[mattanimation]

"There are no solutions, only trade-offs" 100% based Sowell. I first heard him debate when watching Milton Friedman's "Free to Choose" series (found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dngqR9gcDDw&list=PLTplBPPoWd... ) and immediately got his books.

[vixen99]

Yes, terrific books. Absolutely recommended. I look forward to celebrating his 100th birthday. If you've not come across him The Vision of the Anointed would make for a interesting introduction.

'Dangers to a society may be mortal without being immediate. One such danger is the prevailing social vision of our time - and the dogmatism with which the ideas and assumptions and attitudes behind that vision are held.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell

[nvm0n2]

There's a supply of Sowell quotes here:

https://twitter.com/thomassowell

"People say 'you’re a very tough person'. I’m not tough. Life is tough. I’m merely trying to acquaint you with those facts."

"We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did."

"Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true. But many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly—and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence."

"The strongest argument for socialism is that it sounds good. The strongest argument against socialism is that it doesn't work. But those who live by words will always have a soft spot in their hearts for socialism because it sounds so good."

"I cannot understand people who say that minorities should be represented everywhere and yet are upset when there are blacks represented in the conservative movement." (Sowell is black)