Victor Davis Hanson: The ‘4 Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse’ Have Arrived

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

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Europe, the United States, and other like-minded Western countries are facing four “self-inflicted wounds.” These “Four Horsemen of the Western Civilization Apocalypse” didn’t arrive overnight. At the turn of the 20th century, Western elites thought that they could create "heaven on Earth” by moving away from fossil fuels, allowing open borders, and embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Results? Skyrocketing fuel costs, which have in turn destroyed the “ viability of the middle classes that are now in revolt,” millions of unassimilated Islamic refugees, plummeting fertility rates, and the beginnings of tribalism, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: https://secured.dailysignal.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.7	Europe is in a turmoil. The government of France fell in the sense that the prime minister
0:35.8	was just relieved. In most of Eastern Europe, in Italy, in the Netherlands, there's political unrest in Ireland, in Britain.
0:44.3	What's going on? The same thing is happening here. I would call it the four horsemen of the Western civilizational apocalypse.
0:52.3	In other words, Europe and the United States and
0:54.2	kindred Western countries are facing four self-inflicted wounds.
0:58.0	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for the Daily Signal.
1:11.6	Europe is in a turmoil. The government of France fell in the sense that the Prime Minister was just relieved.
1:18.6	There's alternative governments from the mainstream socialist European model in most of Eastern Europe, in Italy, in the Netherlands.
1:29.0	There's political unrest in Ireland, in Britain.
1:33.8	What's going on?
1:35.1	The same thing is happening here.
1:36.5	I would call it the four horsemen of the Western civilizational apocalypse.
1:42.4	In other words, Europe and the United States and
1:44.5	kindred Western countries are facing four self-inflicted wounds. The first is what I would
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