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The Death of the West: How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization (Paperback)
by Patrick J. Buchanan
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Author: Patrick J. Buchanan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition
Pub. in: October, 2002
ISBN: 0312302592
Pages: 320
Measurements: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00511
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Love him or hate him, you must admit that Pat Buchanan is a true believer. He believes in the "fend-for-yourself" economic liberty that the less enlightened like to deride as "Social Darwinism." He also sees the greatness of America as inexorably linked to its Northern European roots. It's implausible that any thinking person would have a problem with that. Perhaps that's why his enemies resort to name-calling and ad hominum attack instead of trying to make reasonable arguments.
For those who love America and its European roots, this is a sad, even frightening book. It's frightening partly because it details in specific the birth dearth among the most intelligent and productive people on the planet. It is sad because it chronicles an even more cancerous dearth, which in Buchanan's view, is built upon the inane foundation that "people are people the world over." Buchanan is no silly adherant of that inane "brotherhood of man" blather, because he knows that there has never been such a "brotherhood."
If you still believe that "people are people" and that "all cultures are equal in their validity," think back to 9/11 and reconsider that view in light of the FACT that some people are indeed people, while many more are merely savages. The worst thing about many of today's savages is that their savagery is encouraged, even glorified by their cultures and religions, so that all these modern savages aspire to is their current status. In short, they intend to happily remain just what they are - savages.
This is a profound book, understandably one that will be misunderstood by those who don't think for themselves and swallow the popular pablum whole. It is not for the feint of heart.
(From quoting an American reader)
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Patrick J. Buchanan, a senior advisor to three American presidents, ran twice for the Republican nomination for president in 1992 and 1996, and was the Reform Party's presidential candidate in 2000. The author of five other books, including the bestsellers Right from the Beginning and A Republic, Not an Empire, he is a syndicated columnist and a founding member of three of America's foremost public affairs shows, NBC's The McLaughlin Group, CNN's The Capitol Gang, and Crossfire.
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The West is dying. Collapsing birth rates in Europe and the U.S., coupled with third-world population explosions, are set to cause cataclysmic shifts in world power, as unchecked immigration swamps and polarizes every Western society and nation. The facts are clear: There are 30 million foreign-born people in the U. S. today, and there are more than nine million illegal immigrantsmore than the populations of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island combined Not a single European countrysave Moslem Albaniahas a birth rate that will enableit to survive in its present form through this century By 2050, only 10% of the worlds people will be of European descent America is losing the cultural war. Militant paganism is crowding out the old faiths. Separatism is triumphing over integration. The melting pot has become a salad bowl. And the impact upon American society, politics, and culture will be devastating.
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Shane (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-10 00:00>
You can ignore what the PC Publishers Weekly reviewer says above; he/she is typical of what's wrong with American journalism. I never paid much attention to Pat Buchanan, but I should have. This man is bright, has insight and broad knowledge, and he cites his sources scrupulously. I'm halfway through The Death of the West and it scares the **** out of me. Now I see why he and other conservatives are so adamantly against abortion, against social decadence, for controlled immigration, for Christianity, for moral principles. Buchanan means absolute moral principle, not the pseudomorals of the guilt-ridden leftists, who defend every wolf in victim's clothing and paint conservatives as the only real evildoers.
The essence of Buchanan's arguments is that with all-time low birthrates and "everything's relative" philosophy, white Europe and America are committing cultural and genetic suicide. We will die out in a few generations, and who knows what will happen to the unparalleled culture we created. America is overrun from the south by Latinos fleeing corrupt regimes and permanently weak economies. Many of these immigrants, even after they've found their way into our universities and often into elected office, Buchanan shows to be devoted to changing our official language to Spanish and returning sovereignty of large parts of the US to Mexico.
Europe is deliberately importing Muslims from North Africa and Pakistan in immense numbers to fill jobs for which there aren't enough French workers. France is already 10% Muslim, and the rest of Europe is not far behind. Not a problem? Did you watch the news about Muslim youth firebombers who set France ablaze for weeks in November, 2005? Have you seen what Muslims do to other Muslims (clerics, police, babies, women in mosques) in Iraq, quite apart from what they do to Israelis? That behavior will escalate in Europe, too. European leaders are completely clueless, or if they perceive, they won't admit it and are doing almost zip to change course. They're pathologically politically correct.
Buchanan cites sobering statistics about birth and death trends all over the world that simply can't be denied, and are ignored at our peril. He points fingers at the Marxist ideological origins of our malaise (Frankfurt School, Marcuse, others) that were propagated by, and now more than ever permeate our educational institutions from grade school through graduate school. The ideology's deliberate intent was to kill Western bourgeois society by undermining its culture, and it is succeeding brilliantly. Although we won the Cold War, we are losing the culture conflict badly. It's probably too late to change now. Have a look at this book if you disbelieve.
And speaking of disbelievers, please also read some of the Koran to supplement Buchanan's arguments. The first half-dozen chapters (surahs) will suffice to give you the flavor. It's published in many languages (a dozen English translations) in books and on the web. This is Mohammad's manifesto, telling us about the eternal hellfire Allah has prepared for disbelievers, anybody who doesn't submit. The Koran is full of virulent anti-"unbeliever" passages that ensure that no Muslim can be indifferent to Jews and Christians, and at worst they'll kill us with Allah's approval. If you never read the Koran, you have no idea what Islam is really like. |
An American reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-10 00:00>
Populations rise and fall over time. Even if the West and Europe increase their numbers they will have draining resources. More people in a society, more resources it takes to acquire it. China had this same problem, which is why they had to limit the amount of children they had.
I find it a little appalling how Buchanna uses the founding fathers to justify his arguments, yet complains about the Ten COmmandments being taken down. First of all, the founding fathers were very against have religion mix with politics, and they would have greatly approved of removing the Ten Commandments off government property.
There is nothing wrong with maintaing Christian values. The problem is when religioin mixes with politics. When that happens you have countries like Iran or Ireland. Those countries aren't getting along, and that is due to the government pushing religion with politics.
I do certainly agree with Pat that many of the immigrants don't care about America, and are making us have to adapt to their cultures. If you want to live in someone's country, then YOU learn their language, YOU respect their culture. The Europeans and Asians respected our culture when they came here, why can't the immigrants today?
I also agree with Pat that the double standards and hypocricies with the black rights/gay rights groups have got to stop. Sure the murder of Matthew Shephard was terrible, but why is it worse than the 4 white, hard working college students that were murdered in Wichita, KS?
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An American reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-10 00:00>
Bigots have always claimed to be just trying to preserve their way of life. Fortunately, this kind of thinking is no longer the thinking of the majority. Even my Republican friends are embarrassed by this kind of nonsense. Dress it up with big fancy words and its still bigotry, plain and simple. Glad I didn't buy it, just checked it out at the library. I was happy to see that, even tho there are only a few copies, there always seem to be some left to check out...guess even here in the Bible belt his message is seen for what it is...hatred. |
Tyler (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-10 00:00>
I just finished reading The Death of the West and have gained a new respect for Pat Buchanan. Granted I'm a lifelong Democrat from Massachusetts and don't agree with him on every issue, but 4 years later, many of the problems outlined in this book are proving to be incredibly accurate.
Birth rates throughout Europe and other Western countries hit all time lows in 2005 (see infoplease.com), illegal immigration is worse than ever and I hate to admit it but we really do seem to be losing our identity and what we stand for in this country.
In the U.S. alone, inflation goes up, minimum wage stays the same. Gas prices are at all time highs, taxes keep increasing, political correctness runs rampant, the media (read: news) has become a joke and our morals/values seem to be missing.
Now I'm not saying it's over Johnny but it does seem to be that many of the problems outline by Buchanan in his book, will be the watershed issues for this up and coming generation. More and more it seems people are fed up with the state of affairs in this country and want to see real change, not just politically but socially and culturally as well.
Overall an excellent book that I would highly recommend.
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