Writing at American Greatness, historian Victor Davis Hanson looks at our civilization and concludes that if present trends continue, we are well and truly screwed. Like civilizations of yore that became overripe and disintegrated, we appear headed down similar paths to destruction.
Can we claw our nation back from the abysmal brink upon which it teeters? Honestly, the likelihood isn’t especially great.
When the birth rate cratered, the handwriting was on the wall. There are barbarians at the gate to be sure, but nearly as many inside the gate. Hanson tempts me to echo King Louis XV, “Apres moi le deluge.”
