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A Conflict of Visions Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

Thomas Sowell

Shows how social theorists--from William Godwin and Adam Smith in the eighteenth century to John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman in the twentieth--have based their thinking on two irreconcilable premises: the constrained and unconstrained vision

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The Dan Bongino Show

Across several episodes, the host repeatedly highlighted the book as a necessary and classic work that explains the fundamental ideological divide between the left's belief in a perfectible humanity and the right's more constrained view. He described the author as his intellectual hero and said the title was one of the greatest books he had ever read, often recommending it to listeners as essential reading on political philosophy.

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Episode: A Deeply Impacting Experience (Ep 2116)

It was described as a necessary book that highlights the differences between the left and the right, specifically their views on whether the world is 'fixable' or only 'manageable'. The podcast host mentioned having discussed the book for a long time and considers the author his intellectual hero.

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The book is called Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell that I've been talking about forever.

The book, ladies and gentlemen, the world is going to change after this, after October 7th and a terror attack that is practically guaranteed to happen in the United States.

He has a book called Conflict of Visions.

It's not an easy read, but it's a necessary one.

There are two conflict divisions is a deeper book about the constrained versus unconstrained vision. That's why it's called conflict divisions. Vision of the anointed is a more readable, digestible book. It gets the kind of the same thing. They're both incredible pieces of work.

Episode: Why Liberals Hate The Queen (Ep 1848)

It was described as one of the greatest books the speaker has ever read; it explains the left's belief in perfectible human beings and the concept of 'the anointed'.

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Liberals, if you ever read the book conflict of visions, I've recommended it often by Thomas Sowell It's one of the greatest books I've ever read

Thomas soul is my ideological load star man. I adore I've been trying to get him on my show He's an economist, but he's really more of a philosopher. I'd argue and I say that as a compliment He's a deep deep human being and his book conflict of visions

Summed up in an all-too-convenient abstract He makes the point that the left has this ridiculous idea that human beings are perfectible but only the Benighted ones or as he calls them in his book vision the anointed the anointed ones you get where I'm going with this key Joe

Episode: Here’s the REAL Parler Story (Ep 1450)

Dan Bongino mentioned Thomas Sowell's book, "Conflict and Divisions," alongside other works by Sowell, crediting them with his shift away from liberal viewpoints toward a more independent stance. He implied the book is impactful.

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And thomas sol talk about two totally different first baseman for the Yankees and thomas sol Really, I probably wouldn't know what to say because my life has been changed by thomas sol his books vision of the anointed conflict divisions

Episode: Fireworks Erupt On Capitol Hill (Ep 1417)

The book was mentioned as one of two recommended reads on political ideology.

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Conflict of visions, Thomas Sowell, vision of the anointed, two great ones.

Episode: Is This How It Ends? (Ep. 2481)

He praised the book as a magnificent read that explains why the left and right view the world differently, especially regarding the existence of evil.

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If you ever want to read a magnificent book on this, Thomas Sowell's book A Conflict of Visions, is incredible. It's not a oneday read. Talks about how the left and the right will never see the world the same way if we don't believe in the existence of evil.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Jordan Peterson noted that he was heavily influenced by Thomas Sowell's book A Conflict of Visions, describing it as a great work.

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I'm very influenced on this by Thomas Sowell wrote this great book called A Conflict of Visions.

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Jordan Peterson noted that he was heavily influenced by Thomas Sowell's book A Conflict of Visions, describing it as a great work.

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I'm very influenced on this by Thomas Sowell wrote this great book called A Conflict of Visions.

The Ben Shapiro Show

The speaker liked this book, preferring Sowell's philosophical writing over his economics writing, and noted that the book was really good.

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I would also recommend that you read A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell, which is really good. His kind of philosophical writing I like even better than his economics writing.

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The speaker liked this book, preferring Sowell's philosophical writing over his economics writing, and noted that the book was really good.

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I would also recommend that you read A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell, which is really good. His kind of philosophical writing I like even better than his economics writing.

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