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Here you go.

Peronism is an Argentine political ideology based on the ideas and programs associated with former president Juan Perón.

Perón was a pragmatic figure, and through the course of his long career his views would frequently change. His ideology was nevertheless marked by some constants, including:

* Strong authoritarian central leadership, with strict control of opposition forces.
* Freedom from foreign influences.
* A third way approach to economics; neither communist nor capitalist, but instead incorporating some elements of both

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Buchanan has called for all of those. He would use strong controls on business and is wary of foreign influences. Buchanan is not a capitalist, IMO, especially with his attacks on traditional free market Adam Smith capitalism.

Hey Dane.

I never said that I agree with Pat on much aside from his culture war views.

I do not share his isolationist, trade, Israel or anti-imperialism views.

In at least four cases, the father of free trade wrote, it must be "advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign (imports)," i.e., impose tariffs. Among Smith's reasons were "the defense of the country," "for the encouragement of domestic industry," for "revenge" and "retaliation" on nations that impose tariffs on one's own exports -- and to break open foreign markets.

Your "link" to a definition of Peronism is just more obfuscation. We don't need, and didn't ask for, a refresher on Peron. If you can't back up (source) your reckless charge against Pat, then kindly shut-up and disappear.

BTW, here's a couple of pertinent sources for the posters that are interested in truth and straight forwardness.

1) Questioner: I would like to ask Mr. Buchanan about his stance on immigration, which has usually been against Third World people. He has openly objected to Africans coming here. Why are you not allowing or giving everybody the same favors to enter this country as long as they are qualified to be here?

Pat: All I’m saying is that our levels of immigration now in the last 30 years have been enormous. It’s almost over a million legal immigrants a year, and half a million illegals who come here and stay. And you’re rapidly changing the nature of the entire country; we speak 300 languages. Unless we do something and make sure the things that unite us are elevated--like language and history and all the rest of it -- we’re gonna lose our country, my friend. But anybody from any country and any continent can be a good American. We know that from our history.
Source: National Public Radio interview, “Talk of the Nation”
May 30, 2000

2)Thomas Sowell
January 24, 2002

Death of the West?

If Pat Buchanan did not exist, someone would have to try to invent him -- which would be a tall order. Although in some quarters he is depicted as a one-dimensional right-wing stereotype, somewhere between Archie Bunker and Adolf Hitler, anyone who reads his latest book, "The Death of the West," will discover a man of many dimensions and insights -- very knowledgeable about our times and about history, and an incredibly good writer on top of it all.

What sets Pat Buchanan apart from those conservatives who are happy if the Dow Jones is up and the tax rates are down is that he understands that we are in a culture war -- and that only one side is fighting all out. Meanwhile, all too many other Americans are unaware that this war is going on. Buchanan also understands that the ultimate stakes in the culture war are the survival of American society and Western civilization.

In "The Death of the West," he presents an overwhelming case that the key cultural institutions of American society -- the schools, the colleges, the arts, and the media, including Hollywood -- have been consciously and systematically undermining the foundation beliefs and traditions of American and Western civilization for years.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20020124.shtml

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It will be interesting to see how many "conservatives" will attempt to savage NPR and Mr. Sowell as "facsists"!