The Thinnest Veneer of Civilization

Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness

The multitudes of people who suffer the consequences of elite flirtations with nihilism cannot

even afford food, shelter, and fuel. And they now feel unsafe, both as individuals and as Americans. As we suffer self-inflicted mass looting, random street violence, hyperinflation, a nonexistent border, unaffordable fuel, and a collapsing military, Americans will come to appreciate just how thin is the veneer of civilization.