Thomas Sowell - Where Current Black Culture Really Comes From

[@Russellsperry]

It gives me hope for the black community when young people like yourself get informed, and tell others 👍

[@Tijuanabill]

It's important to know both sides, even if we choose one to agree with. I think that is the missing element that leads to all this hateful rhetoric over politics. It's harder to hate someone, when you understand their view. Also, the black community hamstrings their own issues, when they only vote one direction. Make these corrupt political parties compete for the vote. If you give it away free, just like other things, it's not worth anything.

[@Russellsperry]

@@Tijuanabill 100% agree 👍

[@fishinglunkies3629]

@@Tijuanabill Spoken like a true American 🇺🇸

[@Tijuanabill]

@@fishinglunkies3629 Thanks! That is a high compliment.

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

Don’t get your hopes up. This guy is the rare exception and not the rule. Most of them don’t care so long as they continue getting preferential treatment and continue being treated as sacred cows by BOTH left and right.

[@realPenrodPooch]

You can't compare Dr. Sowell to the likes of Al Sharpton and others. You won't see Dr. Sowell run up to the microphone at any protest, rally, march, etc. He's a professor. A historian. An economist. And he's not making money off the struggles of the black community. In other words, he's no grifter.

[@williamsaling9648]

Mr Sowell is a national treasure.

[@kimobrien.]

Naturally a staunch defender of American capitalism would be called a national treasure just like California gold.

[@WBKimmons]

@@kimobrien. yea, and thank god

[@kimobrien.]

@@WBKimmons He becomes more irrelevant like all Classical Conservatives have been with their big profits, low wages, and endless imperialist war policy. Donald Trump swooped in and began taking their party away from them with little opposition.

[@pulsaran]

@@WBKimmons Its a commie what did you except. I see the hammer and sickle the same as a swastika for a long time, i'm proven right every time a commie talks.

[@gregabbot4631]

Thomas Sowell is in the rarified air of American legends. If we ever get that Garden of Heroes Trump was talking about, Sowell deserves a statue, so does Dr. Hale Williams of Pennsylvania.

[@followerofchristofthetrini1692]

He’s not just talking about music. He is talking about all the values within the subculture-personal values, family values, business values, regional values, etc.

[@Minderz]

Music is often(not always of course) a crystalization of the culture the composer is part of.

[@kimobrien.]

@@Minderz The ideas of the ruling capitalist class dominate capitalist society.

[@Bancheis]

Music IS part of culture. Think about how many people around the world know who Elvis is. Just like movies and style is part of culture. Think about how much those music and movies have influenced the knowledge of what America is like to people who don't live here. Think about how many people want to dress and act like Americans, speak like them. The same is true for Americans that want to speak and act like the rappers they hear in songs and watch in media. That is called the spread of cultural influence.

[@Reasonablewater27]

@@Bancheis it’s pretty subjective because not all of rap is toxic at all

[@Bancheis]

@@Reasonablewater27 I am not claiming that all rap is toxic. Simply claiming that rap, like all forms of media, is responsible for the spread of cultural influence and ideals. There are rap songs I actually like, like Tupac - Changes. It's a good song and brings forth some problems in society to the forefront of people's minds. However the majority of rap, and even other genres like death metal and screamo, often push a negative influence on youth that they wish to emulate. If music is made with hatred, anger, or violence in mind, it will translate to the culture that consumes it. While Tupac rapped about similar subjects, he was calling for change and wanted a better future for people. That also translates to the culture of people who consume it.

[@ericmanning7348]

Bein’ bo’n po’ m’self, and a Southern Caucasoid, Dr. Sowell is speaking the truth. Nothing in the world riled my Grandmother up more than hearing us youngsters using Redneck Slang and acting tough. She’d put us in our place real quick by saying, “Y’all Li’l Shits would run and hide if you ever met a Real American, like ran the country when I was young. Those men didn’t talk like Bumpkins and act like Hoodlums because they knew where their grandfathers came from, and they’d never disgrace their names by pretending like their families never even left.”

[@Dsmwarrior1996]

As my daddy always said, so poor we didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, and man I miss my mamaw calling us lil shits, ah the simpler times 😂

[@ericmanning7348]

@@Dsmwarrior1996 I actually lived with my grandparents for 13 years, and I miss ‘em BAD. Especially my grandmother’s cooking… Hahaha

[@Dsmwarrior1996]

@@ericmanning7348 went over to my grandparents house every weekend growing up, my cousins lived next door, we usually on Sunday after church, we always ate dinner over there, mammaw and pappaw passed when I was like 11-13 years old about 23 years ago, definitely missed going over there on the weekends

[@thebilldozer7970]

Grandmas are so smart.

[@kimobrien.]

@@thebilldozer7970 He has it upside down in that the conditions of life create the culture and not the culture creating the conditions of life.

[@redoz9768]

It's great to see you expanding your mind Leo. Don't worry about the haters, they are just trying to keep you down like they are.

[@kimobrien.]

Just because you learn to think like a capitalist doesn't make you rich. In other words they aren't they are rich because they are smart but smart because they are rich.

[@tylerromero]

Keep going forward my brother! Glad to see you out and free! Mentally and physically!

[@ComancheWarchief]

Thomas Sowell always keeps it 💯 YEEE!

[@karinall4334]

I haven’t commented in a while but, I’m so very proud of the man you are becoming. You are truly a standout and can teach younger people how to be as open minded as you are. I always do my own research on a subject myself before I make an opinion on anything. Glad you are home ❤️❤️🇺🇸

[@darrylblanch8463]

I concur. Her an impressive young man.

[@DarkSkies72]

@@darrylblanch8463 “HE”

[@darrylblanch8463]

@@DarkSkies72It was a simple typo, actually it was ment to be "He's". If your going to correct my grammer (something I don't actually mind), then please get it right

[@J0ECRAWF15H]

people will hate you for not being on their side. no matter which one you go to. always be you anyway. much love!

[@P.HATHCOX]

^^This all the way^^

[@stankeye0154]

Not true, I may disagree with the left but I don’t hate anyone for their ideas. Can’t say the same for the left.

[@The_GenXennial]

F A C T S

[@pulsaran]

yep, crabs in a bucket.

[@jesterssketchbook]

Always cool to see what Leo's reaction to more cerebral stuff is gonna be - i'm glad he takes time to react to stuff like this

[@DiggerTheDwarf]

I was not expecting to see you here, but I'm glad I did

[@jom7604]

Dr Thomas Sowell is such an amazing, brilliant and intelligent man. What a asset he is to this country.

[@kimobrien.]

Naturally an ideological defender of capitalism would be described as an asset to the leading Imperialist investors country.

[@j.j.hayden9461]

Sowell's a smart guy, he can say these things with such confidence because he's got the facts to lean on.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

He also has facts that he didn't mention in this video.

[@mab7175]

He twists facts with convoluted narratives of deception. He's not respected among his contemporary colleagues.

[@patricklonge8912]

@@mab7175 Prove it.

[@nitrogenfume9762]

Whatever your heritage, it's time for those of us in the West - and in America in particular - to double down on the values that allowed our fathers to survive countless generations on the edge of starvation and ruin. Society be damned, let's look after our families.

[@trismaccarran9950]

"It's a receptor or something up there". You're correct, the auditory cortex is just that: a receptor for music (tonality, pitch, etc.); it's part of the cerebellum, & is enhanced by listening to music. I've watched as you've discovered that you actually enjoy learning new things; your early school years needn't be an albatross impeding your forward momentum now you're expanding your horizon. You cannot go wrong with Thomas Sowell. He's written over 30 books, & is well respected around the globe for his insight, investigating facts, & a calm, unflappable demeanor. Enjoy this journey, it will serve you well down the road.

[@Frostrazor]

"If you eat at McDonalds, you're gonna get fat. If you listen to garbage, your head fills with trash" -Tom MacDonald "Exposure"

[@daymonduvall4287]

Are you speaking some new ebonixs

[@rhodalphssanitorium5010]

I grew up outside of the city life. I had good education. But I was a f*ck up, and ended up in the 'hood. I have always maintained a good intellect by reading and studying. Always stayed employed too. I was held up at gun point twice. Both times by black men, at the corner mini-mart. I sympathize with the heavy loss of innocent lives within the black community. I believe some generations will have a hard time leaving the gangster rap/gun violence communities. And I believe it is the newest generations of the dark skinned folks that need this type of education, inside their own communities. Well done Leo.

[@daymonduvall4287]

Your wasting air

[@ElectrikNYCfunK]

So glad youre going down this path that so many are scared to admit to. Love Yall!!

[@mamaalaska]

I have followed you for a very long time now since the early days with the big TV in the remote control. I am so very proud of how open you are with your emotions and how you explain the way music makes you feel. You’re what is known as an empath, meaning that you’re empathetic two others emotions and your own. You are very intelligent, your growth has been wonderful to enjoy being part of. I became your Patreon a long time ago and I haven’t looked back.

[@zinkarius7]

Thomas a truth teller

[@johendren8893]

I'm old enough to have seen Dr. King marching in the streets. By his words, he became one of my heroes. Now, as an old woman, I believe Dr. Sowell's intellect is a national treasure.

[@billdomitilli8125]

Here's my thought: Kids need fathers as role models, and mentors when growing up. Missing those, they will find them in other, non-positive places. Keep up the good work, bud.

[@kimobrien.]

Her's my thought capitalism breaks up traditional farm families because of the constant boom bust business cycle and the payment of wages to a worker as the smallest economic unit compared to the family farm. .

[@stevendaman4525]

Thomas Sowell has it exactly right. Poverty has been the norm throughout human history. The reason some groups of people face it and overcome it is because they equip themselves with skills that are in demand and stay away from counterproductive ideas like Marxism/communism/socialism. Immigrate groups like the Chinese can move into any impoverished country and within a generation overcome poverty. Yet other groups all over the world engage in counterproductive habits like victimhood, Marxism, feminism and get left behind. There are tons of examples of this all over the world and across many of not all ethnicities. If your parents and grandparents and great grandparents never got out of poverty then repeating what they did wont work for you either. But if you have real tangible skills, a great work ethic and good morals even when people dislike you they will still pay you because they aren’t dumb.

[@gregabbot4631]

In the 1960s, around 60 % of black people were married. Closer to 70 percent for whites. Get your hands out my pocket! Bang, bang, bang. Malcolm and Martin are dead. Fast forward from then to now. The marriage rate percentages are in the 20s and 30s nowadays. We ain't slaves yet, but man, who amongst us is standing up? The few. Manhood and all if it's glorious toxic masculinity need to be our American Revolution. America needs manhood to return. It's Easter, and in this country if you don't believe in Jesus, you ought admire Him, like any religion that lives and practices peace-so in honor of our past leaders like Martin and Malcolm preached, lets, in the name of the Holy Father, return manhood to the foundation of the United States of America. But this time we come strapped with our lessons from the past and a complete reverence for chivalry. Amen. "Chain of Love," by Clay Walker. Let the baby boom begin y'all.

[@JovanGaluit-vy5hr]

Fathers. Amen.

[@jacquelinealthoff5842]

It has been my personal belief that the Trans movement is doing the same thing. I think they are cheering on affirmation kowing it will lead to the sterilization Trans children...either they want to use eugenics to remove this condition from the gene pool or they are just reducing the population at large as 1 in 5 ypuths identify as trans...logically if we "affirm" this condition with drugs/hormones and surgery we are removing 1/5th of our procreating population.🤔

[@SavedChampion]

Thomas Sowell, Walter E. Williams, Davis Victor Hanson, great guys to learn from.

[@kimobrien.]

After the revolution they will make great teachers of ancient ideology and justifications for capitalism.

[@timfeeley714-25]

It's Thomas so well, Mr V.

[@ZootSuitJZ]

The issue of not being required to have a CCW (open carry) is a good thing. 1. It's in accordance with our 2nd Amendment Right (as opposed to the over abundance of unconstitutional gun laws we have). 2. Stats have proven, over and over again, an armed society is a polite society. All of this crazy gun crime didn't start until the passage of numerous unconstitutional gun laws. The issue of single parent homes, was born of Democrats selling welfare to blacks to get them back on the "plantation". Black women were told, we're going to create welfare, but you'll only qualify if the man isn't in the home. Democrats created a way to get blacks to volunteer to enslave themselves. It's shameful.

[@pieteruys8961]

The big thing about gun violence is that 95% of it is unlicenced guns and people who is not a registered firearm user

[@ZootSuitJZ]

@pieteruys8961 gun licenses and registration are a violation of the 2nd. As they should be. However, most gun violence is not with unregistered guns. That's a myth.

[@TripedalTroductions]

​@@ZootSuitJZThat's right. You can't stop bad people because they will always find a way, laws be damned. The best way to deter bad people from doing bad things is to equip the good people with the same tools and to provide punishment for the bad people equal to the bad behavior.

[@lucasroth7922]

I admire you so much for being so open minded enough to listen to every word and try to understand it!!✌🤘

[@patrickhalbert6377]

I gotta get his books. His videos and interviews are so good. I'd wish we all could've learned any of this stuff while in school. Imagine where we'd be now individually or as a society if we had.

[@chago4202000]

There are a number of his books in audio form on YT, if you're interested.

[@danlabok7117]

Amen to that

[@Tijuanabill]

To be fair he taught college courses at Ivy League institutions, before ending up as a fellow at Stanford. This isn't high school level history. Nobody was ever taught this level of detail, in high school, even under the older higher standards. Don't feel bad, if some of this is new. 😎😎

[@ChonkedaDevil]

Patrick; I was in a gifted and talented enrichment program in High School with the best educators in area. I was not taught "the real" grit of history (rather than broad touches) till my university levels. Just goes to show our base schooling is somewhat poor. It also shows that the endgame for those education levels is not to produce scholars but good 8-hour men/women/et all. Educate yourself. The material is out there (RIGHT HERE)!!! Often free or for a small fee for certain book depositories. Cheaper than college/University and the same material. Arm your mind.

[@CBGB_1977]

For sure! Get them while you can. If this country keeps moving in the direction it is it’ll get banned just like historical books in schools.

[@gordonduke8812]

When I was crowing up, in the south, I was friends with a black kid my age. His parents were from Ohio and moved south for work (hospital administration I think). Both parents were well spoken, which was an oddity for blacks in my area. I remember my friends mother chastising him every time he used slang or improper word pronunciation. I made me self conscience when around his parents. Their proper English made me feel kind of dumb. But I will tell you that my friend grew up and went to college and got a business degree and has had a pretty decent life. The one thing that I remember about this family is how isolated they were. To the white southerners, they were considered "uppity" or trying to be better than everyone else, and the black southerners accused them of trying to be too white. It was a not win situation for them, socially.

[@Reasonablewater27]

A lot of northerners are very isolating people

[@huelaura4691]

❤

[@TripedalTroductions]

​@amarigibson9447 Northeast (along the coast) maybe but certainly not the midwest. You'll get snobby people everywhere but the midwest niceness is a stereotype for a reason.

[@marieoleary527]

From the 40’s through the 70’s (for the most part) has some of the greatest music (popular) ever.

[@brits24]

Thomas Sowell has been a favorite of mine for many years.

[@Jammil2477]

My education was crap at school, it was years later how valuable I realised it was and taught myself to improve it. It’s well worth your time.

[@helensarkisian7491]

I love watching you learn! Truly. It leaves me smiling.

[@Ka-dp5cf]

Just want to tell you how impressed I am with your intelligence, compassion and open-mindedness. It’s obvious how much you want peace and respect between everyone and are actively seeking information of how to work towards achieving it, or at least helping things move in that direction. Racial tensions or mistreatments from any side (past or present) hurts my heart terribly, as I was raised to think ALL people should be respected and treated as absolute equals on all levels. I am glad you have been listening to Thomas SowelI! I also LOVE your hilariously entertaining critiques and interesting, sometimes offbeat, observations in your music video reactions! You are funny AF! And it’s great you are willing to give most songs/groups a chance! I wish you everything good in your life. Please take care of yourself and stay safe! Kay

[@MelaniePoparad]

No one can help someone if they don’t want it.

[@susanmiller6237]

Thanks for the TRUTH

[@cimo8daimao13]

Glad you're on this journey. It's hard to hear some of these things about us but it needs to be said.

[@Nik85578]

This music!!!! King of the airwaves

[@lisazaccardimeunier8378]

I live in Maine. You don't need a permit to own guns, and almost every home has them. Crime is very low. Turns out when you might get shot by a homeowner, you're less likely to break in.

[@michaelwhite9218]

Brilliant take sir.

[@tiacalhoun3841]

Leo, this is that shit most of the world ain’t ready to hear but should all definitely know and learn

[@MoCsomeone]

Everyone's been hearing that salvery and redlining is the blacks fault since forever... White supremacists have been spouting that shit for centuries! Are you dumb? Or just lying?

[@scottpatrick8352]

Totally agree. We all need to stop killing each other, just throwing life away. We need to build each other up

[@mab7175]

Nicely said what a three year old can say. How to do it.

[@arorchihui3198]

I salute your new stuff, more like it 👍

[@darinlieurance2817]

Thomas Sowell is a treasure more people need to find.

[@2mexpesos]

Auto like 👍🏼 just by you watching Thomas Sowell he is a National Treasure!! ❤️

[@malibu1939]

Thank you for this video.

[@Annonymous0283745]

Glad to see you doing well my friend.

[@darraghtalorgan1905]

Nah, you're smart man. Everytime I see you you're learning and always open to it.

[@jasonlewis3257]

You are smart enough to see through the BS man, that is all it takes. See things for what they are, see that you have the same opportunity as everyone else, and though your path my include some pitfalls, those pitfalls are the way. It is up to you to navigate the path before you, no one can move those obstacles for you.

[@jhhjams1234]

I LOVE how you said "What are We gonna do about it?" I ask myself that everyday. I wake up and try to be a good person. I'm using my other half tablet. I send out prayers for myself to be a good example to show others. I love your open mind and your open heart. JoAnn Sigby

[@bubbahotep7604]

Big Ups to your GENUINE OPEN MINDED progressive reactions, that's why I lover your videos. Keep doing you dude!!

[@francesostrowski2374]

YOU are helping by spreading these words.

[@robtintelnot9107]

Im glad you are learning. Not everything is as it seems.

[@finewine4681]

Great analogy of how music affects your mood .

[@ryanbuckley5529]

Hope you’re having a great day man. Love ya brother🙏🏼

[@johnrose1023]

You are helping by playing this video by one of THE Greatest minds of our time.

[@itss_nattyj]

It's great that you are expanding and looking to grow and learn. However, I truly hope that in your journey, you take pride in being Black and don't let anything or anyone allow you to feel ashamed of who you are. Getting out of your town and traveling, meeting different people (offline) will bring added value to your growth and understanding. Read and allow videos like this to open up your mind to different ideologies, and go deeper to do the research yourself. Black culture is not only what is described in the clips you watched in this video. We are complex, diverse, and marvelous. I grew up in Chicago and most of my family is from the North, with maybe a few elders from Kentucky but no further south than that (as far as I know). I was surrounded by Black scholars, professionals, artists but also had family that lived in the projects. I went to the #1 magnet high school in the city (Michelle Obama's alma mater), then I attended a predominately white private university in the middle of Illinois and have been living in NYC (Harlem to be exact) for almost 18 years, and work in tech for a large media company. My experiences are vast! Oh the stories I could tell! With that said, I am certain that my experiences are wildly different from yours but I am certain if you continue to open yourself up to learn about others and our history, you will develop rich and unforgettable experiences that will make you proud of who you are and eager to learn more. My point is, we are all not poor, uneducated, lazy, rappers and athletes. Not all of us hear gunshots fired daily. We are so much more than that. Those kinds of people and situations do exist in our culture but they exist in other cultures as well. I think that was the overall point Thomas Sowell was trying to make but the way the soundbites are clipped, it seems whoever put them together are trying to tell a different, negative story that isn't exactly accurate. Again, please take the time to research deeper and read, read, read!!! Leverage relationships you might have with older folks around you to get history straight from those that have lived through it. I think you had it right when you said Sowell is doing the same thing that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have done...like them, he has an agenda (selling his books and booking speaking engagements). Look who his audience is and ask yourself why.

[@Arandomperson_online]

Baby I can tell u r learning and growing at the same time it’s lovely to watch and learn with u Thanks 😊

[@MlTCH]

Thomas Sowell is a genius. He is one of the leading economists and minds of the 20th and 21st century. It’s a shame that he isn’t taught in schools because the school boards are against his type of thinking. I live just south of San Francisco, but used to live in West Oakland. A predominantly black area of Oakland. I used to hear gunshots almost everyday there. Dog Town and Ghost Town they are called. Both Blood territories. I’d drive through and see police taped off streets with chalk outlines on the ground. I thought this something done only in cop movies from the 80s and stuff before moving there in 2011. It really happens that much, that the police CSI/Coroners are busy at other crime scenes that the police just have to chalk the body outline, and remove it themselves so others wouldn’t see it and the body won’t decompose so much. It’s a real shame and very sad that this still exists in many black communities around the country. A holding onto a culture that is perverse, immoral, and destructive. Luckily, many black men and women are waking up to this fact and I saw, and continue to see, folks moving away from this. Not even physically, but mentally too. One of my best friends lived in what is called the Acorns, or Acorn Projects. Recently remodeled, but still just as dangerous. He attended college with me from 2011 to 2015. He’s still doing well and has since moved to a better neighborhood elsewhere in the Bay Area, earning a very good living and starting a family. He used to be a Blood gang member, but fortunately saw the error of his ways. He didn’t do it because of Thomas Sowell, but I bet you if more young black boys were exposed to such a teaching, they wouldn’t end up joining a gang and killing each other over petty things that are worthless compared to a life. Thought for words.

[@kimobrien.]

They give all your genius economists "Noble Prizes" in economics for finding faults in Karl Marx's critique of capitalism and none of them have been able to halt the business cycle or the decline of capitalism.

[@mab7175]

Thomas Sowell is not referred, ignored, or silently discounted by eminent renown economists. Thomas Sowell has not contributed any studies or research of worth in the advancement of Economics as a science. Thomas Sowell has essentially articulated narratives in polemical sophistry. Appeals to the ears of individuals that suits their fancy of discussion in his narrative, not a discussion on Economics.

[@kimobrien.]

@@mab7175 Like all bourgeois economist their main discovery is that Karl Marx was wrong and then find themselves unable to explain much of anything with any consistency.

[@Reasonablewater27]

@@mab7175 damn no accountability

[@Reasonablewater27]

@@mab7175 what’s wrong with his insights he gets it from his research economics just because he isn’t talking about it as a whole doesn’t mean he doesn’t study

[@randylahey8101]

Respect for even having the balls to put Thomas Sowell on your channel

[@YourLocalOverlord]

I love watching Mr V just learn from the real intellectuals and heroes of our time. It's sad to me that this actual knowledge isn't more mainstream and we as Americans have to seek and find to know. Instead of it simply being taught at mass.

[@kylaarmstrong-benjamin8066]

There's A LOT of information that is not taught, is not well known, and is not included in this video! It's incomplete, and I hope that people will study further information, observe from EVERY angle, and think deeper thoughts on the subject! Its sad how many people don't! They just let intellectual political commentators do the thinking for them, and believe everything they say without questioning it.

[@05jorgeruiz]

lol you say his last name so funny 😂😂 bro !!! Love your reaction!!!!

[@tiacalhoun3841]

Thomas Sowell is incredibly intelligent….wish the world was just as brilliant as he is

[@PatriciaPeters-ys7yq]

You can make it funny all the time that’s what I love about you

[@howshafern420]

You remind me so Much of one of my best friends ever, Keep on keepin on Dude. Life is a process of learning and knowing the need for knowledge.

[@BillyBobDingo1971]

It's right about that kind of rap music and music affecting your mood.

[@P.HATHCOX]

Another great reaction, Leo. Just for some clarification on one of the issues. Yes it's true some states have gotten rid of the requirement to buy a carry permit to carry guns. That only means someone can carry a gun on him without needing to get that carry permit first. In many states guns are still required to be hidden from plain sight even with a permit (always check your state and local laws). However, shooting someone who isn't actively trying to kill you or one of your loved ones first is still illegal in ALL states no matter the status of carry permit requirements. Guns require an FBI background check each and every time buyers buy them from sales associates at gun shops or from official vendors at gun shows. Sometimes the background system can fail. It can happen if certain details about a person's record are not shared with the FBI database (prior arrests, dishonorable discharge from the military, known drug abuse, domestic abuse or mental problems etc). A background check will not find any red flags to stop a gun purchase with someone who has never committed an offense. The only time background checks won't always apply is during a private person to private person sale. Always be sure to check your local and state laws because that's not the case in ALL states. Some areas may require an official firearms dealer be involved in the sale.

[@ninawildr4207]

Awesome reaction!!! Keep learning!

[@curti0305]

Amazing you getting into Thomas Sowell buddy! I used to have a very negative mindset in my early 20s and if things didn't always go my way I'd find a way to blame others for why it didnt work out. It took time but after awhile as I slowly stopped that kind of thinking things really got better in life. Some of Thomas Sowells books I came across I won't lie really changed my perspective on life and personal responsibility.

[@leonardowilhelm1029]

Congratulations on making that most important step to free your mind and soul from the indoctrination and brainwashing that blatz americans have been receiving for HUNDREDS of years. Who has been brainwashing them? It has NOT been dwight/European people. It has been super wealthy "Gee-yews"! They have been instilling a "victimhood" mindset into blatz for over 100 years now whereby almost ALL blatz automatically blame dwights for any perceived injustices that are actually the fault of the individuals' OWN FAULTS AND BAD CHOICES. Personal responsibility is a HUGE key to blatz people advancing beyond third-world mindsets and rationales. At the 1:30 mark, Mr. Video asks "who is going to help us?" Nobody. Nobody SHOULD help you. You MUST learn to HELP YOURSELVES. Learn what the Gee-yews have historically done to blatz Americans, and what they have brainwashed you with, then decide how you will break FREE from it and REPAIR the community! BTW, the sudden increases of blatz Americans gaining HUGE advancement and successes in sports, entertainment, music, politics, and liberal social sciences in the past 80 years is, with some exceptions, NOT by any natural occurrences. It is by the guiding force of the Gee-yews, and the power and control that they wield over ALL OF US non-Gee-yews! They have written plans to assist blatz into increasing positions of power that dates as far back as at least 1912! In this 1912 writing, they even include their plans to get blatz men to PREFER to sexually partner with dwight women! It somehow helps the Gee-yews to achieve THEIR goals. Hmmmmmmmmm....

[@sarahpagett9191]

I'm glad you decided the mindset but a lot in America still believe others are to blame for the life its a victim mindset what a lot can't get out of

[@Heywoodthepeckerwood]

Been watching you for a looooong time. Love to see ALL people younger than me learning from the MAN Dr Thomas Sowell. I am not big into celebrity worship, but he is one man I would love to have spent some time with.

[@satortenet]

The reason he said the word "liberal" has been misused is because the word derived from what is now refereed to as "classical liberalism" and people defined as liberals nowadays (in the US, at least) go for ideologies that fall way far from 'classical liberals' such as John Locke or Montesquieu.

[@beesnort3163]

We understand you PERFECTLY!❤️❤️❤️

[@genesmith6512]

I love watching your journey to learn. Knowledge is power. Let your power grow. I've heard all this before. I'm not just a f#@ked old white boy (I'm 65). I graduated from Langston University, an HBCU, with a degree in critical thinking.

[@Cunning.Stunt7]

This is a serious question... what on earth has happened to critical thinking??? The lack there of is astounding to me. Logical and critical thinking seems to be null and void every where!

[@genesmith6512]

@@Cunning.Stunt7 University no longer embraces academia as it once did. Profit and sports, specifically football, are the priorities now. University is for learning an advanced trade and now simply means 'one is trainable.'

[@nebbindog6126]

Leo, there's the yin and yang to everything, the dark and the light. Same goes for the comments. Keep your heart on the bright side and you shall know truth.

[@thatblondeguy3617]

That blew my mind! 🤯

[@Relizabeth1]

Love your channel! Can always learn a lot from free thinkers, so thanks for sharing your journey on here.

[@kimobrien.]

A free thinker? He gets paid a big salary at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.

[@AlBarzUK]

@@kimobrien. anything wrong with being paid for work that you do?

[@kimobrien.]

@@AlBarzUK Being paid to work is not the same as being a paid and privileged Bourgeois "Think Tanker". He is paid at the level of the Bourgeois Professor with no teaching obligations. Bourgeois Professor sit in chairs endowed by the ruling capitalist class. The capitalist make a "gift" of capital and the profits from the capital theoretically pays for the chair. So a Professor is the (fill in the blank like John D. Rockefeller) Professor of Chemistry. If your really big you can get a whole Department named after you especially business schools MIT Sloane school of Management named after GM Chapman Alfred P. Sloane. The Hoover Institution is strictly an American Bourgeois institution for defense of American capitalism. It makes no presence of class neutrality.

[@AlBarzUK]

@@kimobrien. I'm not familiar with US institutions. I'm in the UK West Midlands and we have our own bed of nails with the Tory government attempts to turn us into a pale imitation of the USA. Having said that, my belief is that Mr Sowell is merely embellishing incontrovertible historical evidence with his opinion based on his personal experience. If you believe that's invalid due to him being paid by a capitalist institution, I would argue against that unless there was evidence of corruption. ✌️

[@kimobrien.]

@@AlBarzUK He is considered a conservative who claims to have been a Marxist in his youth because he read some of Marx's writings and was angry at his position as a poor Black youth. To the best of my knowledge he never participated in either the Mass Black rights movement, any kind of Marxist Party or the Labor movement. They like to parade him around as proof that Marx is wrong because after all American Capitalism never faced the type of crisis European capitalism has. Capitalism works through corruption legal and illegal. The capitalist seek to maximize profit above all else. The only difference between the two parties in the United States is over how much regulation of greed capitalism needs. The British Labour Party came out of the General Strike with the liberals all but disappearing into the Conservative Party. Then Tony Blair created "New Labour" by removing the Trade Union leadership. Declaring you run the unions and we will run the government. The Democrats originate from the Southern slave and landowners. Where as the Republicans arose just before the civil war as the Party of Northern Industrialists. We've never had a mass labor, socialist or communist party. Most of the right Social Democrats vote for Democratic Liberals and the Stalinist began the same policy with the Popular Front era in Europe. The Trotskyist Communist were advised by Trotsky in Mexico. Our group in the US survived both the camps of Hitler and Stalin only our leaders were imprisoned for a short time in the US while the Stalinist conducted open strike breaking for the war effort. With the end of the war the Stalinist announced end of the class struggle, permanent victory of the Soviet Union. and talked openly about shaking the monopolists hands. Churchill announced the begining of the cold war with the Iron Curtain Speech at the University of Missouri while Truman looked on. The Stalinist would see themselves doing 5 year stretches in the Federal Pen instead of shaking hands.

[@thejoelrooganexplosion2400]

Love from England

[@elisiaweimar4219]

Leo ….. you’ve brought your channel to a whole mother place … proud of you It’s by doing this that we can fix the shit we find our self in ❤️

[@ryanflynn3861]

It's fun to watch this because I just discovered Sowell too. I'm reading this book right now.

[@secretsquirrel5566]

There is an old saying that both Thomas Sowell and Charles Manson prove beyond a shadow of a doubt: "It's not the color of a balloon that makes it rise, but rather what is on the inside."

[@Tijuanabill]

The most important man in American history, the only one with his own holiday, described this in a similar manner, that he wanted his kids to be judged by the content of their character, rather than the color of their skin. He achieved his goal, partly, but there have been set backs, and many come from the very people who say they are for the cause.

[@MrBlister808]

Read some of Mr. Sowell's books. He's a wealth of knowledge. Knowledge IS power brother.

[@despinoza6205]

Back in the day you could do all that, even though everyone carried a gun if they wanted to. Think about it. It was because people treated each other differently than today. We have made progress in some ways and in others we have fallen towards self destruction

[@melanieblake2689]

omg Mr video Tomas sowell dude Jesus He knows what he.s talking about I am blown away gosh I find him very interesting to lisen too brilliant take care bro

[@londonmmc]

Mr video just made a banger 😂

[@robbieh.chafin6202]

Music today is not music. I grew up in the 60's-70's and we had great music. The music was about love and it was from all race. We all got along and didn't even think about harming anybody. I was in school when they did away with segregation and we got along and respected one another. Of course there were those who wanted to cause trouble but they were dealt with fairly because there were rules and if you wanted to be different and cause trouble you don't get to stay in school because that was a privilege to get a education and we knew when we got home. Our parents took care of the problem and we got our ass whooped, it was no time out. Kids now days need there ass whooped at home and the government should stay out of the home.

[@peteyn.y.7960]

Thomas Sowell is a National Treasure!!! 👈🏽💪🏽🙏🏽🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@eyeje19]

Mad Respect B

[@gaseousclay9529]

"who comin' to help?" man, i love you dude so it breaks my heart to tell you this... No one... no one is coming to help... no one is coming because there is nothing outsiders can do to help black folk change their culture.. this has to be done by black folks and it gonna take a long time... you can't just roll back on sixty years of the welfare state mentality all at once... we got a bumpy road ahead but this shit must be done...

[@fishinglunkies3629]

👏 👏 👏

[@basedraydn8868]

Thank you reacting to videos like this and thank you for being open minded.

[@jmoney6900]

Incorrect In regards to guns, the more restrictive the more violence follows. The more guns being carried and being shown the less violences. Criminals normally go after soft targets which increase their chances of success. Schools for example r mostly gun free zones which makes them an easy or soft target.

[@joeday4293]

Southside of Chicago is the easiest place in America to get shot to death. It's also one of the toughest places in America to legally purchase a firearm. Chew on that for a bit.

[@jamesfowler5100]

My grandmother lived in Baltimore her whole life. She told me when she was growing up people use to leave their windows opened and and doors unlocked without fear. I live in Baltimore now and I can't even go to my car without fearing of getting robbed.

[@michelemahon141]

He’s right. I grew up my entire life as an Air Force brat. Lived all over the world. Had a lot of black friends. (Mainly all Air Force brats, too) Didn’t really notice much of a difference in speech patterns until we moved to Texas and my Dad retired in a predominately black area. When I started public school, then I began to notice it…and rac*sm. It never stopped me from making friends but I did notice other kids that had a hard time with it because they didn’t know how to respond. What disturbed me was how their intelligence was rated based on speech patterns. 🙄 I’m liberal where I feel I can be and conservative where I feel I need to be. Middle ground. Free thinking.

[@dancarroll8757]

Family values were still very important back then to all people.

[@Trac489]

Thomas is a legend. 💯

[@user-jl2fj8wv7s]

You are intelligent and capable!!

[@killdozer3464]

we are all a product of our environment and culture. When kids are raised being told that they are inferior and being treated as such, that is what you get. When they are all treated as equals and given the same environment and education, turns out we are all the same.

[@chago4202000]

There's a big difference between benefiting yourself despite the fact you are hurting people, and helping people which confers a benefit to you as a byproduct.

[@MrSaddie123]

Yes life is hard and ALL people will probably be treated unfairly at some point in their life or have a crappy childhood etc but the choice is truly ours at the end of the day how we deal with it and most importantly how we move forward from it. TFS Leo always enjoy man!

[@seandegayner2762]

The youth of any culture will gravitate towards whatever that culture views and embraces as "the epitome of cool." ⏳️🇺🇲

[@JP1348]

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric Leo. This is a man that endorsed Ted Cruz and a Trump supporter.

[@wsn0009]

And? How's Biden's term working out for the economy? I guess it doesn't matter b/c you vilify ppl along party lines.

[@JP1348]

@@wsn0009 When one party actively tries to overthrow democracy I will vilify away.

[@danusdragonfly6640]

@@wsn0009 You don't understand economics clearly. You are only showing why that *traitor* tRUMP loves the poorly educated.

[@cee8mee]

@@JP1348 laughable. Start actually paying attention to what's going on with the world and not the media spin about it and your eyes will be opened.

[@JP1348]

@@cee8mee "dOnT lIsTeN tO The LaMeStrEaM MeDiA, I dO mY oWn ReSeArCh!"

[@dwanemarsh4378]

What he is saying is so TRUE! Most will agree that we now have "blacks" (NOT African Americans), and then we have "sub-culture blacks", which are two COMPLETELY different mindsets! I grew up in south Texas, but I was never called a "redneck", clearly bc I wasn't one, by true definition. I think it is even MORE defined right now than ever! Even among whites, we can see a HUGE difference between blacks and the "ghetto sub-culture blacks", who CLEARLY have a hate of white people, and simply won't, or can't come out of that culture. And, they blame ALL their misfortunes on whites, even tho THEY are the main cause themselves!

[@Sara-tl6gu]

Al Sharpton only comes out to incite anger. Thomas Sowell teaches the truth for free. He gets paid buy people buying his books. But gives it to us for free here on KZbin.