Victor Davis Hanson: The ‘Era of Intimidation,’ Tribalism, and Elite Contempt for the Middle Class

<p>“A very dangerous pre-civilizational pathology is tribalism … I hire my first cousin—and not the other person who’s better qualified—because he’s part of the tribe,” says classicist and historian&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-victor-davis-hanson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 140, 255);">Victor Davis Hanson</a>. Now, “we’ve gone back in a retrograde fashion to a pre-civilizational mentality,” Hanson says.</p><p></p><p>In this episode, we discuss his latest book, “The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.”</p>