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Sunday, November 11. 2018

Pathology of Intellectuals

I love this guy. Oldie but goldie: The brilliant Thomas Sowell on the Vulgar Pride of Intellectuals.


Do problems have solutions? No. There are just trade-offs. 




Posted by The Barrister in Politics at 13:43 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Thanks for this video. It's one I hadn't seen yet with Sowell. He's a favorite of mine and I've got a number of his books and read most of them. My all time favorite is Vision of the Anointed. He lays out a perfect explanation of the state of mind of so many of the intellectuals of the left.
#1 Verde on 2018-11-11 18:59 (Reply)
Sowell is one of my favorites too. My reading list is a biography of all the presidents (Clinton and Obama excepted - what would be the point?), The Bible, and every one of Thomas Sowell's. I have read Vision of the Anointed and agree with your assessment. It is an important way of looking at those who mean to be our rulers.
#1.1 mudbug on 2018-11-12 09:44 (Reply)

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