Video taking off 5.3x its usual first day

Victor Davis Hanson contrasts French welfare with street unrest

His fast-starting Short argues that rioters are undermining a society whose living standards and benefits they enjoy.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 71,140 views a day, 5.3 times a normal first day on this channel (13,403).

France Offers Cradle-to-Grave Welfare. So Why the Riots? | Victor Davis Hanson

France is still "heaven" compared with the countries many migrants have left, Victor Davis Hanson says in a brief commentary that puts welfare spending beside footage of unrest.

The Short, titled "France Offers Cradle-to-Grave Welfare. So Why the Riots? | Victor Davis Hanson", drew an estimated 71,000 first-day views, more than five times his usual Shorts audience. Its comment section was also nearly four times busier than on a typical first day.

Hanson points to France's social spending and national debt, then contrasts its standard of living with conditions in countries including Somalia, Sudan and Syria. His central argument is that people participating in destructive unrest are damaging the same society that provides them with opportunities and benefits. The clip combines his commentary with stock and news footage, carrying a Daily Signal watermark.

France has remained a recurring subject across his uploads. In the following day's conversation with Sami Winc, Hanson expands the discussion to the pressures on European welfare systems, immigration policy and national identity, alongside America's debt.

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