Victor Davis Hanson: California Suffering Same Fate as Late Byzantine Empire
May 12, 2026•Channel
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Published3 weeks ago
Duration16:24
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CategoryEntertainment
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Views42.7K
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The once-great cities of California have transformed into dystopian "The Last of Us" landscapes where elite ideologues experiment on the public from the safety of their secure estates. While Gavin Newsom labels red states as "Confederate," he oversees a gerrymandered crumbling empire that has traded meritocracy and public safety for virtue signaling and dry reservoirs. Citizens are now voting with their feet, reclaiming local control to build "parallel polis" communities that reject the chaos of the Bay Area paradigm, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today's edition of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words."
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