Brilliant. A must watch.
Victor Davis Hanson: COVID-19 and the Lessons of History | Hoover Virtual Policy Briefing
50 minutes. I watched at 1.5x. Speech is understandable, but is out of sync with video.
Hanson’s recounting of his family experience, through many deadly diseases, in a house they’ve owned for 145 years, is awesome.
His forbears had no expectations that government could solve every problem. When that changed, we started loosing America.
“[T]hey [Government during the Spanish flu, for example] didn’t have confidence that they were all knowing… they were much more humble about their own data and the ramifications.”
Compare and contrast with Gretchen Esther Whitmer.
Then read the quotes from Alexis de Tocqueville and Ayn Rand at the end of this post.
VDH, once again magnificent. His signature recall-without-notes on display again.