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Inequality Is At The Heart of America’s Fracturing, Says George Packer

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Author and Atlantic writer George Packer joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book ‘Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal,’ and why he says inequality is at the heart of the country’s fracturing.

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  1. @tm502010

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    The Reagan vision – the “trickle down” of wealth that was supposed to come from cutting the Rich, Powerful, and corporate interests free – really screwed over America. Sadly, elected Republicans are still primarily serving those interests exclusively. They distract their base from this terrible truth by shrieking tribally divisive messaging… which totally works. Now, Republicans are not much more than social media stars with Washington offices. They do nothing for Americans. When they do anything, it’s for the Rich and Powerful…

  2. @lennardcovarrubias5950

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    I'm confused you were ask to interact with people who has different views and maybe even hates… the far-right the far left… so so maybe we can have a musical with clan members… West Side Story theme.. do you think the clan will show up?🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🔵🇺🇸🇺🇸

  3. @klcpalk4437

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    This isn't about equality. The Biden Administration is being sued for excluding "white" people from a few of the many covid relief packages.
    Did you know that CNN and MSNBC is lobbying to pack the Supreme Court. Of course not. They are both an arm of the marxist left.

  4. @ccheshire5085

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Well said.

  5. @jerryjavierlujan3309

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Voter Suppression is SUBVERSIVE! ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS VOTING FOR VOTER SUPPRESSION LEGISLATION SHOULD BE PROPERLY CHARGED WITH SUBVERSION!! LET THE PIECES FALL WHERE THEY MAY. AND IF THE HEAVILY ARMED RIGHT-WING ZEALOTS RISE UP IN ARMS, IMPOSE MARTIAL LAW TO QUELL THEM DOWN. THE WHITE SUPREMACISTS BEHIND THIS SUBVERSION WOULD DO THAT TO THE REST OF US IN A HEARTBEAT! DO THIS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, AND APPLY THE RICO LAWS THE THE ENTIRE TRUMP MAFIA

  6. @mikketherigormortis6474

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    MSNBC is garbage. Pure propaganda injected into every story and they wonder why people reject them!

  7. @davidpatton7298

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Hypocrite lying Marxists. The American Dream is equal opportunity, not equal outcomes. And that opportunity was based on the Judeo/Christian ethic/moral, world view that does not discriminate against people based on ethnicity, gender, education, genealogy, or economic status. Ideology is not reality, but the ideology of the American Dream is the best construct for individual and national prosperity and fulfillment.

  8. @konineteen651

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    We the people NEED HELP‼️ We’ve been carrying the US forward with work schedules patched together with 2, 3, 4 part time jobs & no healthcare, no paid sick days, no benefits, no retirement, no childcare, no etc. Meanwhile the billionaires & Corporations are exploding with untaxed wealth. ENOUGH or there will be riots in the streets. Nothing gets done because the politicians are owned by corporations. They should be taxed like they were in the booming 50’s‼️ Keep fighting for our basic rights to live with a modicum of human dignity‼️

  9. @bradfordbaker506

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    WARNING FAKE NEWS! WATCHING THIS BULLCRAP CAN LOWER YOUR IQ! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS DON'T BUY INTO THIS POLITICALLY BIASED FAKE NEWS! THEY ONLY REPORT THE SOCIAL COMMUNIST AGENDA,
    YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THIS!!!!

  10. @bradfordbaker506

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    WARNING FAKE NEWS! WATCHING THIS BULLCRAP CAN LOWER YOUR IQ! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS DON'T BUY INTO THIS POLITICALLY BIASED FAKE NEWS! THEY ONLY REPORT THE SOCIAL COMMUNIST AGENDA,
    YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THIS!!!!

  11. @bradfordbaker506

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    WARNING FAKE NEWS! WATCHING THIS BULLCRAP CAN LOWER YOUR IQ! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS DON'T BUY INTO THIS POLITICALLY BIASED FAKE NEWS! THEY ONLY REPORT THE SOCIAL COMMUNIST AGENDA,
    YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THIS!!!!

  12. @bradfordbaker506

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    WARNING FAKE NEWS! WATCHING THIS BULLCRAP CAN LOWER YOUR IQ! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS DON'T BUY INTO THIS POLITICALLY BIASED FAKE NEWS! THEY ONLY REPORT THE SOCIAL COMMUNIST AGENDA,
    YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THIS!!!!

  13. @bradfordbaker506

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    WARNING FAKE NEWS! WATCHING THIS BULLCRAP CAN LOWER YOUR IQ! PLEASE MY FELLOW AMERICANS DON'T BUY INTO THIS POLITICALLY BIASED FAKE NEWS! THEY ONLY REPORT THE SOCIAL COMMUNIST AGENDA,
    YOU ARE SMARTER THEN THIS!!!!

  14. @MrWatchowtnow

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    The poor in America are the most well fed , richest comfortable poor on the planet. Jump in a volcano.

  15. @MrWatchowtnow

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Yuri Bezmenov told us it's you. You are the bad guys. And your plan of demoralization , subversion and created crisis is at the heart.

  16. @wilfriedholscher9675

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Yes

  17. @swingersonian

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    I don't fit into any of those categories, thankfully.

  18. @srunnion8276

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    YES FOLKS!! Yet another person who crossed the Clintons is now DEAD!!!! Another ‘suicide’!! This time it is the reporter who broke the infamous Bill Clinton-Loretta Lynch ‘tarmac meeting!! His name is Christopher Sign. Already MSNBC is blocking my link to this NEWS because they don’t want you to know. I have lost count as to how many have now either been ‘mugged’ or shot or stabbed or committed ‘suicide’, yet NEVER an investigation by these propaganda outlets!!

  19. @hardstyle8184

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Homie is dropping truth piledrivers. Hope everyone listens to his words again. 110% SPOT ON brother. Excellent guest

  20. @breadmana123

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Of course inequality is at the heart of these ills!!! Racism lusts for power. 😡😠🤬

  21. @raymondho3574

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    I heard a great analogy recently to this wealth gap problem. A rich white American, a poor white American, and a minority American were in the same room eating a pizza pie. The rich one grabbed 7 slices and told the poor one that the minority would steal the last slice.

  22. @kb2vca

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    This is a very nuanced view of class and caste in the USA today.

  23. @terrierkeeper

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Natural Selection has consequences that really can not be altered.

  24. @khoa8841

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    George Packer….remember his name.
    Finally someone who understands what is going on….it was always the greedy capitalists institutions that tear America apart.

  25. @jondixon1392

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    No liberalism is

  26. @Elizabeth-yp8re

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    The Religious right and moral majority, and trickle down economics….class warfare.

  27. @l.medina6251

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    As Americans we have to be more involved & exercise our rights to express what we want! Anti-immigration is wrong!! To be so weakens our nation!! It is the influx of immigrants that keeps us sharp! If the U.S. ever DID just become a nation of racist white dudes it would decay from within from stagnation & sheer ineptitude & Stupidity!! Remind you of someone? WE NEED IMMIGRANTS TO REMAIN STRONG!!! Immigrants contribute GREATLY to our economy, social growth, social inventions, even the gene pool benefits!

  28. @Phi1618033

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Listen, the math is so simple even a dumb-dumb like me can understand it.
    1) Money makes money. Money = power. Power makes money.
    2) More money makes more money. More money = more power. More power makes more money.
    3) The most money makes the most money. The most money = the most power. The most power makes the most money.

  29. @LardGreystoke

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Reagan was the beginning of the end. Incompetent dimwit who became the first object of Republican cult-worship.

  30. @canadiansociologist5929

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    "Inequality Creates Crime" (and violence). Amnesty International has been saying this for years.
    Hey folks. FYI. Inequality is not the only thing that creates crime or violence. It is, however, the BIGGEST factor. All over the world writ large and small. Nor does it make sense to suggest that rich people with so much access to resources would not be stealing, assaulting people or being violent. That's a bit ridiculous, don't you think? So do that. Think.

  31. @frutbump8283

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Socialism kills

  32. @Elizabeth-yp8re

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    It’s class warfare, and the rich have pit us against one another. While we are fighting each other, they are picking our pockets all the way to the bank.

  33. @BoydGilbreath

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Sorry, bit late on the hope report. There is no hope, don't waste time. Just figure out how you will live on $4/hour, because the rich are going to totally crush the bottom 40%.

  34. @lmrmay244

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    It's inequality By design in this country. Just look around and compare.

  35. @danielheiberg2206

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    The Republicans and their constitutes and I mean the billion dollar corporations want to have a new type of slavery pay the least amount to there employees and send them home to decide weather to eat or pay bills.

  36. @thinkingmobility

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Ouch! I don't like any of the four choices.

  37. @danielkruger4305

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    I couldn't agree more.

  38. @danielschaeffer1294

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    “Satan’s greatest trick is to convince us he doesn’t exist.”

    The GOP’s greatest trick is to convince the working class that the GOP is a working-class party.

  39. @codacreator6162

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Nothing about Reagan’s Trickle Down Economics makes any sense at all. There is NO meritocracy in America. The only way to the top is to start 3/4 of the way there and claim you had no advantages.

  40. @codacreator6162

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    It only takes a rudimentary understanding of Capitalism to understand that every dollar of Jeff Bezos’ fortune came directly from someone else who actually earned it.

  41. @patriayvida6850

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Gee… ya think?

  42. @commonsense3632

    December 12, 2023 at 6:11 am

    Its really pathetic in our day and age with racism that the presidents own son uses the "N" word multiple times and most of our corrupt media won't even report on it.

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