I'll do one better. A good liar will always be right when debating a timid honest individual.

@@user-kb1hw2yq2f that's brilliant

Wow! Yes, rather than humbling themselves to take a closer scientific look at "present policies and thoughts" to see if their leading societies in peaceful direction. They just double down to try and force "present policies and thoughts" even if scientific evidence shows great damage to individuals' freedoms etc..

Because he was calm and smelt Peter speak his mind fully without interrupting

He could tell that he was intelligent and asked thoughtful questions

he saw a fellow gentleman

yeah proper questions

Totally agree!

Per Person no this man is doom and gloom and god is love

@Cray Fishe What is this mysterious "final answer" that you seem privy to, but which is somehow denied me? Care to enlighten me?

Right above these comments! Here: Cray Fishe Cray Fishe 4 weeks ago He used to. Not now. He says what he is allowed to say. That goes for us all, though. However, most of us are not allowed to say much. He can say more than us - but it makes no difference, does it? Unless the final answer is said, what's the point of posing the problem? "Final answer" is in the last sentence.

@Cray Fishe LOL

Philip Martin Hammond Hitchens *

si What is your ideal immigration policy?

Yes he is a good interviewer because he is prepare to listen. If P Hitchens were interviewed by any of the usual suspects on in the BBC he would be constantly interrupted and talked over, to the point of tedium, because he would be challenging their core beliefs and they cannot cope with that.

He believes in everlasting hope. 😊

@@1969cmp Amen, Jesus is THE only hope ultimately.

I just look at the national debt in the West, it's crumbling economy and the cultural void that was created this last 50-100 years and I see very little hope. People aren't going to vote for a party (if one even existed) to reverse the damage because it will mean going without and self discipline, instead they'll keep on voting for freebees paid for by our grand children. 2019 is going to be an interesting and potentially frightening year, 10 years after the 2008 crisis we're about to slide back into recession again...what happens then? The decline of our values in the west has also taken place at a shocking pace, I'm middle aged and I remember a country (the UK) that was quite nice, a bit poor but much more cohessive than today.

I agree, Smith.

I don't think its a schtick. I do think its a bit tiresome but I think that's actually how he is. He doesn't care enough to pretend to be otherwise.

How are you feeling now?!?! Destiny my friend?

@@jacobvanveit3437 Im not feeling good. I didnt realise our nations were so weak.

I had to look at the upload date twice. I was shocked as to what I was listening to

Incredible foresight..he's unfortunately bang on the money. His stance against the Government's reaction to COV-19 since March brought me here. Last of the great political history intellects, I'm afraid. Learn from him what you can whilst he's still here, active and ALLOWED to have a voice.

James McKay the Con of a virus is the cover for that collapse. But who controls the replacement is the battle now. Trump and a new gold standard. Or the Globalists and a Keynesian Bancor based on the SDR ?

It's now July and this was written in April or May. Man how things have changed. In light of what's happened, I agree with your comment, but my fear is what comes next - YIKES!

David Rhodes Dekulakisation - Make it impossible for small businesses to survive, so wiping out all competition to the Corporates. “ Everything for the state. Nothing against the state. Nothing outside the state”. After the complete financial collapse, depending on the results of USA election, either a new system, using a Crypto currency based on gold. Or a not so crypto digital currency based on the SDR - Like Keynes original Bancor.

I don't know actually. I find China interesting but it seems to have the same issues previous empires in the past had and that was too high authoritarianism and a lack of sentimentality for the places they conquer. For example Malaysia (usually a one party state) for the first time has elected a different party led by a 90 year old on the basis of fighting Chinese expansionism into their country. China has invested huge amounts of money into Malaysia but at the expense of the Malaysian people ( for example a new city named forest city has been built based on Chinese money but the residents are mainly Chinese and not even the old Chinese families that have lived there for generations) and an old anti Chinese ethos has started to develop there. China will expand I have no doubt, it needs to because there is very little resource wealth there and there is that public will which Peter Hitchens spoke about driven a lot by the shame of the century of humiliation. However it runs over the nations around it with very little regard whereas the American Empire leaves foreign cultures with a lot of autonomy but less military. Japan for example spreads the American sphere of influence through military bases as punishment for WW2 but at the same time there isn't an anti American sentiment there and Japan has say in all its domestic matters other than military. China is expanding through debt traps disguised as foreign investment and has a very Chinese supremacist mindset. So I think it will fail due to it pissing off all the countries it needs to prosper from. I agree with Peter though it is inspiring but deeply unsettling to see its rise.

​@@RiksFunStuff China has a population of 1.4 billion - more than America, Eastern & Western Europe combined. It only need to half-succeed to utterly dominate. I too went to China, and I saw the same colossal factory Peter saw. It is a gigantic airport terminal where nobody is really at home. The people worship money. They need not fully succeed. They have a very low bar to clear. The only thing that is more powerful is Western ideals; and these are not nearly strong enough even within the West, let alone against he coming Eastern onslaught. I am an Australian. You can already see Chinese influence *everywhere* here.

@@MasterSimpkins I think the Chinese influence is only let in rather than forced in though. So in general I think people will wake up to what the Chinese empire is shaping up to be and stop it when it starts to expand as Malaysia has started to do now realizing Chinese "investment" has a bit of a catch. I think Australia banned Huawei phone masts recently due to security concerns recently too or something along those lines. Something to do with data and such. (I might be wrong on the exact details but I remember it was over security concerns about Chinese companies and state influence). So I think in general the countries China seeks to influence just simply won't trust it and that is fatal as China has no modern resources at its disposal. It needs oil from the middle east, hard materials from Africa and has a large population it needs to provide a modern lifestyle for. All while the current government is oppressive to its people and still have the atrocities of Mao looming over their heads. I think if China experiences any negative growth or a stall in the economy which does seem to be looming, the political situation will get quite bad for the communist party and that coupled with its Chinese supremacist attitude to the countries it needs under its belt will lead to its crumbling. I think if China adopted Western political ideals however it would be quite unstoppable. Like Japan on steroids. If China approached empire like the Americans do they would easily rule the world with the Chinese work ethic behind ideals of freedom.

Riktor - China does have some important resources, like coal, but more importantly it has an almost monopoly on the World supply of Rare Earth materials (in case you don't know, Rare Earth is essential in the production of electronics. No Rare Earth materials = no electronics). But yes, China is expanding in to numerous Third World Countries because those countries have the raw materials that China wants. "The American Empire leaves foreign cultures with a lot of autonomy" - I think you meant countries, not cultures. The American Culture has infiltrated and permeated practically every country on the planet through Hollywood movies, TV, clothing (I am wearing jeans - out of choice - as I write this), music, technology (all the computers used in the World use either Microsoft or Apple Operating Systems). There's probably other examples but I think you get the picture. Oooops! I've just remembered the USA involvement (usually through the CIA) in the change of governments of many countries throughout the World since WW2. Examples include, but are not limited to, Iran (1953), Chile (1973), many Sub-Saharan African and Latin American countries as well as supporting brutal dictators in South Korea, The Philippines, Saddam Hussein in Iraq (while it suited them) and even my own country of New Zealand in 1974. For the most part there may not be anti-American sentiment in Japan but the women that have been occasionally raped over the years by the American servicemen stationed on Okinawa may disagree. As for the Huawei thing: The USA, Australia, New Zealand and (I think) Canada banned Huawei from operating in their countries because of its link to the Chinese military and they see this as a way of setting up spying equipment within those countries communication networks (in other words, if you make a call on a Huawei phone the Chinese government may be listening). I would like to see China become a democracy as you seem to want but the instrument of the Chinese state is too strong for that, at least for the foreseeable future. However 2026 is the year of the Fire Horse and if you want to know the significance of that then the pervious Fire Horse years were 1966 (Cultural Revolution) and 1906 (lots of demonstrations and protests in China).

Yes!!

And truer still, 3 years later

Yes he’s quite openly done with trying to change anything, he tried for years and found it futile and is just going to watch it all burn. A pity, he’s a great man.

John isn't usually so bemused by what's he is hearing. Don't be a fool.

@@TheYanbibiya, and how do you know he is bemused by what he is hearing? Could it be that that's your reaction to what you are hearing, and not the interviewers by any chance?

I remember ads on TV during the 1960s for Shaw Savill liners going to and from the UK: The Northern Star and the Southern Cross.

It's accurate because the Bible makes it clear. Read it.

Same!

Indeed. Peter grew up, Christopher never did. Though Peter is a lesser conversationalist to put it mildly

I still enjoy both, because they were educated thinkers

Christopher was by far the more gifted rhetorician and had a greater wit but Peter possesses a rare moral wisdom.

He's nowhere near the intellect of the late great Christopher.

Sure he is .... Christopher just had more charisma and fluffy poise.

Oh yes, the good old centre-ground. A place where everyone's miserable.

JapanJohnny2012 Prove it, using mathematics. I expect references to the Minsky Moment, or Ito’s Lemma Good luck !

JapanJohnny2012 I’m far more right, but I’m always drawn to these discussions, because we need to discuss the difficult issue full on, debate and dissect them, even when they are painful.

Try the Rubin report and Hoover institution on KZfaq

francescop1 Yes. Excellent spots to listen and learn from!

Astro Peanut You are quite right I despise him for writing for that rag of a newspaper. I despise him for denying man made climate change. I despise him for wanting to teach the alternative theory to the Theory of Evolution in our public schools. He appears to think that the UK was a much better place when we were building all our own stuff and wants to impose protections so that we can once again do that. I was around during those early post war days when working conditions were dire and health and safety along with other social conditions were dreadful. Hitchens says we would take a knock in our living standard to do so but it would be worth it. Note the use of the word WE in fact it would have very little affect on Hitchens living standards but a drastic affect on the vast majority of working people. If he wants to worship some magic man in the sky good luck to him but don't push it onto other people who don't believe such nonsense.

Tridhos - Peter said in this interview, and I have heard him say it in others, that he specifically does not want to turn the clock back.

JPS JPS live and let live unless you have an opinion that’s different than mine...must be silenced! (E.g the transgender issue)

There is no live and let live in leftism.

Thank you so much for the support!

That Tolkien reference is very apt. We hold on to The Shire for as long as we can.

They aren't oblivious and you're a fool if you think they genuinely are. Remember that when we talk of "elites" we are talking about some of the most intelligent, educated, and well-informed people this side of the world has to offer, and I find it impossible to seriously accept that these people don't know exactly what they're doing.

@@50centpb7 elites are all you say they are, but ignorant as well in that many also believe incorrectly, that their expertice extends to many areas outside their field.

Welcome to the posh version of the English accent... Your reaction is entirely subjective and should not detract from the message.

What Peter does is modulate his speaking. A lot of middle-class English men seem to do it. Just watch the BBC male newsreaders and you'll see what I mean.

@@kiwitrainguy It's rather an odd affectation, isn't it? With all due respect, Kiwi, I'll pass on watching the BBC. Thanks for you kind comment.

Does the condemned man get perverse pleasure contemplating his death at the rising of the Sun?

@@petergregory8864 'Do not go gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close of day'.

@Brad Bowers Oh, a point I didn't address that I think I should. Jesus did in fact teach pacifism to His sheep, the Christians. If you can show me a passage that refutes this fact I'd love to see it. Luke 22:36 states that Jesus told them to get swords, two swords were gathered for 12 men. Jesus said it was enough and we learn that the purpose of the swords was to teach a lesson to Peter and thus the rest of us when Peter drew the sword and cut off the temple guard's ear while trying to defend Jesus. It was another lesson in pacifism that Jesus was teaching, not a lesson in Christians going to war. In the war between the Jews and the Romans Jesus told His followers to flee the city, not to take sides in the war. Also Jesus making a rope whip and driving the Jewish merchants out of the temple was not a call to war. We don't know that Jesus actually struck anyone, just drove them out and threw their money and tables all over the ground for disrespecting His father's house. I thought I might save some time if you thought those might be proofs. If I missed something, again I would love to hear it.

In a Totalitarian country you don't have any choice in these matters.

Most people would have voted for the nazi party in pre war Germany. When money becomes useless, political violence in the streets, a nation forced to denigrate there own nation and pay a unbelievable reparations. And one party promises to restore order and pride you’d vote for it. That’s why I don’t view the average 1930s German as a monster.

@Australian Meditations already am subscribed check out VertigoPolitix KZfaq channel

You can't be serious to say embrace our Christian culture

@@slurmcarey3069 Idiot

@@slurmcarey3069 Christianity is our (the west's) culture.

@@joanketelby752 And you think we should embrace it? I dont think so

Will it survive Vatican II?

We have Chinese monks where I live. Have you ever wondered what happened to Tibetan monks?

The only way Chinese Christians could attain seats of political and educational power and influence in China is to become members of the Chinese Communist Party. Can you realistically see that happening?

Conspiracy Dave God aint dead. People who denies Him are dead

@@appalachiahiker853 Which god is dead?

The one that neitzche referred to.

@@appalachiahiker853 Secularism won the battle for control of mainstream Western culture. As a cultural force, God is dead.

city_of_compton 68 and so the nation and its culture

Judy S. Thought provoking comment. Would have liked to know what your starting point is, use of language makes me think a religious one? I think many of us have an inclination of where we went wrong but very few us have the humility and the courage to let it surface to our consciousness, because once you acknowledge it then you have the unenviable and difficult task of rectifying it and who needs that? It is a lot easier to point out other people’s wrong doings!! Be well.

I've got 3 years to go until I retire, then about another 25-30 years of life after that. It should be interesting to watch...

It won’t be pretty. I’m 40 and I see it approaching like a wildfire. You have to look beyond his pessimism though. As should he. Letting it play out. If he truly believed in scripture from front to back? He’d be comforted in knowing it’s almost over. Armageddon anyone? What comes after is where hope is sustained.