Victor Davis Hanson: The Collapse of Europe’s Socialist Experiment

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🗓️ 28 August 2025

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Mass protests are erupting in Britain, Germany, and the Netherlands over unchecked migration and crime. Leaders like German Chancellor Friedrich Merz admit that their welfare states can no longer sustain massive entitlement spending for migrants who entered illegally. Victor Davis Hanson lays out why Europe’s future hangs in the balance and what steps it must take to restore stability, security, and common sense on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “The whole socialist paradigm is not producing goods and service that allow such general entitlements. The borders are insecure. Illegal immigrants are not assimilated, acculturated, integrated into the German, French, European body politic. And they're gonna have a terrible time spending 5% of GDP to defend themselves. This is in addition to having to lower their $200 billion surplus with the United States. “We know what Europe has to do. It has to return to commonsense energy policies; use their natural gas, use oil, to the extent they have it; build nuclear plants; be competitive on the world market, in terms of energy cost. They need to secure their borders. They need to have legal-only immigration. They need to prune back the state, the socialist state. Can they do it?” 👉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 (0:00) Europe's Growing Concerns (2:14) Energy Crisis and Economic Impact (3:15) Postwar Order and Military Spending (5:54) Challenges and Future Directions (6:39) Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	the more we have grounds for deep concern. There's mass demonstrations in Britain against illegal immigration
0:39.4	and crime. There's a perception that immigrants, many of them in Britain illegally, are not
0:44.5	treated severely as they should be according to the law. In Germany, there is massive defections
0:50.7	in support for illegal immigration. I think the German Chancellor Frederick Merck's subtext was,
0:56.0	we can't afford to subsidize 15% of our population
0:59.0	who came here for the most part illegally in our entitlements.
1:03.0	We have the same type of unrest appearing in the Netherlands
1:06.0	and to a lesser degree in France.
1:09.0	Unfortunately, illegal migration and unsecured borders are not Europe's only problem.
1:24.7	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:28.3	We're hearing a lot about Europe in the news, primarily because of the Ukraine-Russian war and the
1:34.3	trade wars or tariff disagreements with the United States.
1:37.3	But the more we see contemporary Europe, the more we have grounds for deep concern.
1:43.3	There's mass demonstrations in Britain against illegal immigration. Europe, the more we have grounds for deep concern.
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