GEORGE PACKER, We Are Living in a Failed State
GEORGE PACKER\u2019s recent essay in the Atlantic, We Are Living in a Failed State, was being quoted a lot - before George Floyd\u2019s death and the ensuing days of rage. Packer is the author of 2013\u2019s THE UNWINDING, which reported on a country growing vulnerable to a demagogue like Trump, and 2019\u2019s Richard Holbrooke biography OUR MAN, just out in paperback. He\u2019s a staff writer at The Atlantic and I reached out after reading two of his recent essays The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions and We Are Living in a Failed State. We talk about how it all fits together.