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A Special Message from Charlie Kirk
I’m often asked: “What is the key to saving America?”
To save America, we must first understand what we are trying to save. But for decades now our media and academic elite have presented a distorted view of the history and principles of America. Their aim is transform our government and way of life.
That’s why I’m urging everyone to take Hillsdale’s free online course, “American Citizenship and Its Decline,” taught by the excellent Victor Davis Hanson.
This course reveals the history and meaning of American citizenship and the primary threats to our freedom today. By taking the course, you’ll learn the origins of citizenship in the West, the importance of a middle class to free government, the origins and nature of tribal politics, the growing threat of the deep state, the problem with global government and the Great Reset, and much more.
The lesson of the course is that a lot depends on us—American citizens—and it requires us to learn the truth about America’s history and the threat to our freedom.
Like all of Hillsdale’s courses, “American Citizenship and Its Decline” is free and easy to access whenever you have time to learn.
I’ve now completed twelve of Hillsdale’s free online courses, and this is one of my favorites. Begin today. It will be one of the very best things you do.
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American Citizenship and Its Decline
History
For most of American history, the people, understood as citizens, have ruled through elected representatives under the terms of the Constitution. Today, the constitutional rule of citizens is threatened by a new form of government, unaccountable to the people, in which power is held by a ruling class that seeks to transform our society. This course, based on Victor Davis Hanson’s book The Dying Citizen, examines the origins and history of citizenship in the West and the grave challenges to American citizenship today.
8 Lessons
7.5h
What Current Students Are Saying
I completed it in two days because each session was so fascinating I had to continue. I relayed this assessment to a half dozen of my friends. Special thanks to Professor Hanson for an exceptional job!