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What Thomas Sowell Believes May Be the 'Point of No Return in This Country'
Townhall ^ | 07/13/2020 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 07/13/2020 7:59:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Mark Levin, host of “Life, Liberty & Levin,” described the 2020 election on Sunday as one of the most important in American history.

Beyond looking at the candidates, Levin said the election pits the ideologies behind the 1619 project against the 1776 project, “and you can see where the Democrats have tied into the 1619 project, and many of the Republicans are trying to defend the founding in the 1776 project.”

Speaking with economist Thomas Sowell, Levin asked if he saw the election that way.

“What I see is if the election goes to Biden then there is a good chance that the Democrats will then control all two branches of Congress and the White House, and considering the kinds of things that they are proposing, that can well mean the point of no return for this country.”

Sowell said phrases used by the left, such as 'systemic racism' and 'system oppression' don't really mean anything.

"You hear it on our college campuses. You hear it from very wealthy and fabulously famous sports stars. What does that mean? And whatever it means, is it true?" Levin asked.

"It really has no meaning that can be specified and tested in the way that one tests hypotheses," Sowell responded.

He said the phrases remind him of “propaganda tactics” used in Nazi Germany where if a lie was "repeated long enough and loud enough" people would believe it.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: decline; lifelibertylevin; marklevin; sowellinterview; thomassowell
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To: SeekAndFind

21 posted on 07/13/2020 8:39:32 AM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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22 posted on 07/13/2020 8:41:04 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Great interview, saw it last night. He looks amazing for 90, seriously, the guy could pass for someone in their 60s


23 posted on 07/13/2020 9:02:22 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: central_va
Both of those guys preach “Free Trade” which is a basic tenent of Marxism.

The only problem is that restrictions on trade may lead to monopolies, due to lack of competition.

24 posted on 07/13/2020 9:24:42 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: call meVeronica

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25 posted on 07/13/2020 9:28:39 AM PDT by call meVeronica
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To: SeekAndFind

;-)


26 posted on 07/13/2020 9:34:53 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: tet68; All

If you were a TOTALITARIAN’S totalitarian...what would be the perfect vehicle to murder, tax, lie, divide and control, propagandize about, have medical tyranny, euthanise, force your will, cheat, rob, burn, destroy, etc., etc., (all the while laughing about it and walking around witnessing the metrics of you success without demanding the shutdown of L4 labs where it supposedly came from or allowing opposing points of view or questions)?

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Modern society is hypnotized by socialism. It is prevented by socialism from seeing the mortal danger it is in. And one of the greatest dangers of all is that you have lost all sense of danger, you cannot even see where it’s coming from as it moves swiftly towards you. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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27 posted on 07/13/2020 9:35:30 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Covid-19...is it...h airborne?

Where’s my niqab?

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Laughter is more contagious than Covid-19

No laughing. No speaking out.

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Watch out! That fly in your house carries Covid-19


28 posted on 07/13/2020 9:44:31 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Bratch

Ouch. I didn’t know Sowell was on the list. Looks like he has had a change of heart, though.


29 posted on 07/13/2020 10:25:20 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("Pluralism is always a temporary state marking a transition from one orthodoxy to another" Schaefer)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope Thomas Sowell has many students and acolytes who can carry on and expand his ideas going forward. He’s an important voice.

And he’s getting old.


30 posted on 07/13/2020 10:39:25 AM PDT by karnage
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