Victor Davis Hanson: The Modern Left Wants Control More Than Accountability
5/28/20261 hr 12 min
America’s political and cultural institutions are becoming increasingly centralized, ideological, and disconnected from ordinary citizens. Media organizations, universities, government agencies, and political elites continue accusing opponents of authoritarianism while expanding their own influence over public life, speech, and information. This phenomenon helps explain California’s political decline, the growing distrust in elite institutions, the use of “fascism” as a political weapon, and why more Americans feel the system is no longer accountable to the people it governs. Questions surrounding healthcare, welfare spending, lawfare, media control, and one party dominance all point back to a broader struggle over power, institutional trust, and the future direction of the country. WHERE TO WATCH: 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest editions of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words” by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2iOoN0xoOoSNvDFlpLLYGY?si=5a9f369acc874c6e 👉 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/victor-davis-hanson-in-his-own-words/id1566731706 👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1 👉 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/VictorDavisHansonInHisOwnWords?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v1_sa_o 👉 Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com PROMOTIONS: 👉If Victor Davis Hanson is must-watch for you, The Signal Sitdown belongs in your feed. Bradley Devlin delivers long-form conversations on Washington’s biggest fights—from an unapologetically conservative perspective. Subscribe now!https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉Watch The Tony Kinnett Cast NOW! LIVE weekdays at The Daily Signal and wherever you get podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjMHBev3NsoV3kHckydY58R7TaYsizl45v 👉America is worth preserving. Do your part and act now by going to https://www.heritage.org/beautiful 👉Claim your liberty offer of up to $5,000 in free metals with allegiance gold by going to https://www.ProtectWithVictor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsVictor Davis Hanson· Host0:00
Fascism is sort of dictatorship by the control of the all aspects of the government. What was NPR and PBS? Did anybody see any conservatives on there? No. They have taken every institution with a iota of conservatism and destroyed it. What is network news? What is the media? What is K through 12? It's all a liberal institution. It's subsidized. And when any tiny person revolts, then they go crazy.
Jack Fowler· Host0:27
Well, hello, ladies, and hello, gentlemen, and welcome to Victor Davis Hanson, In His Own Words. We are recording on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026. This particular episode will be up on Thursday, May 28th. A little distance between when we're recording and when this episode is up, as the great VDH, who this show is named for, has a little travel to do. So Victor is the Martin and Elie Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wayne and Marsha Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College. And he's also a senior contributor to The Daily Signal, which is the happy home not only for this podcast, but also for Victor Davis Hanson. In a few words, go to The Daily Signal, find that, check it out. It's four, four times a week. Victor does seven, eight, nine, 10-minute video.