The Presidential Election, Failing Higher Education and the End of Everything - Victor Davis Hanson Video

In this 10 May 2024 video conversation featuring John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the Victor Davis Hanson.

Professor Hanson joins John to discuss his new book ‘The End of Everything’, as well as the considerable unrest across America in the lead up to the 2024 Presidential election. They unpack the recent turmoil in higher education, and its aggravation due to the unchecked left-wing ideology of those in leadership. They also discuss the unassailable appeal of Trump among Republican voters due to his outsider status and combative persona.

They finish on a discussion of his new book ‘The End of Everything’, examining various historical parallels with our time, and the importance of recognizing patterns of decline to prevent another civilisational catastrophe.

In addition to writing hundreds of articles, book reviews and newspaper editorials, Hanson is also the author of twenty-four books and hosts a regular podcast series, ‘The Victor Davis Hanson Show’. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush, and was a presidential appointee in 2007-08 on the American Battle Monuments Commission. His book, The Dying Citizen, was published in October 2021. And his latest book, released on May the 7th this year, ‘The End of Everything, How Wars Descend Into Annihilation’.

https://youtu.be/ZotHFDHwwFU

00:00 Intro
03:26 Trump vs Biden
10:02 Red States vs Blue States
17:49 Military Recruitment
23:50 University Leadership
28:43 Recentering of Young People
32:07 Trump Compared to Other Republicans
38:25 Trump Was Better?
46:00 Jews, Oppressors or Oppressed?
53:11 Is Islamophobia Justified?
57:49 Israel and Hamas
01:01:41 Israel to be Annihilated?
01:07:30 The End of Everything
01:22:06 Outro

Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world’s foremost thought leaders about today’s pressing social, cultural and political issues. John believes proper, robust dialogue is necessary if we are to maintain our social strength and cohesion. As he puts it; “You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate.”