ANewYorkTimesbestseller,“TheDyingCitizenisessentialreadingforanyAmericanwhocaresaboutthefateofournation“(MarkR.Levin)Humanhistoryisfullofthestoriesofpeasants,subjects,andtribes.Yettheconceptofthe“citizen“ishistoricallyrare--andwasamongAmerica’smostvaluedidealsforovertwocenturies.Butwithoutshocktreatment,warnsVictorDavisHanson,Americancitizenshipmaysoonvanish.InTheDyingCitizen,Hansonoutlinestheforcesthatledtothiscrisis.TheeviscerationofthemiddleclasshasmademanyAmericansdependentonthefederalgovernment.Openbordershaveunderminedallegiancetoaparticularplace.Identitypoliticshaveeradicatedourcollectivesenseofself.Andatop-heavystatehasendangeredpersonalliberty.Withanewepiloguethatassesseshowtheeventsof2021havefurtherdiminishedthemeaningofAmericancitizenship,TheDyingCitizenisaclarioncalltorebuildourcollectivenationalidentity.
