This week on Uncommon Knowledge, author and commentator Pat Buchanan discusses the disintegration of the United States as a superpower and a united nation.
He really is the intellectual founder of the new American identitarian nationalism. He saw what the Neo-Cons and Neo-Liberals were doing to the United States and warned us about it decades ago. Too bad we didn't listen.
I love Pat Buchanan. I am a democrat that ten years ago became interested in reducing immigration for environmental reasons. Pat was the only person to regularly speak out for less immigration . I have watched him be slimed as a racist and bigot unfairly for years. his work on bringing attention to massive job losses through unfair trading practices has done as much or more for working people in America than any of the liberals pretending to be on the side of the poor. Pat is an American.
I'm watching this on 4/13/2020 . This conversation is absolutely amazing! It's so important to understand that even though hindsight is 20/20 there were many voices of reason trying to stop America from selling out! China has got to go!!!!!!!
I was writing a document titled Economical, political, and social cannibalism: Politics in America, proposing the same hypothesis. Now l realise that l have nothing new to offer l just came to the same conclusion as Buchanan had 10 years earlier. That basically stops my document, however, knowing that America have the same problems ten years ago as it has now in 2022, only shows that Biden following Obama's plan is having a negative affect. The fact that the immigration issue was covered at the beginning of the program shows the reality of Mr. Buchanan, statements. I stumbled upon this segement of uncommon knowledge at 11:30 p.m. and now realize that my thoughts on the subject is the same as the much clearer thoughts on the subject 10 years earlier by Mr. Buchanan. I may decide to continue with the document but clearly Buchanan's book clearly defines the shortcomings even to this day.
These blocks of immigrants living together in unassimilated mass remind me of the end of Rome, when the barbarians came not to become Roman but as a silo, a block or what today would be called a ghetto - as does the unwillingness of Romans, especially elites to have children, disdain for the old Cato style ethic of family, frugality etc.
Interesting that Pat Buchanan qualifies that the statement that Israeli and US interests in the region are and should be different. Why is this a controversial statement? Who has determined that these countries combined interests are and should be the same?
I remember in the early '80s sitting somewhere I think it was in history class learning from Mr Buchanan that there were like three things that you have to have to make a country and I remember borders, language and I don't remember the last one but I'll never forget that. it was so cool. thank you! I'm 60 years old! So thanks again.
ohh, Mr Buchanan is so old now, I remember him younger and stronger in the nineties. So right about the suicide of our civilization. A shame. and the replacement! it will not be better
In 2015 a New York real estate tycoon said 90% of what Mr Buchanan states so persuasively in this discussion. He won the White House on his first try. His candidacy drove the left crazy.
Thanks Mr. Buchanan for advising then Candidate Trump now President Trump. You had my vote when you were running for President. Glad you had passed on your ideas. magakag
Actually, long before the dark ages Christianity changed basic human philosophy toward a better and more humane way of dealing with fellow men. You can argue all day about the validity of religion philosophically, but it undeniably had a profound effect on human interraction. Pat, on the other hand, has a more mundane and less comprehensive take on it all, maybe because of his background. But he's basically right.
RON PAUL 2012, the only honest and consistent politician whose policies don't give power to the government but rather the citizens of the US, which historically has been proven the best solution to our problems.
Young America was a christian America. The Declaration of Independence speaks of the Creator imbuing people with Liberty. The liberty people enjoyed in America created the foundation upon which the first industrial society could be build. The US didn't become a superpower until WWII, by which time slavery had been abolished. Whether or not christianity is the only common understanding of values upon which a free society can be build is debatable, but it was the basis for American society.
You may also think about what we don't have now because of the loss of manufacturing and development. tariffs would equalize those import taxes and duties placed on our goods and services. In addition, you overlook pats main point about Foreign corporations need to build factories here if they want to sell their goods here. germany keeps many of its jobs and factories and does not give away company secrets just to gain access to foreign markets, we should do the same
Wait a minute. For the bulk of the history of the world slavery was the norm. The society that did not practice it was unknown. The idea that slavery was responsible for the advancement of the West is preposterous. Cheap Irish labour in the US was far more economical than slavery. The real question is why did the industrial revolution happen in Christendom and not in other civilizations? To say that Christianity had nothing to do with it is obtuse.
I don't buy his isolationism and trade barriers but I think he is right about immigration. Allowing a huge number of recent immigrants to become a majority in a single geographic area is a recipe for separatism and violence in the future. Ethnic and racial identity trumps economic self interest every time.
He doesn't want to be dismissed as a racist. Like it or not, the word "white" is tainted in public discourse. It's a better communication strategy. He does refer to "whites" at certain points, including a chapter of his book, which he says he took flak for, and possibly lost his job over. But framing it differently can make people think about it without the negative associations they've been programmed with. "Western peoples" or "European-Americans" means the same thing.
I've been reading his articles, not his books, for years now; sadly, he has recently retired or at least decided to stop writing articles for a while, or maybe my source cut him, I don't know. Admittedly, I've been influenced by Pat Buchanan. He came to the university where I was doing my doctorate (never finished it). The packed gymnasium was standing-room only, with people packed in the upstairs lobby as well. Police had to be called out for the traffic. THis was in the nineties, I believe. I so enjoyed watching him, along with Eleonor Clift and Clarence and John McLaughlin, on PBS. A Washington native, he always seemed "anti" Washington, "anti" THE SWAMP. He seemed to be FOR the ordinary people, regular working people, people I've always identified with. Presumably he was never AGAINST HOMELAND SECURITY. No one, in his right mind, is against Homeland Security. There is a subtext however. I think either consciously or unconsciously the man is biased in favor of "his own people." My personal belief is that there is an element of what is commonly called "racism." But this is something that goes down deep. Whites have it; all colors have it. I know a Vietnamese nun who favors others, over against "whites." Probably each one, in fact, favors "his or her own," over against a "radical diversity." A radical, ideological "ideology" of "liberalism." Pat was/is a conservative. A Republican conservative. I've never heard him say anything "racist." Now, it is true, on foreign policy, he leans "isolationist" over against "interventionist." Sometimes this attitude is regarded "anti-semitic." Maybe it is. It seems a stretch, though, to say that Midwestern believers in American Manufacturing are all "anti-semitic." There is something wrong with our country. It is not working. I've been ranting and raving about this, in these spaces, for years now. I do get excited when a big election is coming up. This morning, on TV, I thought Asa Hutchison was just brilliant. What a plaiin-spoken, down-home, brilliant man. He's not going to let a shallow news person spin him into some blanket position, on a hot topic. He knows policy like the back of his hand; he knows how to speak well about policy, and in its details, not its customary sound-bites. Like I said, he's exceptional. He's probably funded by all kinds of special interests. But within that system, he still stands out as someone with sense, as opposed to an ideology, like the Far Left. After him, on TV, this morning, came Debbie Dingell. She also was just absolutely brilliant, not an ideological nut case, such as we see every day. The Campaign has begun. I cannot wait.
The "Dark Ages" are better called the Age of Barbarians, since it was that influence that kept Europe dark for 500 years. The Catholic Church started the university system, charity work (hostels & hospitals), human rights, & legal systems that applied to all. As for Islam's "science," & philosophy, it was borrowed from Eastern Christians & translated into Arabic; once the translations were made, Islam ossified. Christianity was not perfect, but it did a great deal & Islam stalled.
Way to prove you don't know anything about Pat Buchanon and have not read even one chapter of his book. He is not Anglo-Saxon and not Protestant. He is also worried about Russia, which is Slavic and Orthodox (ie, non-WASP).
The root and the Fix. Judeo-Christian values! Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your offenses and sins, Ephesians 2:2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. Ron PTL USA
Level the playing field... We demand workers get payed a minimum wage. Work only so many hours before over time kicks in. Demand the same environmental and work place safety regulations for foreign workers. Why are the wages of a laborer in China or India a fraction of a US worker when it is the same job? Why is our labor more valuable? As 'free' as we are we are not permitted to opt in or out of public 'services'. If you want or use a service you pay for if. It should not be at gun point
Ugh! You know, if you'd watch the whole interview, you'd see that he holds no hatred for other races or religions. He's making a cultural argument, though I think he needlessly injected notions of race into it. He's saying that culture matters in preserving this country. It's a culture of tolerance of people of different backgrounds, but holds to some principles that are derived from a Judeo-Christian tradition, which the Founders attempted to secularize to some extent.
No. The U.S. Constitution is a political document, the Melting Pot analogy represents a social concept; they have nothing directly to do with one another.
The West started with non-Christian Greek pagans. The Romans were pagans, too. The Roman Empire collapsed when it adopted Christianity. The 'revival' of Europe (the Renaissance, I presume) was a return to the Classical pagan thinkers. Europe's greatest moments were exactly when we struggled against the authority of the Church, especially the corrupt Catholic one (Renaissance, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution). The West greatness lies in its willpower to resist religious dogma and authority
Pat Buchanen was the best candidate for President. God bless you sir!
True Patriot
So it’s 2022…..OK… so How spot on is Pat???
This is so relevant in 2020, everything he said is happening now in 2020.
Things weren't even that bad in 2012 compared to now
I looked and it says 10 years ago, I thought this was today!! This is insane how much worse it got. He predicted / knew it was going to get worse
Pat has been right from the beginning. He should have been president
2022 and Buchanan was more right than EVER!!! Check out the last 3 minutes of it
Are we doomed? So very sad what our children and grandchildren will have to endure 😓
Pat, you and I are the same age. Yes, we were immersed in patriotism and belief in our heritage when you and I were youngsters. Please stay well!
"This isn't going to take even a Ronald Reagan - it's going to take a Saint Paul."
Pat Buchanan is the intellectual godfather of the save western civilization movement
He really is the intellectual founder of the new American identitarian nationalism. He saw what the Neo-Cons and Neo-Liberals were doing to the United States and warned us about it decades ago. Too bad we didn't listen.
I love Pat Buchanan. I am a democrat that ten years ago became interested in reducing immigration for environmental reasons. Pat was the only person to regularly speak out for less immigration . I have watched him be slimed as a racist and bigot unfairly for years. his work on bringing attention to massive job losses through unfair trading practices has done as much or more for working people in America than any of the liberals pretending to be on the side of the poor. Pat is an American.
Great interview! No wonder he is a threat to the mob. I think he is a great man for it.
I voted for him twice. He predicted this.
I read this book when it came out. I’m going to reread it. It’s eery how accurate he was
I'm watching this on 4/13/2020 . This conversation is absolutely amazing! It's so important to understand that even though hindsight is 20/20 there were many voices of reason trying to stop America from selling out! China has got to go!!!!!!!
Finally, a f*cking broadcast that didn't have their comments off
I was writing a document titled Economical, political, and social cannibalism: Politics in America, proposing the same hypothesis. Now l realise that l have nothing new to offer l just came to the same conclusion as Buchanan had 10 years earlier. That basically stops my document, however, knowing that America have the same problems ten years ago as it has now in 2022, only shows that Biden following Obama's plan is having a negative affect. The fact that the immigration issue was covered at the beginning of the program shows the reality of Mr. Buchanan, statements. I stumbled upon this segement of uncommon knowledge at 11:30 p.m. and now realize that my thoughts on the subject is the same as the much clearer thoughts on the subject 10 years earlier by Mr. Buchanan. I may decide to continue with the document but clearly Buchanan's book clearly defines the shortcomings even to this day.
One year from the latest comments and it’s gotten even worse. 8/11/22
Mr Buchanan is always a pleasure.
I'm not a smart and glib as Pat Buchanan, but I knew in my 20s that so-called "free trade" was always going to be a disaster.
These blocks of immigrants living together in unassimilated mass remind me of the end of Rome, when the barbarians came not to become Roman but as a silo, a block or what today would be called a ghetto - as does the unwillingness of Romans, especially elites to have children, disdain for the old Cato style ethic of family, frugality etc.
Boy I wish people would have listened to you 😓
Great interview. Can't say I disagreed with anything Pat said.
Excellent interview; Uncommon Knowledge and Peter Robinson, make my day, always. Thank you
So much more prescient now in 2019 than ever before
Wow, ten years ago !
What a beautiful quote at the end. It brought a tear to my eye. I wish I was more educated.
I will pay more for american made
Interesting that Pat Buchanan qualifies that the statement that Israeli and US interests in the region are and should be different. Why is this a controversial statement? Who has determined that these countries combined interests are and should be the same?
I remember in the early '80s sitting somewhere I think it was in history class learning from Mr Buchanan that there were like three things that you have to have to make a country and I remember borders, language and I don't remember the last one but I'll never forget that. it was so cool. thank you! I'm 60 years old! So thanks again.
PJB is the greatest American thinker living. When he is gone, there will be no one left allowed to carry the torch. Then the West will truly die.
I'd like to see a 2020 follow up on the. I'm sure points made by Buchanan would be far worse than he expected.
All by design. Ted Kennedy, 1965, thank you.
ohh, Mr Buchanan is so old now, I remember him younger and stronger in the nineties. So right about the suicide of our civilization. A shame. and the replacement! it will not be better
Very good with tons of FACT AND COCLUSIONS. Thanks to you both.
Listen to Pat, Peter!
very interesting. it's a pleasure to hear buchanan's common sense on the mideast by ripping the anti-iran propaganda apart. great stuff.
In 2015 a New York real estate tycoon said 90% of what Mr Buchanan states so persuasively in this discussion. He won the White House on his first try. His candidacy drove the left crazy.
Thanks Mr. Buchanan for advising then Candidate Trump now President Trump. You had my vote when you were running for President. Glad you had passed on your ideas. magakag
America First is inevitable
Actually, long before the dark ages Christianity changed basic human philosophy toward a better and more humane way of dealing with fellow men. You can argue all day about the validity of religion philosophically, but it undeniably had a profound effect on human interraction. Pat, on the other hand, has a more mundane and less comprehensive take on it all, maybe because of his background. But he's basically right.
Awesome man, intellect, thinker
RON PAUL 2012, the only honest and consistent politician whose policies don't give power to the government but rather the citizens of the US, which historically has been proven the best solution to our problems.
Missed dearly Patrick J. Buchanan !
Thank you for great format in getting right to the point
Love Pat, American patriot
I watch this video and I really enjoy listening to Pat much more than the other guy.
2023 here. Don’t really need to say much…..
And this was 10 years ago
Excellent video.
Young America was a christian America. The Declaration of Independence speaks of the Creator imbuing people with Liberty. The liberty people enjoyed in America created the foundation upon which the first industrial society could be build.
The US didn't become a superpower until WWII, by which time slavery had been abolished.
Whether or not christianity is the only common understanding of values upon which a free society can be build is debatable, but it was the basis for American society.
he was right. france has fallen!!
You may also think about what we don't have now because of the loss of manufacturing and development. tariffs would equalize those import taxes and duties placed on our goods and services. In addition, you overlook pats main point about Foreign corporations need to build factories here if they want to sell their goods here. germany keeps many of its jobs and factories and does not give away company secrets just to gain access to foreign markets, we should do the same
'Their passions forge their fetters.' - Edmond Burke.
Thank God for Donald Trump.
This is exactly what trump was talking about in a interview today
Brilliant speech.
Wait a minute. For the bulk of the history of the world slavery was the norm. The society that did not practice it was unknown. The idea that slavery was responsible for the advancement of the West is preposterous. Cheap Irish labour in the US was far more economical than slavery. The real question is why did the industrial revolution happen in Christendom and not in other civilizations? To say that Christianity had nothing to do with it is obtuse.
I am amazed that Pat and Peter actually think OBL was responsible for dropping the WTC buildings.
I don't buy his isolationism and trade barriers but I think he is right about immigration. Allowing a huge number of recent immigrants to become a majority in a single geographic area is a recipe for separatism and violence in the future. Ethnic and racial identity trumps economic self interest every time.
Do a LITTLE research, will you? Buchanan is an Irish Catholic.
This is a great resource for groypers
Thanks
Buchanan predicted all of what we see now.
He doesn't want to be dismissed as a racist. Like it or not, the word "white" is tainted in public discourse. It's a better communication strategy. He does refer to "whites" at certain points, including a chapter of his book, which he says he took flak for, and possibly lost his job over. But framing it differently can make people think about it without the negative associations they've been programmed with. "Western peoples" or "European-Americans" means the same thing.
You should report this to Comrade Obama.
Good interview. 👍
as always
the Bible is where you'll find your answer, your salve and your solution
I appreciate that we need to analyze things yet shouldn't it all drive us to our collective knees?
Buchanan is German-Irish Catholic, so I'm not sure what your point is.
Which is his point..in part.
I've been reading his articles, not his books, for years now; sadly, he has recently retired or at least decided to stop writing articles for a while, or maybe my source cut him, I don't know. Admittedly, I've been influenced by Pat Buchanan. He came to the university where I was doing my doctorate (never finished it). The packed gymnasium was standing-room only, with people packed in the upstairs lobby as well. Police had to be called out for the traffic. THis was in the nineties, I believe. I so enjoyed watching him, along with Eleonor Clift and Clarence and John McLaughlin, on PBS. A Washington native, he always seemed "anti" Washington, "anti" THE SWAMP. He seemed to be FOR the ordinary people, regular working people, people I've always identified with. Presumably he was never AGAINST HOMELAND SECURITY. No one, in his right mind, is against Homeland Security. There is a subtext however. I think either consciously or unconsciously the man is biased in favor of "his own people." My personal belief is that there is an element of what is commonly called "racism." But this is something that goes down deep. Whites have it; all colors have it. I know a Vietnamese nun who favors others, over against "whites." Probably each one, in fact, favors "his or her own," over against a "radical diversity." A radical, ideological "ideology" of "liberalism." Pat was/is a conservative. A Republican conservative. I've never heard him say anything "racist." Now, it is true, on foreign policy, he leans "isolationist" over against "interventionist." Sometimes this attitude is regarded "anti-semitic." Maybe it is. It seems a stretch, though, to say that Midwestern believers in American Manufacturing are all "anti-semitic." There is something wrong with our country. It is not working. I've been ranting and raving about this, in these spaces, for years now. I do get excited when a big election is coming up. This morning, on TV, I thought Asa Hutchison was just brilliant. What a plaiin-spoken, down-home, brilliant man. He's not going to let a shallow news person spin him into some blanket position, on a hot topic. He knows policy like the back of his hand; he knows how to speak well about policy, and in its details, not its customary sound-bites. Like I said, he's exceptional. He's probably funded by all kinds of special interests. But within that system, he still stands out as someone with sense, as opposed to an ideology, like the Far Left. After him, on TV, this morning, came Debbie Dingell. She also was just absolutely brilliant, not an ideological nut case, such as we see every day. The Campaign has begun. I cannot wait.
He was right and still is.
So actual.
The "Dark Ages" are better called the Age of Barbarians, since it was that influence that kept Europe dark for 500 years. The Catholic Church started the university system, charity work (hostels & hospitals), human rights, & legal systems that applied to all. As for Islam's "science," & philosophy, it was borrowed from Eastern Christians & translated into Arabic; once the translations were made, Islam ossified. Christianity was not perfect, but it did a great deal & Islam stalled.
Ike warned us about the MIC. Boy was he right.
@electangorocks Smh I remember when people used to respect presidents
They didn't lose their faith... they turned their backs on it...
Way to prove you don't know anything about Pat Buchanon and have not read even one chapter of his book. He is not Anglo-Saxon and not Protestant. He is also worried about Russia, which is Slavic and Orthodox (ie, non-WASP).
Its called liberalism.
Maybe if the US ever has one again that deserves respect it will happen.
:(
The root and the Fix. Judeo-Christian values!
Ephesians 2:1 And you were dead in your offenses and sins,
Ephesians 2:2 in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all previously lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the rest. Ron PTL USA
Level the playing field...
We demand workers get payed a minimum wage. Work only so many hours before over time kicks in. Demand the same environmental and work place safety regulations for foreign workers.
Why are the wages of a laborer in China or India a fraction of a US worker when it is the same job? Why is our labor more valuable? As 'free' as we are we are not permitted to opt in or out of public 'services'. If you want or use a service you pay for if. It should not be at gun point
Ugh! You know, if you'd watch the whole interview, you'd see that he holds no hatred for other races or religions. He's making a cultural argument, though I think he needlessly injected notions of race into it. He's saying that culture matters in preserving this country. It's a culture of tolerance of people of different backgrounds, but holds to some principles that are derived from a Judeo-Christian tradition, which the Founders attempted to secularize to some extent.
Not laud enough!
why is everybody talking about religion?? this is about socialism and comunism
Ali express golf cart, 15-2500 USA 56-15000 usd.
Rejecting h
God, and all the other phases have destroyed all that was true and right.
No. The U.S. Constitution is a political document, the Melting Pot analogy represents a social concept; they have nothing directly to do with one another.
The greatest. Lol
I agree with dropping corporate tax. But free trade is good for consumers.
Don't by or do bussiness with made in russia.cuba.venesuala,vachina see where this is going ?
The West started with non-Christian Greek pagans. The Romans were pagans, too. The Roman Empire collapsed when it adopted Christianity. The 'revival' of Europe (the Renaissance, I presume) was a return to the Classical pagan thinkers. Europe's greatest moments were exactly when we struggled against the authority of the Church, especially the corrupt Catholic one (Renaissance, Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution). The West greatness lies in its willpower to resist religious dogma and authority
i Can Say = i must buy 10 crap cheap overseas product, OR , buy ONE USA Quality product. and save hundreds/thousands $s !! FACT.
Pat's looking old
Omg you Americans have whole countries of ppl i
Not American in your countries
No
America is over and it isn't coming back. seccession