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The Left Were the Mad Scientists—and We Were Their Lab Rats

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The Left Were the Mad Scientists—and We Were Their Lab Rats
A protestor holds a sign reading “Defund the Police” outside Hennepin County Government Plaza during a demonstration against police brutality and racism, in Minneapolis, on Aug. 24, 2020. Kerem Yucel/AFP/Getty Images
Victor Davis Hanson
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As the midterms approach, one way of looking at America’s current disaster is that we, the American people, were lab rats. And since 2021, the left has been the mad scientists, eager to try out their crackpot leftist experiments on us.

Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”
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