Victor Davis Hanson starts The End of Everything with a clear, concise, and poignant thesis. Not every author starts off in this manner. It’s in a way, like a fighting style. Some lull you in and then hit you. Some immediately come out with decisive blows. The latter is how VDH starts on the first page:
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