Sir Roger Scruton: How to Be a Conservative

[@juliand.l.4310]

I just found out! He died on January 12, 2020. I found this “talk” back in July of 2019! Such an amazing man! I looked up to him. He was able to influence this young Mexican! Gosh! I am going to cry! But I thank God for his life!

[@javrilo9066]

Julian Dl ahuevo !!

[@afterlate8866]

Sir Roger Scruton - a man with guts and humility. RIP.

[@writereducator]

If you cannot exclude people from your property in what sense is it yours?

[@SibylVane-w9q]

Last question: "Even England isn't the Shire anymore"... Isn't it strange that everybody wants to live in the Shire, but it is Mordor that's being built. How about striving towards the Shire?

[@Comodusprimus]

Scruton is excellent as always. But also the interviewer deserves kudos. Exceptional and articulate thinker, too. Would there were more like him.

[@tubularbill]

This man is my new hero. I have never heard conservatism and basic common sense put so eloquently and directly.

[@acarouselofantics]

"I've never in my life been hopeful. I take the view that pessimism is the wise position to adopt because you are always agreeably surprised." - Dr. Roger Scruton (43:45) / I just love the way that this guy thinks.

[@ThePolo77j]

It's a very stoic approach to life

[@whiff1962]

Jerome Danner That pretty much seems to sum up Conservatism. Change what you can, and work with what you can't.

[@cameronhermit]

so true

[@laniakea777]

Stoicism

[@jeromerochon7969]

From another Jerome: look up up the saint - he was was no optimist about human nature! Truth and reality always beat out wishful thinking. If you look first for truth, you'll most often be pleasantly surprised.

[@zakward7243]

The interviewer is very good at his job. He asks valid questions in a personable format using examples and quotes from this mans book. An absolute rarity, you get much more ideas and information this way. Spot on.

[@andrewmckay2118]

The man is light years a head but he has been suppressed by the left The internet has given us a wonderful voice that has almost gone extinct we are lucky to listen to his thinking in a free way

[@stuckmannen3876]

It's not racist to be proud of your heritage and to want to preserve it and your people. Despite what the media tells you...Nationalism is not racism. The west is missing this... Don't take your heritage for granted... Different people bring different cultures, don't expect foreigners to preserve your peoples culture and traditions.

[@JM-pm3ob]

What a treat! I've just discovered Scruton and have been binge-consuming his content.

[@RichardABW]

Notthony Fantanotano Me too. Discovered on James Delingpole.

[@eidos1975]

+Jay eM Agreed. So are Robert Koons (Google, for instance, "Robert Koons Conservative Primer"); William Vallicella (Google "maverick philosopher"); Jay Wesley Richards; Scott Rae; Francis Beckwith; J. Budziszewski; Robert Sirico; and Arthur Brooks.

[@cameronhermit]

ha

[@the_9ent]

In Rainbows Look up Peter Hitchens too

[@JohnnyNorfolk]

Yes its the like of the BBC who turned their back on him.

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

Scruton is learned, wise and brilliant - a rare combination. And there is nothing that he says here that can be honestly and successfully contradicted. Which really...says it all.

[@NewWorldDAO]

yea and unfortunately way too thought provokeing for the typical Liberal. We Need Kanye West to tweet his love for Scruton!

[@EternalIntelligence]

“The convention is to be hostile toward conventions.”

[@nick_g1126]

One of the greatest thinker this country has ever produced. So proud ho have him ❤️🇬🇧

[@SF-rf9if]

"But we do require them to share our commitment to the place where we are, because this is where we're building our home." This is a point that conservatives around the world need to drive into the skulls of every sensible being on the planet. Such a simple and concise, but inconceivably important point.

[@senorblanco4993]

On the 68ers - "They were acting out a self scripted drama where the central characters were themselves". Sounds like everything from the aimless Women's march to the cosplaying of Antifa.

[@reygarevkogan7196]

I love this guy, also it doesn't hurt that he kinda looks like David Bowies older philosopher brother.

[@nyahhbinghi]

power of voodoo, you do

[@dulio12385]

Remind me of the babe

[@veronicaapav8975]

Smart, courageous, and brave.

[@crismaximo354]

That's who he reminds of! OMG

[@kaisersozay99]

he is sweet, but the interviewer is an absolute tool.

[@givinitsome]

I like the bit at the end where Scruton talks about nostalgia being underrated. Surely this nostalgia is part of our identity and what keeps a model in our minds for the right way things should be.

[@אנונימיתאנונימי]

givinitsome Nostalgia is overrated in consumerism, unfortunately

[@rosalienuxe7026]

The West needs Roger Scruton now more than ever.

[@CurseCreep]

its horrible to think that he might be the last great conservative mind that operated within the confinds of the intellectual class

[@afifahhamilton8843]

How wonderful! Two of my favourite men, speaking intelligently about something truly important.

[@Hybzy]

An intellectual giant. I have to listen to these great conservative thinkers like Scruton, Sowell and Murray. I wish Australia had it's own great conservative public intellectuals.

[@Markdchristoph]

As someone that considers himself left-leaning, I really really like Scruton.Everything that comes out of his mouth rings true.

[@contrarian4762]

Perhaps the greatest conservative intellectual of our time

[@carrillo2010]

Remarkable whose seeing this in 2020...and say wow.. everything he has said is coming to true

[@tsiiphsycoii]

For every wrinkle this brilliant man has 1000 pieces of fine wisdom.

[@l2084]

This man is very smart!!!!!!!!!! It is exquisite to listen to him

[@louvee5009]

The horse hockey of "Market solutions to every social problem" Good show old boy.

[@cameronhermit]

yes such intelligence in his speech

[@veronicaapav8975]

I concur with your opinion.

[@sabbatini2372]

Not only a great thinker and genuine conservative, but also the best interview I've seen with him.

[@SomethinAintRightHere]

spoken like a true intellectual... Sir, you are a scholar and a gentleman.

[@veronicaapav8975]

Quite.

[@marimar9056]

I live in a country where leaders talk pure nonsense. The nation is sinking in stupidity. Listening to this man is music for the ears. Ideas, thinking, and manners.

[@acarouselofantics]

I Love Scruton!

[@telemarq7481]

He shows us the way.....

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Telemarq: He's also a parish-church-attending Anglican!

[@phillipjones3439]

Well said

[@Charlemagne_III]

Wow. This guy is hitting the nail on the head right out of the gate. clearly a very knowledgeable person.

[@eidos1975]

Agreed. Scruton is one of the great and the good. And brilliant. Even his enemies think so.

[@cameronhermit]

for sure

[@veronicaapav8975]

🤗 I just love him. His mind, 🤔. He astounds me.

[@newweaponsdc]

Sir Roger Scruton is the 21st century's Edmund Burke.

[@TerryStewart32]

newweaponsdc I think that's an inflated view. He's a highly educated man who espouses conservatism as the correct political approach. But to call him a modern day Edmund Burke is nonsensical

[@ArthurKaletzky]

Indeed, and that should cause Scruton to be ashamed of himself. Burke was a thoroughly nasty piece of work who opposed the Great French Revolution, to this day the foundation of all European politics.

[@necessarythoughts3605]

@@ArthurKaletzky What? The Great French Revolution? You mean one of the most destructive events in European history that aimed to destroy European traditional order and replace it with tyrannical Jacobinism?

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

@@ArthurKaletzky Vive la Vendée! Vive la contre-révolution! Vive le roi!

[@wasabimanic]

European politics, Robespierre > Marxism and all the evil that has spawned. Collectivist Coersion in all its manifestations

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Absolutely superb! Especially when it comes to the 'Corbynistas': those who "say that they represent the working classes; but who feel repugnance in their presence!" Corbyn and Blair typify this attitude.

[@gregb6469]

As does Hillary, who calls such persons "deplorables".

[@sallyb1689]

Mark Dyer exactly what I was thinking when listening to that. The left are indeed malignant parasites.

[@Lytton333]

Which is why he moved to Upper Middle Class Islington and not Barnsley or Romford.

[@cabbage9398]

Corbyn is a genuine Internationalist Socialist. He sincerely feels no more loyalty to the non-British (i.e White) poor than the world's poor.

[@realgone222]

Excellent interview. Scruton is a treasure and Robinson does a fine job here.

[@KittraKittra]

Pessimism is the wise position to adopt because your are sometimes agreeably surprised. What a charmer! What a sad loss to the world that Sir Roger Scruton passed away.

[@JamesSaintFiacre]

This man is absolutely brilliant.

[@tomburroughes9834]

I met him more than 30 years ago as an undergraduate while I attended a dinner in the UK. He was a delightful guy, very friendly and encouraging. One of those writers whom I read with interest even if I don't share his views on all things.

[@hanskallafrasonen]

Mesmerizing and refreshing. Great interview! Greetings from Norway

[@okmelancholico]

"Nostalgia is an underrated aspect of the human condition". Hear! Hear!

[@TNFlies]

Introduced to Roger Scruton by my philosophy professor in college. Very glad he did so, I often return to his talks. Such a principled individual.

[@thefullbug9515]

I love this series, not least because of Peter Robinson's erudition, eloquence and excellent presence and style of engaging in these conversations with his distinguished guests. This was yet another great piece with a truly compelling philosopher and intellect like Roger Scruton. One of my most admired conservatives for a very long time. And oh, I have that book that Mr. Robinson featured in this interview. I'd readily recommend it.

[@FlavourlessLife]

So this is where the word "scrutinize" came from.

[@Alijim93]

Being from the Shire (Worcestershire) I can tell Peter that he is wrong, it's as lovely as ever, but only thanks to people holding opinions similar to Sir Roger, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage

[@hamnchee]

Yall make good sauce.

[@angusmcangus7914]

I just keep on coming back and back to this. I’ve watched it many times. The Philosophy of Sir Roger Scruton shall be the salvation of the Anglosphere and therefore the whole of the West.

[@name-jn3ri]

What an incredible thinker. Gone too soon. You'll be missed, RIP.

[@f18l]

Peter Robinson gets not enough credit from Scruton for having done his homework. Robinson is a brilliant interviewer who is across Scruton's work and ably keeps pace with him. Really smart questions, worthy, at times, of more fulsome answers.

[@AK-ne4og]

Sir Scrutton there might be hope. We are starting to get this understanding about the value of conservatism here in Brazil

[@cpawp]

A conversation worth watching - especially when you are from the continent ...

[@CanadianBaconCrumble]

This man was a true legend. RIP Sir.

[@vitlastovka2728]

Being born in Czech Republic and actually having an opportunity to listen people who has been organizing for years these "underground universities" it is really unique to hear R.S. talking about it as an outsider and how he was influenced by these movements.

[@OfWavesAndWinds]

It is so very refreshing to listen to an intelligent person speak. The world needs many, many more Roger Scrutons!

[@cachinnation448]

Amazing interview. Thanks to the late Sir Scruton and the great interviews by Peter Robinson. Life savers!!

[@william.james.]

Following this interview, I bought his book and I will be reading it again and again. His thought processes and insights are like an open window on a blustery day.

[@gabrielbosco4946]

Just ramping up my english with sir Roger Scruton.

[@sneakthieve]

Wonderful articulation of conservatism

[@JimQuinlanEnergyFinance]

Well-played in defining what the West needs to preserve its principles of living.

[@t8yman]

Superb interview. Sir Roger has some of the most joined up thinking I have ever heard. His interview (fairly informal and casual) with James Delingpole, on the Delingpole Podcast is also superb for those looking for further content.

[@eidos1975]

Thanks for the recommendation! Very helpful.

[@2serveand2protect]

Poland here! ...responding to your previous video about -(quote): "The DEATH Of Europe" >>> WE'RE NOT DEAD YET! ...and until God is with us - WE NEVER WILL!

[@pokeround]

Wonderful to see Scruton given an outing by the Hoover Institution. HTBAC was, by far, the best book that I read last year. Homely and compassionate yet sharp and insightful, it blew my mind repeatedly. The latter half gets increasingly dense until the last couple of chapters, I intend to revisit it again soon. Just a shame the audiobook version isn't read by the author himself - that would've been a real treat.

[@eddieburke1404]

Correction Edmund Burke was born and reared in Dublin Ireland

[@jn3750]

I am impressed by Mr. Scruton and will be buying his books. American academic.

[@publius5561]

I miss Thomas Sowell

[@MrLUKEdoggydog113]

He's still alive

[@MrBaHalls]

yeah he still lives. may god be with him

[@CoomerGremlinDGGfan]

Anthony Katgert I bet u that's what what made him decide to retire.

[@electronpusher604]

Jesus Christ I about had a heart attack, I thought you were insinuating that TS had died.

[@AbstractASMR1]

Sowell is great, but I think he's getting a bit old and past his prime. His heydey seems to be from the 80's to about the 2010's...so more than 30 years; he's had a great run as a thinker and original philosopher/economist. I've only read a few of his books, but his strongest and most popular works seems to fall in this time period. What i'm saying is, it would be unfair to expect any great new revolutionary insight from him; he's said what he's going to say and will only produce minor elaborations thereof...

[@josephvictory9536]

Peter robinson, best interviewer i have ever seen. Direct quotes, insightful and provocative questions! Hover Institute consistently puts out high quality wow!

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

As a Scruton fan, I'm grateful to you for posting this.

[@johnjohnson2703]

We need more great men like Roger Scruton!

[@bookguitarguy]

Truly impressive. I'd never heard of him, but this is a great man with little ego whose commitment to Truth is palpable. Thank you Sir.

[@LucasMagriniRigo]

Wonderful interview! It's always pleasant to hear the way Sir Roger Scruton explains our inner feelings about these complicate matters in such a clear manner.

[@joaocarlossaraiva-pinheiro3530]

I have read this book. It opened my mind! Thank you, Sir Scruton

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

I love it to hear some sensible people in the mid of the all madness that is being poured over us by brainless and violent idiots.

[@blaisemorris7601]

Please send this You Tube with Scruton to CCHQ , 10 Downing St and the Carlton Club

[@mrhat50]

I think they should take notes!

[@katherinekelly6432]

" The whole thing was a complete fiction" Sir Scruton understands the deeper motives of SJW's.

[@peterpurpose]

Please allow me to make a small correction. It is always Sir Roger, or Sir Roger Scruton, but never Sir Scruton.

[@WiggaMachiavelli]

@@peterpurpose An additional point: In informal contexts (like this one, or casual conversation), there is no need to include the title; use of it comes across as painfully American.

[@dwwoodsadsf7791]

@@WiggaMachiavelli To be ignorant of the subtleties of British titles is to be American? Hmm, I question your logic here. Also, using "painfully American" implies you might have a bias. Although, I can tell you that most Americans would be proud to say they're ignorant of titles. So, they may take your comment as a compliment. There was a reason why the idea was abolished.

[@lostat400]

Darwinism, promoted by the UN, has knocked away one of the main pillars of Western Culture; that of Christianity/Religion, by promoting disbelief in a creator. While it is not possible to prove the existence of God, it is possible to prove the existence of Intelligent Design, the very thing that Darwinism opposes. In The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin "showed" how a single species can give rise to two different varieties and eventually to species by the accumulation of gradual changes. Darwin's work raised a problem that has vexed biologists ever since: how can gradual changes in two lineages produce the apparently discrete morphological clusters that we call species? Darwin wrote: “Finally, varieties cannot be distinguished from species-except, first, by the discovery of intermediate linking forms; and, secondly, by a certain indefinite amount of difference between them; … ” [1]. The problem described by Darwin led him, and some others since him, to believe that species are arbitrary divisions not clearly distinguishable from varieties. The fossil record, shows the sudden appearance of organisms that exhibit no trace of step-by-step development from earlier forms. [The sudden appearance of fossils that marks the ‘Cambrian explosion’ has intrigued and exercised biologists since Darwin’s time. Darwin in his book the " On the Origin of Species " ( Published 1859) made it clear that he believed that ancestral forms ‘lived long before’ their first fossil representatives.] The evidence for step by step progression was not there in Darwin's time and it is not there now, meaning Darwin's theory lacks the facts to validate it. . The scientists who infer intelligent design do not do so merely because natural processes - chance, laws, or their combination - have failed to explain the origin of the information and information processing systems in cells. Instead, we think intelligent design is detectable in living systems because we know from experience that systems possessing large amounts of such information invariably arise from intelligent causes. This connection between information and prior intelligence enables us to detect or infer intelligent activity even from unobservable sources in the distant past. We know generally that specified information - whether inscribed in hieroglyphics, written in a book, or encoded in a radio signal - always arises from an intelligent source. So the discovery of such information in the DNA molecule provides strong grounds for inferring (or detecting) that intelligence played a role in the origin of DNA, even if we weren’t there to observe the system coming into existence.] Intelligent Design " Signature in the Cell" by Stephen Meyers DNA [ In 1953 when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people. The order, or sequence, of these bases determines the information available for building Proteins and maintaining an organism, similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet appear in a certain order to form words and sentences. Proteins are made up of hundreds or thousands of smaller units called amino acids, ( the molecules that make up Amino Acids are all left handed) which are attached to one another in long chains. There are 20 different types of amino acids that can be combined to make a protein. The sequence of amino acids determines each protein’s unique 3-dimensional structure and its specific function. The molecules that make up DNA and other nucleic acids such as RNA, are all "right handed" in shape. DNA bases pair up with each other, A with T and C with G, to form units called base pairs. Each base is also attached to a sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. Together, a base, sugar, and phosphate are called a nucleotide. Nucleotides are arranged in two long strands that form a spiral called a double helix, which turns to the right. The structure of the double helix is somewhat like a ladder, with the base pairs forming the ladder’s rungs and the sugar and phosphate molecules forming the vertical sidepieces of the ladder. In the nucleus of each cell, the DNA molecule is packaged into thread-like structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA tightly coiled many times around proteins called histones that support its structure.In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Twenty-two of these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females. Females have two copies of the X chromosome, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. Every person has two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. Most genes are the same in all people, but a small number of genes (less than 1 percent of the total) are slightly different between people. Alleles are forms of the same gene with small differences in their sequence of DNA bases. These small differences contribute to each person’s unique physical features. Genes are made up of DNA. Some genes act as instructions to make molecules called proteins. However, many genes do not code for proteins. In humans, genes vary in size from a few hundred DNA bases to more than 2 million bases. The Human Genome Project estimated that humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes.

[@jimhughes1070]

Sir Rodger Scruton... He can be my neighbor!! Everything was well said Sir!!

[@DR_Neal_Rigger]

It's no "mystery" .. it's called Gradualism, and is the key goal of the Frankfurt school, the Fabian socialist society, postmodernism, and most of all it's social marxism.. We shouldn't refrain from calling it exactly what it is!

[@crimsonsamuraiftw]

Every where I go, there you are.

[@TheHuntedBacon]

Many postmodernists may have started out as Marxists but proceeded to turn against Marxism. Reason being they are against all meta-narratives (including Marxism) because they view them as inherently oppressive (except for the postmodern meta-narrative apparently). You can actually find scathing critiques of postmodernism on YT by real Marxists.

[@sallyjom-cooper470]

I'm so happy to find another academic to listen to, I've watched pretty much everything Dr Jordan B Peterson put out and need more content.

[@mindyschaper]

MetalsmithBear Watch Thomas Sowell.

[@amacnaughton85]

Daniel Hannan; David Berlinski; Jonathan Haidt; Iain McGilchrist--all worth listening to!

[@RkristinaTay]

Do you mind if they are dead? G.K. Chesterton 'Orthodoxy' and Everlasting Man.

[@vaibhavuniyal1842]

@@RkristinaTay most people have unfortunately never heard of great man Chesterton. There is something wrong with modern conservatives.

[@vaibhavuniyal1842]

Don't defile Prof. Scruton by comparing him to Peterson.

[@evilways961]

You figure someone like me wouldn't watch this channel, but I cannot get enough of the HooverInstitution. Thanks for the Channel and thanks for all the great guests and commentary.

[@notlimey]

An intelligent interview of a Burkean conservative. To my Canadian ears, George Grant with an English accent.

[@super-dec-steve]

Love Peter Robinson's way of interviewing. So elegant

[@disgruntledtoons]

Being a conservative requires nothing more than working in a field where you pay the price for being wrong.

[@bobp363]

As i ex Democrat , I can say without a second thought that this man had more class and thoughtfulness , never mind true intellect then 99.99 % of anyone i ever knew on the Left .

[@abelincoln95]

Sir Roger for President!! (YES, I know he is British!) This guy has it figured out....

[@veronicaapav8975]

Sir Roger , Sir Roger, SIR ROGER... Now I can head off to work feeling hopeful.

[@Peterfukinruwlar]

Blood and soil. Always and it won't change

[@Cronos-ms3pw]

the interviewer comes across as harmless but he asks the right questions. Good combo.

[@peteroreilly8060]

Sir Roger is a great Englishman. most admirable.

[@davehudsonfla]

This dude is the flat-out best questioner.

[@AK-ne4og]

What a amazing talk!!!!!!!!!!!! It made my day!

[@sp4de69]

FINALLY! Thank you so much for putting this together.

[@normaanderssonrealtor5304]

Such a great conversation. One's mind isn't truly open until one is willing to hear and understand all sides.

[@Dairy917]

Sir Roger Scruton, I will miss him.

[@ateberga8708]

What to do as a second generation immigrant living in South Africa, constantly being told that "we" stole the land? Great interview, thank you.

[@PresterMike]

Ate Berga well in all honesty..you're ancestors did..

[@PresterMike]

Ate Berga and i agree with u..it was an amazing interview

[@hugoc1861]

the same goes to Portugal situation, we re being rulled by global powers, global ideas, leftist ideas. Portugal was never lead this way, i hate socialism, with times passing, the more Leftist has power, the more the world that made me sickens me. This Character is a true mind, love his logic his point of views, his arguments, he s a philosopher, interpreter, reader, student, wish my country had minds like this one.

[@FrankCunhaIII]

Hugo c sad about Portugal. I’m Luso Americano and wish Europe would see the light.

[@TheVickikelly]

Hugo c just share him his ideas are universal for western countries

[@hugoc1861]

Vicki k as Scruton says, each EU country as it s own singularities and his own past actions. Some of Scruton defends are impossible to apply at Portugal.

[@renaissanceman1706]

Disagree with the Anglosphere comment, I am Austrian and we also have a great conservative heritage and consider it an antidote to revolutionary change. (Hayek was Austrian after all) Other than that, very insightful talk.

[@herschelgould2126]

Rest in Peace Sir Roger.

[@fernandopilotodf]

Hi, pls, do not delete this vd. I’ll find a good place to watch it later. Thank you✔️

[@ravikirti5027]

In India, where there had been considerable churning going on on ideas of Nation and citizenship, India needs someone like Sir Roger Scruton to guide her.

[@thayungbuck16]

I always enjoy listening to intellectually stimulating and insightful views, similar to the ones presented by Sir Roger Scruton in this video.

[@ebolagay1]

Edmund Burke was not a "British man of letters"; nor was he "England's most accomplished conservative". He was Irish.

[@rigilchrist]

I miss this gentle giant. I have maybe 10 of his books. I wish the current conservative leader in the UK would read them.

[@thepanel2935]

"Criticism is not racism" - Pauline Hanson

[@paulg444]

A truly great man. Stood in the gap for us for a long time.