Victor Davis Hanson on 'The Dying Citizen'

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What does it mean to be an American citizen today?

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor emeritus at California State University, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about citizenship and other topics covered in his new book, “The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.”

A bestselling author and one of The Daily Signal’s most popular columnists, Hanson’s latest book serves as a wake-up call for citizens to take their responsibility seriously.

“I think we have to just take a deep breath and say, ‘We have to reassert citizenship,'” Hanson says. “We’re starting to see it with local school boards, where somebody, somehow, thought that either school bureaucrats or locally elected people are not responsible for the will of the voters who either elected them or they were hired by elected officials through that vote. And yet parents are starting to object and hold them accountable.”

Hanson also reflects on historical comparisons to the tumultuous year 2020. And he explains why, despite the challenges we face today, he remains optimistic about America’s future.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, October 12th.
0:09.6	I'm Rob Blueey.
0:10.9	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:12.4	On today's show, Rob talks with Hoover Institution, Senior Fellow, Victor Davis Hanson about his
0:19.0	new book, The Dying Citizen.
0:21.8	How progressive elites, tribalism, and globalization are destroying the idea of America.
0:29.0	We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a brand new
0:33.6	children's television show that teaches kids the value of limited government and personal
0:37.7	responsibility.
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1:26.8	Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a professor emeritus
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