The 'nihilistic Left' has 'hijacked Britain', Victor Davis Hanson tells GB News

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The 'nihilistic Left' has 'hijacked Britain', Victor Davis Hanson tells GB News.

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American historian Victor Davis Hanson has delivered a scathing assessment of contemporary left-wing politics across Western nations.Sitting down with GB News star Will Kingston, Mr Davis Hanson described today's progressive movement as fundamentally "nihilistic," arguing it bears little resemblance to earlier iterations of leftist thought.The historian declared: "The Left is very strong in Europe, the West, the UK, United States, but it's a nihilistic Left now."It's not the old Left that you knew when growing up or I knew here in the United States, it's a self-loathing hatred of Western civilisation brought on by their increased leisure and affluence, and they're going at warp speed to do." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say According to Mr Hanson, this ideological shift has manifested powerfully throughout Europe, Britain and America.He took aim at energy policies pursued during Joe Biden's administration, criticising what he termed "the dismantling of fossil fuels" alongside "the...

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A: The 'nihilistic Left' has 'hijacked Britain', Victor Davis Hanson tells GB News.

B: American historian Victor Davis Hanson has delivered a scathing assessment of contemporary left-wing politics across Western nations.Sitting down with GB News star Will Kingston, Mr Davis Hanson described today's progressive movement as fundamentally "nihilistic," arguing it bears little resemblance to earlier iterations of leftist thought.The historian declared: "The Left is very strong in Europe, the West, the UK, United States, but it's a nihilistic Left now."It's not the old Left that you knew when growing up or I knew here in the United States, it's a self-loathing hatred of Western civilisation brought on by their increased leisure and affluence, and they're going at warp speed to do." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say According to Mr Hanson, this ideological shift has manifested powerfully throughout Europe, Britain and America.He took aim at energy policies pursued during Joe Biden's administration, criticising what he termed "the dismantling of fossil fuels" alongside "the...