@kctechie Absolutely.

[@jaaksavat7916]

@Dave Stewart that's an idiocy, there's never employment for all, and having no safety net for those who need it is a basic requirement. What's not fair is those paying no taxes at all and believe it's going to trickle down trickle di trickle da trickery done

[@kctechie]

@@jaaksavat7916 safety net should not apply to those physically able to work. As far as trickle down, it is far from perfect due to human greed. People like bezos should willingly pay his people much better. But he doesn't. I don't believe we should force business owners to give up a larger share. I don't believe a rich person should pay a higher percentage of taxes. I believe we should have a flat tax with ZERO loopholes where EVERYONE pays the same percentage. For example say 10% to make it easy on my brain. Earn 10k pay 1k. Earn 100k pay 10k. Earn amillion, pay 100k. Earn 10 million pay 1 million. No loopholes. It's easy to see who pays more. But it's ACTUALLY fair because everyone pays the same percentage of their earnings. Socialist and communist countries are the best evidence trickle down works best for everyone. Productivity is MUCH MUCH higher in free market, "trickle down" economies. The alternative is everyone but the political leaders being equally poor and a main reason for that is low Productivity for to lack of incentives. This isn't just my opinion but history has proven it repeatedly. Have a Happy New Year!!

[@etchalaco9971]

no, it is a right wing idea to save capitalism from socialism.

[@danrichardson9107]

There is nothing new under the Sun...... Love Thomas Sowell, a GREAT Thinker that can also confuse the elite with the TRUTH. DanR

[@johnnyappleseed5029]

Damn, nobody sets the record straight like Mr. Thomas Sowell. God bless you sir

[@robinclarke9978]

The same is exactly the case here and in Europe. We are governed by a political self appointed elite of average inteligence, no experience and a desire for power and money. They have no qualifications for government other than most votes from the average man in the street who gave up thinking years ago. This elite are then given solutions to problems manufactured for the purpose of being solved by guess who? Democracy is the least worst form of government someone said. I begin to think he was wrong.

[@adamdrouin2295]

Ain't that the truth

[@mounteverestoftheobvious1182]

@@adamdrouin2295 No, it's not. I could explain that with irrefutable evidence -- if you cared more about principles than praising people who claim to follow them.

[@adamdrouin2295]

@@mounteverestoftheobvious1182 you go ahead and do that

[@rezneba101]

@@mounteverestoftheobvious1182 lol you're wasting your time. This channel is a troll farm. Look at the number of upvotes... "liberty pen" yeah gimme a break.

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

This was filmed 28 years ago. I have so much respect for Dr Sowell.

[@sidhu139]

28 years ago this day, I had buttered toast for breakfast. I have so much respect for Dr. Sowell.

[@prezadent1]

@@sidhu139 28 years ago this day, I had bacon for breakfast. I have so much respect for Vishnu.

[@sgn7528]

His vision almost 3 decades ago is today’s reality. Frightening.

[@guitareputz]

@@sgn7528 it's been reality for much longer than 30 years

[@MrAirnike8]

Of course you do. B Republicans say what you want to hear lol

[@green8718]

Thomas Sowell is a national treasure

[@dylangrieveable]

I love when the interviewer asked "who should we listen to?" And Sowell's response: "we should listen first and foremost to our own experience". Yes.

[@stuarttaplin8567]

I recently had an experience, with someone, who said he was praying for me. I asked, why do you need to do that.He replied, so you will go to heaven. I asked, what have I done, to prevent me from entering heaven. Despite pressing the point, he would not give me an answer, or evidence of wrong doing. He is a happy clapper, and God botherer This is a prime example of WOKE CULTure, and suits the narrative, of the ignorant. I have found, that the born again fraternity, having lived a " full life ", are.now, faultless, blameless, and very, very, virtuous. All their fellow bretheren, who don't meet their high standards, are bound to suffer the same fate. The elite of society, who adopt the woke doctrine, are much the same, but they will give evidence of a crisis, without any plausible evidence, just vague fear mongering. A fair proportion of Polititions unfortuniatly meet this criterior! . The universities of the recent past, and the present, are turning out substandard graduates, with diplomas, which devalues the qualifications the person, who is much more intelligent.

[@TheBossSr88]

So well said!

[@VonGoldfinger]

I love this guy. I’m Dutch and to me this guy is a breath of fresh air. He has taught me that I’m not crazy and have been right all along.

[@nyk3334]

He woke me up from a 39 year liberal slumber.

[@paulray494]

take it from a Foundational Black American, one of the same People as Thomas Sowell. he is a paid shill for White Supremacist dogma, lining his pockets with silver for saying what White faces cannot say in this day and time. his research is full of holes and he has never had a single work of his cited as providing any breakthrough in his field. he is a traitor to FBA, the People who built America and have been artificially held down by the ruling class to provide a permanent floor for their racial Ponzi scheme. give him no quarter. FBA1

[@m-cra1370]

He told you what you wanted to hear

[@stefanhammel192]

Je weet selluf! Goed bezig man👊🏼👍🏼❤️

[@jcc152509]

"Right" is merely relative.

[@djtoland]

Thomas Sowell is kryptonite for liberals.

[@adamdrouin2295]

He is their worst nightmare. A very intelligent, well spoken black conservative man who smells bullsh*t from a mile away. I absolutely love listening to him

[@alabama2uz]

***Marxists

[@casusolivas]

don't call them liberals... thats just another word they hijacked and bastardized... a real liberal believes on freedom of speech and will be against woke bs.

[@jcc152509]

His views on racism are cringy.

[@alabama2uz]

@@jcc152509 As opposed to?

[@oghoenuku6994]

Decades later, this still holds true.

[@larryyoung5757]

It is always true.

[@johnnyappleseed5029]

Too few people listened to this man over the years....

[@steved2667]

I've been reading and listening to this clown for over 40 years and I'm still not convinced.

[@truthwarrior122]

He said 99% of the people will not understand what he is saying. You are the 1%.

[@DesertStateInEU]

You need to watch a few videos from G. Edward Griffin and Dan Smoot, about communists. These men in the 1960s saw through the leftist agenda perfectly.

[@mutabore7]

He could be heard by a lot more people and more likely to make some real changes if he went into politics. Such a loss

[@truthwarrior122]

@@mutabore7 They would have killed him, he's too smart for the devil.

[@AlejandroMiyar]

Why is this man’s ideas not more widespread? This should be going viral right now. His explanations are not only a national treasure, this applied worldwide.

[@Bee89301]

I have same question..?

[@adambelk3495]

found him , I agree with you 2024

[@jacobscholtissek2410]

because he is a "racetraitor" conservative.

[@sgtcrtrdnl]

This man is criminally underrated

[@All.Alone.In.The.Unknown.]

Facts

[@tylerannamcmillan6058]

This man is a prophet. In 1995 he unveiled the playbook of the woke, that we are seeing unfold before our eyes! Wow. Right up there with other socio-political prophets, Nietzsche, Orwell, et al. 🥶

[@dennispresiloski3964]

Sowell deserves a Nobel Prize for this particular book, and for his overall body of work...

[@nordicapemilitiamachine6777]

Yes. He does

[@theresewalters1696]

I think he would rather find more rewarding if people would understand his points and live better because of it.

[@YeOldEntertainment]

This man understood the nature, agenda and M.O of the "elite" factions who wish to impose their solutions upon the rest of us so freaking well... that 30 years later he is still absolutely on point on everything.

[@DesertStateInEU]

Thomas Sowell isn't the only one. You should watch a few videos by G. Edward Griffin and by Dan Smoot, about communists. They saw right through the leftist agenda way back in the 1960s. And now Dr Jordan Peterson is warning us too.

[@YeOldEntertainment]

@@DesertStateInEUYes. I that's why they are forcing him to mamdatory "social media retraining" un brutal 1984 style.

[@martinesejour3361]

Kinda of mind boggling that he shared his point of views 30 years ago to a supposedly woke society, yet, nothing has been done to stop the elites from inflicting these protocols to society.

[@AllNighterHeider]

Shared this with friends and family in an attempt to find someone receptive to truth. Still waiting

[@josephmro]

I hear ya :) same here

[@narcissismisadisease]

I gave up long ago trying to debate with the kool-aid people. I simply say now that “You do not have the right therefore you should not have the audacity to determine my destiny.”

[@AllNighterHeider]

@@narcissismisadisease I guard my consent with my life

[@scottgebow6539]

I always enjoy listening to Thomas Sowell. Facts and common sense are his stock-in-trade. I wish more people knew about him.

[@mixerD1-]

He's getting there...I only heard of him first about two years ago and there's a lot more of his stuff being shared than then... thankfully.

[@ianmckenzie9719]

@@mixerD1- The media and democrats know him quite well, they are censoring him and his views, it is no accident.

[@ianmckenzie9719]

@@toddjohnston3477 Absolutely.

[@jcc152509]

"Facts" are merely relative.

[@scottgebow6539]

@@jcc152509 LOL!!

[@bondwin7025]

You just keep on Rocking DR THOMAS SOWELL!!!!! He will be 93 years young this June, one of the greatest mind in the world! YOU CANNOT SUBSIDIZE IRRESPONSIBILITY AND EXPECT PEOPLE TO BECOME MORE RESPONSIBLE. DR THOMAS SOWELL

[@tonyzuco6144]

Words cannot describe how much respect I have for Mr. Sowell.

[@derekw3069]

I could not of said it better myself

[@williamhall5135]

@@derekw3069 Truth wow . Its humbling

[@dominiccarter5070]

He doesn’t give facts

[@davidr9876]

This is what happens when a truly intelligent and logical person weighs in on topics where all the average people have concluded that the science is settled.

[@haydenwayne3710]

Amen!!! Truly a brilliant adult in the room.

[@neddanison9202]

Nearly 30 years on, Sowell's analysis continues to fit to a tee. That's how truth is.

[@Ana-zm3td]

This man is a deadly weapon What a force of wisdom, intelligence and integrity 💪

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

He was telling people about this stuff, long before anyone really even understood what he was talking about, if that isn't proof that they have been working us over for decades. This man is a genius, in every sense of the term. Largely unrecognized in his own time. I mean who in 95 had any clue where we would be in almost 30 years!! Yet what he says makes a lot of sense now. The folks he is talking about now use the excuse, that capitalism has failed, and we should give up our rights for socialism. When they planned it from the beginning.

[@mixerD1-]

Nailed it..

[@peterw.4833]

The saddest thing - which Sowell points out - is that it only takes a minority of the elite (~5%) to implement this on purpose. The rest are happy to go along with it because it seems like a good idea and makes them feel good.

[@Continental123-i2n]

He just fully understood UN Agenda 21.... not really genius

[@chrisanderson5317]

A big thumbs up to Thomas Sowell. You can receive more wisdom listening to Dr. Sowell for 5 minutes than you can listening for months to a Howard Zinn.

[@jimwagnerclips]

Imagine if we had people like this man as our leaders?? It's an unimaginably positive future!

[@BurkesPhotosLLC]

He is amazing and to think that this was recorded and his book on the subject was written in 1995 and yet we are struggling with so many of the issues he raises TODAY.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

One of my favorite Sowell interviews!

[@allottashit8118]

Mr. Sowell’s words from 1995 are so prophetic

[@zer0rez_]

The interview was conducted in 1995 and Dr Sowell had already foreseen what was coming and relatable to what is happening to our current society we live in

[@krischette4108]

I highly recommend Thomas Sowell’s memoir/biography. It’s really inspiring! He’s a very independent character

[@odietamo9376]

Sowell is just INCREDIBLE! This interview was done nearly thirty years ago, yet everything he says applies even more more, or more alarmingly, today than it did then. I suspect the Founding Fathers would agree with everything he says and writes. They’d say, “This man gets it!”

[@tonycatman]

This was 1995. 27 years ago. Not up to his usual standard. He's usually 40 years ahead of us mortals.

[@thomasreaves588]

The Founding Fathers would have beat and whipped him for learning how to read, and then sold him to a sugar plantation in Cuba.

[@odietamo9376]

@@thomasreaves588 Don’t know much about history, do you.

[@thomasreaves588]

@@odietamo9376 Sowell is a Black man, and most of the Founding Fathers were strongly against teaching or allowing Blacks to read. Thomas Jefferson, for example sponsored a law that made teaching slaves to read or write an offense punishable by death. And he absolutely forbid Blacks from attending or teaching at his newly built university, The University of Virginia....so I don't think Thomas Jefferson would have been able to accept an intellectual and scholarly person of color like Thomas Sowell.

[@odietamo9376]

@@thomasreaves588 To claim that “most of the Founding Fathers were strongly against teaching or allowing blacks to read” is an exaggeration, even if it was true about Jefferson. Don’t start saying that most of them owned slaves, because that isn’t true either. Even Washington had his slaves freed upon his death. So maybe Jefferson would have had a problem with Sowell, I don’t know, but John Adams definitely would not. More important still, the question of slavery was what was debated longer and more passionately than any other issue at the Constitutional Convention. Many of the people at the convention wanted to abolish it then and there. The only reason they didn’t was because southern states said they wouldn’t ratify the constitution if slavery was ended, and at the end the decision was made that setting up the United States as a functioning nation was the most important thing to start with. But they were very aware that slavery would have to be dealt with sooner or later, and it was, by means of a civil war that killed more Americans than any other war we have been involved in. I think you might take into consideration what Sowell himself thinks of the Founders.

[@michaelosborne3113]

Thomas Sowell needs to be on Joe Rogan or Lex Fridman while he's still around.

[@coolbreeze6198]

Neither one of them dudes are real enough to touch Thomas Sowell.... sadly money has tainted both of their characters.

[@michaelosborne3113]

@@coolbreeze6198 they’ve both had people on who have referenced and talked about Sowell and responded positively

[@mixerD1-]

@@michaelosborne3113 True, one guy spoke on JRE about TS not long ago and JR had no idea who he was...the government been hiding him from people.

[@Cakebattered]

@@mixerD1- Sowell's Chicago Boys economic philosophy is woefully outdated. His blaming poverty on welfare, when welfare as he wrote about in his books, was all but eradicated during the Clinton administration (40 years ago). Sowell simply lacks any relevant insight into today.

[@jimlovesgina]

Rogan asks some of the dumbest questions and then volunteers his own absurd insight. I can't even listen to the guy anymore.

[@briansim1648]

Thomas right again. Hard to argue with someone that puts in the proper amount of research and absorbs all of the Facts!

[@nbzz5539]

This is downright one of the wisest men I've ever stumbled across. He understood what was going on so early and so thoroughly, what has inevitably led us to where we're at today.

[@jayknable8398]

I don't believe he was alone in seeing the writing on the wall, but such people have a tendency of being aggressively (and effectively) marginalized by the liberal power structure, unfortunately.

[@ronnieedwards5550]

Milton Friedman Sowell's mentor saw this coming also. Ahead of their time. Thank God Sowell is still going strong

[@trixie-bellfaith5380]

Thomas Sowell is my hero. The person I would most loved to have met. A reminder of what is good in the world is this man. God raise up men like this in the last days.

[@davmar5789]

Smart cookie Mr Sowell, he is. He is in a learning path, taking no prisoners . So much to learn from himn that he will so much useful for any government from any party

[@rosstemple7617]

This man should have been given more light. 😢 Please share this far and wide.

[@DTreatz]

Everyone owes an apology to the people like Thomas Sowell and the 'conspiracy' theorists of the late 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. a *BIG* apology.

[@peggybruening4415]

Dr. Thomas Sowell and Dr. Walter Williams our national treasures.

[@stacybrittain9448]

I could listen to Thomas Sowell all day! Such wisdom is so refreshing. His books should be required reading in high schools

[@RobertRAbell]

Thank you Dr. Thomas Sowell for my Daly dose of Sowell. Really appreciate your Wisdom, Logic and Common Sense. Can’t get enough. All day long Yahoo 😅

[@lrod312]

I can never get enough of this man. He was the one shattered the liberal spell I’ve been under for almost 13 years. I knew when I began questioning the plandemic I wasn’t going insane.

[@beaupierrebondurant5651]

Dr.Thomas Sowell is an American treasure.

[@timeno1763]

Without question. The man is a diamond among intellectuals.

[@froggyfootball7572]

That last 30 seconds is chilling. Thats exactly whats happening in Scottish schools right now. The Manic Street Preachers said it best - "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next"

[@timeno1763]

God bless those manic street preachers!

[@judymarie1]

A brilliant mind. I never get tired of listening to this man's wisdom.

[@thenewmayorofcrazytown7392]

Still relevant, a quarter of a century later. Scary

[@daviru02]

At the end where he says the schools keeping the curriculum from the parents was very prophetic when you look what's happening now. Looking back, sex ed should never have been taught in schools.

[@VintagebyMitzi]

Very 😢😢😢

[@FanBoy12345]

Sowell is so brilliant & such an inspiration, I've learned a great deal from him.

[@Musiclover-bg2nn]

Thomas Sowell is such an amazing man, with so much wisdom.

[@qrzupsjohnson707]

Blessed man

[@BigSky71]

So far ahead of his time. This guys lays out the truth 28 YEARS AGO … and we’re still here, walking around dumbfounded, trying to figure out how we got into this mess. Perhaps we should listen to the man.

[@ericbrown5589]

It is always a pleasure to listen to Thomas Sowell, more people in America should listen to him, particularly Politicians. He really is like a breath of fresh air.

[@williamhall5135]

Sometimes hearing Truth can be a little confusing and at the same time very comforting and Peacefull. Wow

[@daviru02]

I've watched this entire interview 3 times. It's a really good one. The interviewer made it nice as well. He didn't attack Mr. Sowell at all. Just asked questions.

[@ChristoMac]

Professor Thomas Sowell is brilliant, God Bless this man!

[@sgwardo1953]

Thomas Sowell, brilliant as always.

[@baccaratchismith]

This Man is 💯 percent correct !! I am the head of my Family, we are very successful because we follow what we know is to be right and true according to our experiences. We don't need elites to tell us what to believe or what to be scared of.

[@stuarttaplin8567]

The virtuous elite, will indulge themselves in all the luxuries that are provided by the non elite, because they can afford to, while denying the non elite the same priveliges. Look what happened to a famous person in history, who is alledged to have said " well, let them eat cake "

[@Macromental]

Again, this man was way before his time

[@lechenaultia5863]

Stages 1 say that there's a crisis ( even if it's not true or true but getting better) 2 invent a solution 3 implement ( amd detrimental results occur) 4 deny the detrimental results

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Nobody has ever been elected by saying everything is fine.

[@igorvusanovic1196]

Great Tom Sowell! God bless you

[@mikenadel4749]

Dr. Sowell is a gift that keeps on giving

[@johnmac333]

Sowell is one of the smartest and sensible people on the planet and should be the role model for african Americans everywhere , yet few have heard of him !

[@neilm.greenberg4173]

A role model for all Americans...white, black, yellow, male, female, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, etc...had he been listened to decades ago, the country wouldn't be the God awful mess it is today...🤔

[@Undercoverbrotherfromanother]

Mr Sowell is a living legend Thank you for all your words It was and throughout the years I've always loved reading your newspaper articles and books

[@LFSPharaoh]

Thomas Sowell is among the best. I have the utmost respect for him and could listen to him all day. And, 8:58 oh man I loved that eyebrow raise. And you know, as soon as the question is done, he will drop a truth bomb - concord vs taking the bus. Amazing analogy.

[@tedwazonek7956]

Plain pure genius! Thank you Mr. Sowell!! 👍🏻✌🏼🙏🏼🫡

[@mixerD1-]

I pray a day comes when Thomas Sowell is a common household name in America and you all understand and behave based on his knowledge and teaching.

[@supersjaak123]

Jordan Peterson & Thomas Sowell are my biggest heroes.

[@timeno1763]

Great choices!

[@user_user1337]

Professor Sowell: You are dearly missed! We need you now!

[@mixerD1-]

Been hidden away for 40 years...he's a real old man now... he's done his job.

[@neilm.greenberg4173]

​@@mixerD1- but sadly few listened...it's why we're where we are now as a broken society...🤔

[@mobbin_not_sobbin3014]

Legend!

[@thepetesmith]

This man will be looked at in the future as the lone voice of truth standing in the wind.

[@kellywilson7640]

Thomas Sowell , your a great mentor and are inspirational in me talking accountability and ultimately contort of my life , and ultimately peace with myself . God love’s you

[@markusbroyles1884]

Thomas Sowell is perfectlu positiond to leave a message legasy for an entire National life span. The collapse will be from not having listened and learned all we can from his mentorship. I rue the day when he passes away. his time is now and we need him desperately.

[@mixerD1-]

There's literally tonnes of his recordings available...share the heck out of them.

[@elisadoyle91]

This man deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. He's an American icon. They should make statues of him.

[@hannecatton2179]

A very , very prescient man.

[@TroyBarnett]

Love Thomas Sowell.

[@gjmbarusha6999]

Damn, Sowell is a national treasure 💯👏🏾

[@mike6.10]

Love this guy. Every time I watch him I just smile.

[@johnsakeiyia330]

It's beautiful listening to this guy. Brilliant!

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

We need more men like him everywhere.

[@riumudamc4686]

great observations by Thomas Sowell

[@jessekippola5496]

Long live all of the hard work that was done by Dr Thomas Sowell!!!

[@chosencode5881]

An absolute legend beyond measure

[@karlostj4683]

We should listen to Thomas Sowell.

[@maryanna71701]

This is a really old clip, but I love to hear Dr Thomas Sowell’s bits of wisdom.

[@vuzzler1]

I could listen to this guy all day

[@aSpacetimeAdventurer]

Its been twenty-seven years, incredible how little has changed fundamentally! Amazing how relevant all this is today. @10:00 "We'll be like the man who gained the whole world and lost his soul" definitely on some Jordon Peterson vibes. Thomas Sowell is a spiritual man! It also sounds like our society has made the blunder of defining its laws and presumptions based on correlation rather than causation. This is a very data and statistically-biased relevant problem also!

[@fancynancymacy]

I admire Thomas and hang on every word he says

[@genniebeeXCU]

I have learned so much from Thomas Sowell! I wish I knew of him when I was young, sigh...

[@zhilaxfow7888]

This is the hero America needs. This man is a national treasure.

[@bencrozier]

Interesting take on not everyone belonging in college. Further to that is the enormous debt that young people are being saddled with.

[@joanneholcombe735]

This man is so brilliant and right!!!

[@katr6493]

Thomas Sowell for president !! 2024

[@marksauck3399]

I keep saying to myself, I wish Thomas Sowell was younger because we need him around for a very long time. People like this are too rare today.

[@cognitivechaos1043]

I wish everyone would read his books.....the world would be in such a better place

[@cognitivechaos1043]

@@matthewkuhl79 I agree, and remember language is important so let's stop calling them liberals, because they are many things but liberal is not one of them....leftist, socialist, communist, authoritarians, ideological fascist...take your pick

[@lisette1976]

I work in health care and this is so true. They sell you a simple "solution". Then when said solution did not perform as promised, suddenly it is "not so simple".

[@captainnima]

Every time I watch another Dr Sowell video I am once again impressed and wonder about all the wrong ideas I was taught in our so called schools

[@dodieodie498]

This sort of discussion reminds me of the "charities" that I hear from so often. In the mail or on the radio or as I am checking out at a store. They are generally obscure as to exactly who is running them or how they use the funding or what percentage goes to what or whether the approach they use is making things better or worse. Donate so we can feed the children. So MANY children go to bed at night hungry. Donate so that we can help the homeless. Your donations get people off the streets. Would you like to round up for education? Education is a worthy cause. Your support helps us save animals. So many animals die on the streets or in shelters every year. Won't you help today? Make a child's wishes come true. We are on the way to curing this cancer, but we desperately need your help. Do I ever see these charities at work? Do I ever meet anyone who has received the "help"? Overwhelmingly, no. But I have, and other people regularly do, donate because we assume that the crises are real, and we are compassionate, and we like to think we are helping. So, often by default, we assume the help is real too and that we are funding the type of help that is needed, as the experts or charity organizations must know, and since they are so charitable and caring, surely they will take our money and do what is right. So much so that we often will give to the charity we've never heard of, or we will drop change in that jar sitting by the cash register, when we often have no clue about the "charity" at all.

[@THall-vi8cp]

What's appalling is how little actually makes it _to_ the worthy cause. For example, I was visiting my folks for dinner and mom answered the phone to someone fundraising. She declined to donate after asking how much actually goes toward the cause itself. In this case, only 15%, meaning 85% of funds raised went to running the organization. Imagine donating, say, $50,000 to a charity then finding out that only $7,500 helped anyone and $42,500 went to the fundraisers themselves.

[@dodieodie498]

@@THall-vi8cp I can imagine that. It actually reminds me of the way the government works. Taxes paid in to form bureaucratic organizations to solve problems, but they tend to just grow themselves, and often make the issue worse, and before you know it, they are actually invested not in solving the problem, but maintaining it, lest they lose their jobs. Maybe all of this ties in with that quote about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. When we donate or blindly trust in others to do those "good deeds" for us, well....maybe practicing charity is just too cheap and more about appeasing our consciences and even virtue signaling to ourselves. I guess the best practice is to try to do the good ourselves.

[@bbbbbbb51]

It's why you always donate locally. Find a food shelf, non-profit thrift store, etc. They need the money. Not these massive "charities" giving their CEOs 6 figures salaries

[@dodieodie498]

@@bbbbbbb51 Agreed. I am sure there's a lot I don't understand about the way it all works, and I do like the idea of feeding hungry children on the other side of the world. At the same time, I often wonder why it is that some charities never seem to solve their issues, and how it is that one will be headlined for a while and then just sort of fade, to then pop up again as urgent several years later. How it is that a nation suffering isn't more often aided by its next door neighbors, as opposed to the expectation that it will always be western countries. I guess I'm just suspicious now, as I have worked for a charity, and I saw how it operated and how poorly it was run. Not that I paint all of them with so broad a brush. But we are a bit lazy when it comes to charity, allowing others to do it for us in certain ways. My least favorite charitable "plug" is the one at the cash register, with "Would you like to round up for.....?"

[@johnobrien5037]

As in medicine and pharmacology, the money is not in the cure...it's in the continued sickness.