Tuesday, July 6, 2021

In 'Last Best Hope,' George Packer Asks If America Can Unite Again (On Point)

Journalist George Packer has reported on strife and division around the world.

Now, he trains his eye homeward, and finds an America divided into four factions: the market-enthralled Free America; meritocratic Smart America; aggrieved Real America; and the impatient, rigid young activists of Just America.

It's a failure laid bare by the largest-scale problem in a generation. Packer says of COVID: "The pandemic exploited our system weaknesses."

So, not one America, but four. Can our country be reunited?
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