Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowellis an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 June 1930
CityGastonia, NC
CountryUnited States of America
believe mean gay
If you believe in equal rights, then what do “women’s rights,” “gay rights,” etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are violations of the principle of equal rights for all.
struggle media rights
There are few talents so richly rewarded - especially in politics and the media - as the ability to portray parasites as victims, and portray demands for preferential treatment as struggles for equal rights.
ego politics welfare
The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
intellectual liberty records
Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.
people giving risk
The way to get people's votes is to say that all their problems are caused by other people, and that you will stop those other people from giving them trouble. But if you really want to help, then you can tell them the truth and risk losing their votes.
equal-treatment people discrimination
When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
liberty complaining economic
One of the sad signs of our times is that we have demonized those who produce, subsidized those who refuse to produce, and canonized those who complain.
race ethnicity color
Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.
book hypocrite gun
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people from having guns to defend themselves. But what about lower-income people living in high-crime, inner city neighborhoods? Should such people be kept unarmed and helpless, so that limousine liberals can 'make a statement' by adding to the thousands of gun laws already on the books?
past gdp liberty
Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.
people responsible irresponsibility
You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible.
people voting want
When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.
vocabulary feel-good political
The vocabulary of the political left is fascinating. For example, it is considered to be 'materialistic' and 'greedy' to want to keep what you have earned. But it is 'idealistic' to want to take away what someone else has earned and spend it for your own political benefit or to feel good about yourself.
creating dwarves justice
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are a blank check for creating disparities in power that dwarf disparities in income - and are far more dangerous.