There is a clip of the celebrated conservative economist and historian Thomas Sowell circulating on social media right now that is fascinating to watch.
In the video, Sowell shares what makes him think that society as we know it might be doomed. He uses the example of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Sowell points out that people are so stupid that they called Kirk a fascist when all he did was talk to people and try to convince them of his ideas, while noting that it is fascists who shoot and kill people.
Partial transcript:
“I do think that there is a very serious chance that we are doomed, because we have institutions where people who are pursuing their interests are destroying the larger interests of the whole society.
These people who are coming around shooting people and calling them fascists, and so on.
These people are so ignorant, that they don’t even know what the fascists were doing.
Uh, Charles Kirk goes around, went around talking to people, trying to convince them. Fascists don’t do that. Fascists shoot people.
And so uh, it’s the person who kills him thinking he’s a fascist who is himself a fascist and the opposite of the man he’s murdering.”
Watch the whole thing below:
Thomas Sowell: “I really think that our society is doomed. Our higher educational institutions have become increasingly intolerant of opposing viewpoints.
Charles Kirk was murdered by a person who claimed he was a ‘fascist’, not knowing that he himself was behaving like a… pic.twitter.com/2ixM7wgsCx
— Commentary – Sowell Economics (@sowelleconomics) September 19, 2026
Sowell is a national treasure.
Fun fact: The man interviewing Thomas Sowell in these videos is Peter Robinson, who was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan. Robinson is credited with writing the famous line: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Mike LaChance has been covering higher education and politics for Legal Insurrection since 2012. Since 2008 he has contributed work to the Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller, Breitbart, the Center for Security Policy, the Washington Free Beacon, and Ricochet. He has also written for American Lookout, Townhall, and Twitchy.
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