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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

Because I was a Marxistat the time, and they were appalled,and I thought -- you know,...

[ music ] Because I was a Marxist
at the time, and they were appalled,
and I thought -- you know, they have very
high intellectual standards, and I'm not going to find
ideological soul mates

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Because I was a Marxist at the time,
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and they were appalled, and I thought --
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you know, they have very high intellectual standards,
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and I'm not going to find ideological soul mates.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:02:35
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
I took a summer job in the government, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
I took a summer job in the government,
And it was seeing the government from the inside - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
And it was seeing the government from the inside
The vision of the left, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
The vision of the left,
The only reason for not believing in it - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The only reason for not believing in it
But you don't see that at the outset - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
But you don't see that at the outset
If the world were the way the left conceives it to be, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
If the world were the way the left conceives it to be,
For me, Thomas Sowell - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
For me, Thomas Sowell
He's spent a career - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
He's spent a career
He's explored the answers to questions - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
He's explored the answers to questions
He's followed the facts where they lead - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
He's followed the facts where they lead
Thomas Sowell fervently stands - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
Thomas Sowell fervently stands
I've spent dozens of hours interviewing Tom - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
I've spent dozens of hours interviewing Tom
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It's covered everything from economics and history - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
It's covered everything from economics and history
The main thing that he's done, in my opinion, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
The main thing that he's done, in my opinion,
Not just economics, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Not just economics,
He will not compromise any of his opinions - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
He will not compromise any of his opinions
How do you take the measure of a man, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
How do you take the measure of a man,
Do you do it through his deeds or influence? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Do you do it through his deeds or influence?
Or by what he says or writes? - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
Or by what he says or writes?