Based with Senator Alex Antic

#27 Victor Davis Hanson - How Civilizations Fall

Based with Senator Alex Antic

Show Notes

Victor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, author, and professor emeritus of Classics at California State University. He has written many books on ancient history and contemporary political issues, and is also a Senior Fellow in classics and military history at the Hoover Institution.

Professor Hanson has been a vocal critic of contemporary progressivism in the United States and published 'The Case for Trump' in 2019. His most recent book, 'The End of Everything', examines recurring historical themes in civilizations that have collapsed or been destroyed.

On this episode of BASED, Senator Antic and Victor Davis Hanson discuss how civilizations perish, the rise of China, wokeness, the reinvention of Kamala Harris and what another Trump presidency would mean for Australia.

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