The Difference Between Liberal and Conservative
Thomas Sowell discusses characteristics that define liberals and conservatives, and his own personal transition from Marxism to libertarianism. From: “Thomas Sowell: In the Right Direction” Fox News (2005) Full Special: www.youtube.com
Sowell’s Basic Economics should be required reading in high school or college. It would solve so many problems that we will have future.
Poor Mr Sowell: he will always be a “voice crying in the wilderness”
Like a vile of gold poured into the streets and his people step over it so not to spoil their shoes.
@mikerotcherson Is that written in your constitution as well, trash-writer?
@Rodriguez8611
“If the federal government wants to establish an eugenics program…in the name of general welfare they only have to legislate it…”
Now it’s perfectly clear you’re either a troll, or just an idiot.
Nice way to frame the differences. I think however, that anyone who wants to make 100 billion dollars off the sweat of his own back is absolutely grotesque. “if you could make everybody poor just so you could be rich, would you do it??”
Three questions that would destroy most liberal arguments:
Compared to what?
At what cost?
What hard evidence do you have?
a very smart man !!!!
I love this man. I wish he’d run for office.
@WELanning Calm down chest-beating godhead, if you would have used more of your brain power, you would have understand that Mike and I are not debating charity, we’re arguing whether the constitution prohibits charity and benevolence or not and about the states rights. If you believe that assisting the poor who can’t pay for medicine or food through higher taxes, SOEs, and tariffs is thievery, then so be it; your martyrdom will please god.
@Rodriguez8611 Dig into your own pocket. and give to whomever you wish. If you start reaching into other peoples’ pockets to get money for what YOU want to spend it on THAT is NOT charity. THAT is THIEVERY disguised as “redistribution of wealth”.
@Rodriguez8611 Charity is an individual giving of him or her self in time, material, money, kindness as prescibed by Jesus. Please do NOT confuse this with elitists pushing socialism where they take money from some and give a portion of that to others while pocketing the lion’s share for what THEY think the money should be used for. You want to talk charity?
@Rodriguez8611 The fact remains, you’re a liar, nowhere in the constitution is found a prohibition for charity or benevolence.
@mikerotcherson You ignored my response to your assertion, read my last 5-7 comments. The General Welfare IS an enumerated power – 1C (first clause). If the federal government wants to establish an eugenics program or wants to have a cop every 2 blocks in every city in the name of the General Welfare, they only have to legislate it, and this is protected by the Supremacy clause.
@takadi i agree. similar path for me. though i had the bias, i wasn’t really marxist b4 hand. … after reading ‘the law’ then ‘economics in one lesson’ then 20+ more books of all ideologies… market libertarian still holds even with the most crtical view of it.
geezus, sowell is 80!? .. i would of guessed 60ish. he held up well … love his work, though more acquainted with the austrians
@Rodriguez8611
You force me to repeat myself because u refuse to acknowledge the facts I provide. You asked for direct quotes from the Constitution that support what I said about it limiting the federal government to specific, enumerated powers, & leaving everything else up to the states or to the people. I did that.
A1S1 explicitly states “All legislative Powers HEREIN GRANTED”..as in, everything listed. A1S8 is the actual list. 10A explicitly states anything not listed is up to the states.
I find alot of people who become enlightened with a newfound understanding of liberty start out as marxists, including myself. To me, libertarianism and marxism aren’t that far apart. What separates them is the method to which they achieve their goals.
Awesome video! Encouraging for me, because I used to be a leftist, but became more conservative over time too!
@mikerotcherson I will answer your question explicitly, something you’re unable to do, if you just put your head back on and make the merit by giving me an actual refutation, not repetition and dodging.
@mikerotcherson No, that wasn’t my refutation, that was only a fraction of it, but notice how you focus on 2 lines of 3 comments because you are simply an ignorant incapable to sustain your assertions. All you’re left with is to resort to repetition, you keep saying all over again without actually responding to my response. I’ve left you without ammunition, that to be precise, it is more like a load of crap than anything else.
@Rodriguez8611 “you’re quoting paragraphs that are in different places in the constitution, they’re not one next to the other.?”
That’s ur refutation. And u wonder y I don’t feel the need to respond? UR reaching for anything u can to try to claim the doc doesn’t really mean what it says. The fed gov can do a,b,c..and nothing else. NE thing not listed is left up to the states or the people.
U still claim the fed gov DOES NOT have specific set of enumerated powers that does NOT include charity?
@mikrotcherson Furthermore, I said that even if you were right, appealing to the constitution won’t be of much help (unless you’re in litigation at the supreme court), which is why Friedman, Sowell, Norberg, etc. have never done it. Even if you were right, the U.S can amend it. You must attack the principle, ignoramus.
@mikerotcherson ……the states were like their own country with their own constitutions in which slavery was allowed. And third, the first paragraph you quote IS an enumerated power, not an introduction to the section, in which we find the general welfare clause. Legislation is the key, protected by the supremacy clause. A legislation is made by the representatives, but the representatives are elected. Once again, your alleged prohibition is nowhere found in the constitution. Comprendes?
@mikerotcherson Not really, you said that the constitution says that “it’s prohibited” to the congress to be “benevolent or charitable”, nowhere in the constitution says that, you’re still a liar.
First of all, you’re quoting paragraphs that are in different places in the constitution, they’re not one next to the other. Second, the 10th amendment doesn’t dismiss A1S8. The 10th amendment was written in relation to the bill of rights because at the time, it was not applicable to the states,……
@Rodriguez8611 Ha.
Very well.
“All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. [...]
“The Congress shall have power To…[A];
To [b];
To [c];
[...]
To [s].”
[...]
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
(I quoted it all of this before)