VIDEO Victor Davis Hansen - “Final Warning: America's Last Chance Before Collapse"

[bev]

Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services. He is also the Wayne & Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History, Hillsdale College, where he teaches each fall semester courses in military history and classical culture. Victor discusses current political and social events and ideas, and current and past cultural trends.

8:36 RT

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Aq2xd6ccgE

 

[Murt]

My fear is that "our" last chance was 2020
the car is at the edge of the cliff and the drivers have their foot on the accelerator and refuse to hit the brakes
reminds me of the Thelma and Louise ending
now it is just trying to prepare for the fall

 

[K99]

Thanks for this Bev. So can we talk about exactly what "collapse" looks like ?

 

[RB Martin]

Thanks for this Bev. So can we talk about exactly what "collapse" looks like ?

Yes, because chaos is so predictable...

 

[WalknTrot]

Wise man. Wise words in plain language.
I'd like to see him somewhere in Trump's cabinet.

 

[tnphil]

Difficult to believe that VDH was educated in California institutions. The late 70s/early 80s must've been a much different time there than now.

 

[OldArcher]

Hanson, a brilliant thinker and analyst, is just shy of 70 years old. His birthday is September 1953.

OA

 

[RB Martin]

Difficult to believe that VDH was educated in California institutions. The late 70s/early 80s must've been a much different time there than now.

He was born September 5, 1953 so he started his education in 1958 or 1959 so it would have been the early 70s when he hit college.

 

[tnphil]

He was born September 5, 1953 so he started his education in 1958 or 1959 so it would have been the early 70s when he hit college.

I saw that he got his PhD from Stanford in 1980. Apparently some of California's institutions were still relatively sane at that time.

 

[WalknTrot]

California has disintegrated spectacularly since the 80's. Don't forget that Reagan came out of California in 1980 to be elected President for two terms.

 

[Squib]

I saw that he got his PhD from Stanford in 1980. Apparently some of California's institutions were still relatively sane at that time.

Im not at all familiar with his history, but am I wrong, or was he a liberal years ago…but has since, done an ‘about face?’

 

[tommyboy]

He was born September 5, 1953 so he started his education in 1958 or 1959 so it would have been the early 70s when he hit college.

My birthday too

 

[tnphil]

Im not at all familiar with his history, but am I wrong, or was he a liberal years ago…but has since, done an ‘about face?’

Not sure. But his Wikipedia page said he was a Democrat.

 

[Blacknarwhal]

My fear is that "our" last chance was 2020
the car is at the edge of the cliff and the drivers have their foot on the accelerator and refuse to hit the brakes
reminds me of the Thelma and Louise ending
now it is just trying to prepare for the fall

At least we can console ourselves with the fact that the collapse won't be our fault, and God will likely be merciful. When "our" "last chance" was outright stolen, there's only so much we could have done.

 

[K99]

Yes, because chaos is so predictable...

 

[Signwatcher]

Difficult to believe that VDH was educated in California institutions. The late 70s/early 80s must've been a much different time there than now.

There are a few gifted folk that can polish a piece of excrement and get a gem.

This Gentleman seems to be one of them.

 

[Intestinal Fortitude]

Difficult to believe that VDH was educated in California institutions. The late 70s/early 80s must've been a much different time there than now.

Governor Reagan, Gov. Pete Wilson, Gov. George Dukmajian

 

[Doughboy42]

What is predictable is that chaos will come. You know, that whole entropy increases with time thing.

 

[zealotbat]

looks like the market (Dow) is on a nice steady downward slope.....Ill be looking at that from time to time also, that should be some kind of indicator.

 

[Tristan]

I saw that he got his PhD from Stanford in 1980. Apparently some of California's institutions were still relatively sane at that time.

It was a period of change, though traditional thought was likely already on the way out.

So I heard from two professors familiar with the environment.

Not the monolithic ideology of today.

Plus, I would assume that VDH had (and has) the mental fortitude to withstand the onslaught of leftist thinking that was breaking through at that time.

That he became a tenured professor in those institutions after that is perhaps the most surprising.

 

[Tristan]

Im not at all familiar with his history, but am I wrong, or was he a liberal years ago…but has since, done an ‘about face?’

"Liberal" no longer means the same thing that it formerly did.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

Im not at all familiar with his history, but am I wrong, or was he a liberal years ago…but has since, done an ‘about face?’

Alot of critical thinkers were educated by the leftists and, as a result, were blue - or purple - in their early years — only to turn red as they matured and began to experience real life.

That, I have to admit, includes me.

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

"Liberal" no longer means the same thing that it formerly did.

This is also true.

John F Kennedy is NOT the same as O’Bozo or Joe Biden.

 

[bev]

I put VDH about on par with Jordan Peterson. Both are extremely intelligent, well-spoken, and don’t mind ruffling feathers. I like to listen to both.

 

[Squib]

This is also true.

John F Kennedy is NOT the same as O’Bozo or Joe Biden.

Yeah! He was pro life, life member of the NRA (IIRC), not a friend of pervs, communists, American haters, etc.

That’s a Democrat…these guys are hellish, oath breaking, traitorous, cowards and evil…likely controlled to some extent by unclean spirits.

 

[33dInd]

Always liked VDH writing
Kinda like Kuntsler
Became conservative after the HNIC was elected

 

[Johnny Twoguns]

Difficult to believe that VDH was educated in California institutions. The late 70s/early 80s must've been a much different time there than now.

It would be like living in an alternate Universe; but that applies to almost everywhere in N.America. Look at Canada today to just 15 years ago.

 

[undead]

Hanson, a brilliant thinker and analyst, is just shy of 70 years old. His birthday is September 1953.

OA

uhh, that would make him over 70

 

[Dr. G]

uhh, that would make him over 70

Correct,
With math he’ll be 71 this year
With common core he’ll be just shy of 70

 

[Quiet Man]

Their antihumanist plan is to destroy the west and usher one world government under totalitarian control systems.
They will keep layering it on and layering it on.
They will not stop until we stop them.
Let's stop them.

 

[ssbn642blue]

At least we can console ourselves with the fact that the collapse won't be our fault, and God will likely be merciful. When "our" "last chance" was outright stolen, there's only so much we could have done.

That's not what the 3% said, or did... OMG, what have we become as a people?

 

[Zoner]

As he said, "the thin veneer of civilization, once removed, exposes raw human nature." There is no law because the DOJ, FBI and CIA and Executive/Congressional branches of government are lawless. "If the foundations are destroyed, what shall the righteous do?" Psalm 11. There is really only one thing they can do and that is to cry out to the Lord. It's in His hands now...