Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.Plus links to articles which back up the pithy quotes, and videos, like this one, concerning his book, The Vision of the Anointed. From the Preface:
The rise of the mass media, mass politics, and massive government mean that the beliefs which drive a relatively small group of articulate people have great leverage in determining the course taken by a whole society.
The analysis that follows is not only an examination of the vision of this elite intelligentsia . . . but also an empirical comparison between the promised benefits of policies based on that vision and the grim and often bitter consequences of these political and judicial decisions. . .Check out what Sowell says at about the one minute mark in the video about how deeply many academics believe that they have the right and responsibility to manipulate the lives of poor people "for their own good". These academics may be intellectually incapable of considering the possibility that the poor people whose lives they intend to improve might have a greater right to self-determination.
One thing that is usually missing from the grand plans of "The Anointed" is personal involvement with the people whose lives they intend to change from afar.
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