LFL, et al -- Sowell - Economic Facts & Fallacies
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Posted by: Russ Walden ®

05/03/2022, 18:23:11
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 Sowell - Economic Facts & Fallacies


LFL --

Following on our recent discussion of Thomas Sowell (SMIA), I thought you might enjoy some excerpts from his book "Economic Facts & Fallacies."  He disposes of several things that "everybody knows.

Paragraphing is sorta cumbersome, but I was too lazy to fix it. (Maybe next time.)

There will not be a test and there is no prize, but if you like this one, I have another in mind.

Take care,
Russ






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Thanks, Primo! I'm biting off chunks and savoring them slowly.
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Posted by: LateForLunch ®

05/03/2022, 23:35:13
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Mr. Sowell is expressing the rational view. He is a master of the rational dialectic. it is no wonder nobody who disagrees with him will debate him publicly. 

We are living in what Hunter Thompson might call a "newer, cheaper age" - a post-rationalist political environment. Politicians/intellectuals are no longer required to make rational sense by defending their opinions with sound logic, facts, numbers. 

People are now encouraged to hold strong opinions and maintain strident attitudes based on strong feelings/intuitions alone - without supporting rational substance. I think Denali calls this "agrarian politics" (appealing to simplistic, feeling-focused concepts/viewpoints). 

As Sowell articulates the cogent points incisively, the left responds with, " hey, FUCK your rational view, we have ANTIFA!!" 






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"legacy of slavery" . . .
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Posted by: Russ Walden ®

05/04/2022, 12:46:11
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LFL --

Sowell has totally dismantled the whole "legacy of slavery" mantra.

Too bad nobody will notice.

Take care,
Russ






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I referred to Mr. Sowell today re a commenter asking why blacks are so much more violent than whites demographically.
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Posted by: LateForLunch ®

05/04/2022, 22:36:29
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I quoted from some of what I have read of his writing (some of it rescripted by Larry Elder on his shows). I pointed out that the key factors contributing to high violent-crime rates with black males are: lack of an adult working male in the home with black male children growing up, intolerance for personal humiliation, outdated mistrust of law enforcement, the regressive self-disenfranchisement related to post-Civil War black migration from the South to overcrowded northern black enclaves (insular black-supremacist bigotry*). 

All of those things are direct causes of higher violent crime rates with black males. Mr. Sowell elucidates clearly how the so-called "legacy of slavery" is a convenient, contrived fiction which serves race-baiters and those who would spread Marxism in the name of "justice" in order to avoid substantive discussions (rational dialectic) on the genuine causes. 

Modern anti-conservative fanatic rhetoric has no concern with finding cause, only blame which may be used to foment chaos/hatred. This hatred furthers Marxist political ideology disguised as "reform".  

* Black supremacist bigotry - This is contained in the cultural myth of Johnny Kongeroo a black "Paul Bunyan" type character which has been passed down from black urban legend. This grandiose sense that to fit in or succeed in life, a black person must be some sort of infallible, undefeatable super-human. 






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