• OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      Why would I read Sowell when I already know about neoliberalism and what it did literally everywhere it was tried?

      Sadly, you will scoff at and ignore my advice right now, but perhaps you’ll remember this some day and are able to integrate the knowledge better after some life experience. Good luck and remember: you don’t have to be a communist. You can choose to be something much more. It’s never too late to change.

      Breaking news: Pigeon shits on chess board, flies off.

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      10 months ago

      Recommending Sowell unironically for economics is like recommending L. Ron Hubbard for physics. Sowell is a crank and supports Imperialism and Colonialism, as in his own admitted views believes they enrich the victims. Not only that, but he makes incredibly basic, fundamental mistakes whenever he has to talk about Marxism, proving himself uneducated on the matter and unqualified to talk about it.

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          10 months ago

          Sowell is science-fiction. He’s a Chicago school crank that either intentionally misunderstanding basic economic concepts and basic Marxism in order to make money from clueless conservatives, or is unintentionally misunderstanding the absolute basics of economics and Marxism because he’s a Chicago school crank. The reason I think it’s fairly likely he’s misleading everyone and laughing to the bank is because he’s made horribly indefensible positions such as being pro-Imperialism and Pro-colonialism, which leads me to believe it’s fairly likely he’s a grifter.

          Marx is absolutely a better recommendation, his analysis of Capitalism is sound and he spent his life defending it and improving it. Advocating for a future Classless society doesn’t make it sci-fi, it’s just advocacy. That’s like calling Unionization efforts sci-fi, that’s an utterly embarrassing position to hold. Just because you can’t actually counter Marx doesn’t mean you have to recommend Sowell, if you’re going to troll then do better.