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Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the complexityof the real world is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds.

Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexityof the real world is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds.

Thomas Sowell
Real, Mind, Society
Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutionsthat get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.

Thomas Sowell
Imagination, Society, Problem
Thomas Sowell (1993). “Is Reality Optional?: And Other Essays”, Hoover Inst Press

Fundamentalist religion is the most pervasive vision of central planning, though many fundamentalists may oppose human central planning as a usurpation or "playing God.This is consistent with the fundamentalist vision of an unconstrained God and a highly constrained man.

Thomas Sowell
Men, Vision, Society
Thomas Sowell (2007). “A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political Struggles”, p.49, Basic Books

The demands of unbounded individualism need to be weighed in the light of inherent social constraints which can only change their form but cannot be eliminated without eliminating civilization.

Thomas Sowell
Light, Civilization, Society
Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.107, Basic Books

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