2018 Beyond the Classics discussion

Suicide by definition is “the action of killing oneself intentionally.” Additionally the term is never used lightly, to imply that the United States of America is killing itself is a very bold statement that can't just be shouted from the rooftops. However Patrick J. Buchanan’s argument is troublingly correct as he breaks down the mirage of a perfect nation and exposes the very bones of the nation, bones that are brittle and ready to break. “Suicide of a superpower, Will America Survive to 2025?” is the authors accounts and factually backed up statements that reveal how the United States is heading in a very bad direction. A direction that has resulted in deaths of other world powers.
This candid narrative explains how left leaning and liberal social trends to promote equality of outcome are destroying the U.S through unfair social mandates. While not being able to address all of the point buchanon makes i will address the ones that stood out most to me. A large issue that buchanon kept coming back to was that “When the faith dies, the culture dies, the civilization dies, the people die.” This snippet was taken from a very generously large part of the book that was dedicated to the death of christianity in the Western world, along with european descent populations diving far below replacement levels, and the increasing push that all the people should be welcomed into our nations without assimilating. Buchanan argues that if we cannot agree on what is right and what is wrong anymore with our divisiveness we will never again be a power to be feared as internal dissent will ultimately rip us apart similarly to the Soviet Union.
Another topic addressed thoroughly was how buchanon portrayed the us economic role. We set aside our petty grievances that splintered us for so long and welcomed in globalist policies and in effect killed our economy. We had to0 wait weeks for supplies so operation desert storm could be commenced. Our economy is now based primarily on service ie. restaurants. The rust belt which once thrived during the 20th century is slowly falling apart and there's almost nothing we can do about it. Detroit during world war II was a center of shipping iron goods, now lies in ruins. On the other hand Hiroshima laying in ruins after WWII is now a thriving commercial center. And why is that? Because they now export to us almost unconditionally. China, the world's biggest exporter is our drug dealer, and we are almost helpless to stop it. Our entire demand curve is inelastic, we eat up whatever price china will give us because most of this generation is not willing to work hard to get what they want.
These 2 points are not the only good ones in this book, they are the most broad and can be talked about for hours on end. Each point made makes the reader think and question the state of the united states. I recommend that everybody reads this book so that they can see where conservatives come from, this book revolutionized my views on us affairs.

Difficulty: 6/10
Rating: 10/10