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THOUGHT LEADERS
Historian Victor Davis Hanson.
A warning from eminent historian and commentator Victor Davis Hanson
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re globalism, the ambitions of the rich and the powerful, and loyalty to a group or an ideology rather than to a country undermining the foundations of America? Is citizenship becoming meaningless? And is the middle class in particular
bearing the brunt of these assaults on the traditions and ideals of the American Dream? American Thought Leaders host Jan Jekielek sat down with historian Victor Davis Hanson to discuss these topics and Hanson’s latest book, “The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Glo-
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balization Are Destroying the Idea of America.” JAN JEKIELEK: Victor,
I’ve had such a good time reading your new book, “The Dying Citizen.” This governance by the expert class you mention in the epilogue greatly accelerated in 2020, the annus horribilis, as you call it. At the same time, we’re seeing it failing in real time. VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:
I tried to write “The Dying Citizen” with the idea of
some historical or cultural history and background, and then provide contemporary examples that reflect those long-standing trends. But I had no idea when I finished the book that we would see this disaster at the border or General Milley or what’s happened in Afghanistan or critical race theory. I’ll give you an example. General Milley is not elected, but we learned he called his Chinese communist counterpart and suggested he would tip them off if
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Tribalism and Globalism: Destroying the Idea of America
