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Brad Sanders
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Thomas Sowell
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The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step toward finding out what we agree on and disagree on. From there, it is largely a question of what the facts are. Social Justice Fallacies reveals how many things that are thought to be true simply cannot stand up to documented facts, which are often the opposite of what is widely believed.
However attractive the social justice vision, the crucial question is whether the social justice agenda will get us to the fulfillment of that vision. History shows that the social justice agenda has often led in the opposite direction, sometimes with catastrophic consequences.
More things are involved besides simply mistakes. All human beings are fallible, and social justice advocates may not necessarily make any more mistakes than others. But crusaders with an utter certainty about their mission are often undeterred by obstacles, evidence or even fatal dangers. That is where much of the Western world is today. The question is whether we will continue on heedlessly, past the point of no return.
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- L.A.Johnson
- 12-02-24
A precise and accurate analysis of how we got to where we are today
Thomas Sowell understands like no other how to perform data-based research to can help us learn important lessons from our past performance as a society.
The audio book is beautifully narrated and easy to understand.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-01-24
One of his best
One of my favourites so far . Insightful as usual and well researched. The author doesn’t shy away from asking the questions that in today’s climate should not be asked . But we are glad he does
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- andrewjlockley
- 02-10-23
Sowell beseiges the capital city of Woke
Thomas Sowell is a thorn in the side of sanctimonious preachy liberals. He grew up before the civil rights era, in an urban black community that's supposed to be the beneficiary of every intervention advocated by Social Justice Warriors. He's exactly the man the Woke whites claim to speak for - and he despises every atom of their self-appointed bossiness, and unevidenced policy interventions. Socially conservative and economically liberal, he's the uppity black who simply won't do what the status-seeking liberals tell him he should. And boy, do you need this man in your life! This book systematically slights every single castle and watchtower in the capital of woke. Sowell shows that everything from the minimum wage, through soft criminal sentencing, to academic race quotas harm the very people they're alleged to help. You'll finish this book realising that Woke is an institutionalised grift, for those who wish to virtue signal without suffering the shattering effects of the policies they're advocating.
Why haven't I rated it five stars? Chiefly because Sowell - despite his criticism of academics who stray beyond their fields - keeps wandering off into population genetics that he plainly doesn't understand. It's an infuriating start to an otherwise excellent book. Some other more minor flaws are bothersome, too. Occasionally, Sowell seems to apply evidential tests less rigorously when the data suit his argument than when they do now. Beyond that, not only are some of the numerical bits a tough listen, it's sad not to have heard the man himself (he's still very much alive). These are, however, tolerable flaws - in what is otherwise a tour de force of destruction of the very highest temple of woke.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-12-23
Interesting research
Some chapters were very long. I do not have anything more to say for now
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-24
excellent stuff
Great dispassionate analysis. Works well with The Parasitic Mind. I will probably buy the paper copy afterwards
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- James O
- 23-02-24
Book of the century
When you listen to this book your eyes are opened to the fact that what we are experiencing is just history repeating itself. Elite intellectuals (in their own view) think they know best and when they are proven wrong they suffer no consequences. This book presents information and opinions based on critical and clear thinking supported by research. Everyone particularly politicians should be forced to read or listen to this book.
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- Dr.A.Dyson
- 22-09-24
Extraordinary critique of basic assumptions
Riveting dissection of how badly our ill informed and inexpert politicians have let us down. Should be required reading for all politicians and human resource departments.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-10-23
Never too old to learn
In a world where truth lasts until the next tweet, Sowell reminds us that evidence and scept
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- Osman Yusuf
- 24-12-23
Amazing and factual
I liked the facts relating to the social system from the 1960’s. Also the details relating to the elites total lack of knowledge and there arrogance
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- Gary M Smith
- 17-12-24
The world as it is, shocker.
Very clear with statistics, dates and brilliant summation of the fallacies and why they are false, looking forward to checking out more of Mr Sowell's works.
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