In this episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Victor Davis Hanson and Jack Fowler weigh the four finalists from their Sour 16 troubling issues, with Hanson explaining what they all have in common. 

This content was recorded prior to Victor Davis Hanson’s major surgery on Dec. 30.  

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of a segment from today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to VDH’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes.     

JACK FOWLER: We had 16 issues that were troubling, and we had head-to-head battles between them, and we’re down to four issues. And the out I want to give you, Victor, is maybe consider these things like the horsemen of the apocalypse. There are four of them that are riding shoulder-to-shoulder as opposed to one. 

Maybe you don’t want to go that way. Maybe there is one of these—they are the ruin of cities, the destruction of the nuclear family, the ignorance of children following 16 years of education in America, and the growth in secularism or irreligiosity.  

Maybe there’s one of those issues that you find most troubling, but are they all sort of equal in your eyes? What’s your take on this? 

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: They’re all part of the same monster. They’re all components. The lack of education means that things don’t work. And the blue state, blue city ideology politically ensures that they don’t work. And the morality behind that without a divine sanction shows that they’re not going to work. 

We could go on to all 16. It’s all part of a component. It’s like the hind legs, the horns of the Revelation beast, you know what I mean? It’s the tail. And it’s a combination in these blue states where the schools do not train the people. The family........

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