This meme doesn’t work because a conservative literally bought me a copy of that book and it’s infantile.
This book is titled “Basic Economics” because Sowel is a troll, and the economics in his book are largely correct but incomplete to the point of misinforming people. This is an incredibly “conservative” book through-and-through.
He is a former Marxist?? I find that bewildering, hilarious, and doubtful.
I think it’s great when people have open enough minds to radically rethink their beliefs, but I hope I’m never so brainrotted as to somehow strawman my own former beliefs.