1 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:04,638 >>THAT GAS STATION OWNER IN THE 2 00:00:04,638 --> 00:00:06,306 SOUTH BECOMES A STRONG ADVOCATE 3 00:00:06,306 --> 00:00:07,908 FOR GROWN 4 00:00:07,908 --> 00:00:08,242 ENERGY. 5 00:00:08,242 --> 00:00:09,543 JOE BIDEN TURNED 6 00:00:09,543 --> 00:00:10,110 LOBBYIST WHO 7 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,478 SAYS THE SYSTEM IS 8 00:00:11,478 --> 00:00:12,279 HOPE WEATHERS 9 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:12,913 WEATHERS CORRUPT. 10 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:14,581 THEIR STORIES DOCUMENT WHAT 11 00:00:14,581 --> 00:00:15,415 AUTHOR GEORGE 12 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:16,583 PACKER SAYS IS 13 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:17,751 A 14 00:00:17,751 --> 00:00:19,052 DISSOLUTION OF AMERICAN 15 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:19,486 INSTITUTIONS. 16 00:00:19,486 --> 00:00:20,387 HIS 17 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:21,588 LATEST BOOK IS 18 00:00:21,588 --> 00:00:22,389 THE 19 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:22,756 UNWINDING 20 00:00:22,756 --> 00:00:23,857 OF THE NEW 21 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:24,992 AMERICA AND HE'S A 22 00:00:24,992 --> 00:00:26,894 STAFF WRITER FOR THE NEW 23 00:00:26,894 --> 00:00:27,561 YORKER 24 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:29,062 AND GEORGE JOINS US 25 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:29,796 NOW. 26 00:00:29,796 --> 00:00:30,230 WELCOME. 27 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:31,365 >>THE BOOK IS ALLED THE 28 00:00:31,365 --> 00:00:32,165 UNWINDING. 29 00:00:32,165 --> 00:00:33,166 WHAT IS 30 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:34,134 COMING UN-DONE? 31 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:35,435 >>I 32 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:35,936 THINK IT'S 33 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:37,271 A DEAL THAT USED 34 00:00:37,271 --> 00:00:38,805 TO EXIST BETWEEN AMERICANS THAT 35 00:00:38,805 --> 00:00:39,873 IF YOU DID 36 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:41,008 YOUR 37 00:00:41,008 --> 00:00:41,909 PART 38 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:42,643 AND SORT OF 39 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:44,645 PLAYED BY THE 40 00:00:44,645 --> 00:00:45,212 RULES 41 00:00:45,212 --> 00:00:45,812 AND MADE 42 00:00:45,812 --> 00:00:47,114 SURE YOUR CHILDREN HAD A BETTER 43 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:48,715 CHANCE THAN YOU DID, THERE WOULD 44 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:49,816 BE A PLACE FOR YOU IN 45 00:00:49,816 --> 00:00:50,217 SOCIETY 46 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:51,852 AND OBVIOUSLY THAT LEFT OUT A 47 00:00:51,852 --> 00:00:53,153 LOT 48 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:53,487 OF 49 00:00:53,487 --> 00:00:54,888 PEOPLE IN THE PAST BUT 50 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:55,722 THE CIRCLE 51 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:56,990 WIDENED BUT IN THE 52 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:58,125 LAST GENERATION, 53 00:00:58,125 --> 00:00:58,825 IT'S BECOME 54 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:00,694 MORE AND 55 00:01:00,694 --> 00:01:02,062 MORE UNEQUAL. 56 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:02,663 INEQUALITY IS SO 57 00:01:02,663 --> 00:01:04,198 RAM PAN, IT'S 58 00:01:04,198 --> 00:01:06,700 AT 20S 59 00:01:06,700 --> 00:01:07,167 LEVEL, 60 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:08,368 GATSBY 61 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:08,769 REVISITED. 62 00:01:08,769 --> 00:01:09,870 AT THE SAME TIME, THE STRUCTURES 63 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:11,171 THAT USED TO 64 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:13,140 SUPPORT THE 65 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:14,341 ASPIRATIONS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE 66 00:01:14,341 --> 00:01:15,876 IN GOVERNMENT, 67 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:16,610 BANKING, CORE 68 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:18,545 IRAQ, MEDIA, 69 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:19,246 SCHOOLS HAVE 70 00:01:19,246 --> 00:01:19,613 ERODED 71 00:01:19,613 --> 00:01:20,848 TO PEOPLE ARE MORE AND MORE 72 00:01:20,848 --> 00:01:21,615 ALL 73 00:01:21,615 --> 00:01:23,083 ALONE AND THAT'S WHAT 74 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:23,851 I FOUND 75 00:01:23,851 --> 00:01:25,085 WHEN I WENT TO MEET THE PEOPLE 76 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:26,753 AND WRITE THE STORIES THAT MAKE 77 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:27,454 UP THE 78 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:27,955 UN-WIEBDING. 79 00:01:27,955 --> 00:01:28,956 >>BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WHAT 80 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:30,524 IS BEHIND THIS UNWINDING? 81 00:01:30,524 --> 00:01:31,425 WHAT IS BEHIND 82 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:34,328 THIS 83 00:01:34,328 --> 00:01:34,728 DISSOLUTION 84 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:36,096 OF THE STRUCTURES THAT CREATE A 85 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:37,264 CENTER THAT MOST PEOPLE COULD 86 00:01:37,264 --> 00:01:38,265 RELATE TO? 87 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:39,299 >>I THINK 88 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:40,834 IN 89 00:01:40,834 --> 00:01:41,869 THOSE '70'S, 90 00:01:41,869 --> 00:01:42,836 THERE 91 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:43,971 WAS A TURBULENCE IN THE 92 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:44,338 ECONOMY 93 00:01:44,338 --> 00:01:45,939 AND THINGS WOULD SHAKE 94 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:46,640 THEMSELVES 95 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,608 OUT. 96 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:48,609 DEINDUSTRIALIZATION TOOK AWAY 97 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:49,910 THE GUARANTEE OF 98 00:01:49,910 --> 00:01:51,278 A 99 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:51,979 DECENT-PAYING 100 00:01:51,979 --> 00:01:52,813 BLUE 101 00:01:52,813 --> 00:01:53,847 COLLAR JOB, 102 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:54,314 INCLUDING 103 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:55,616 AROUND HERE. 104 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:58,051 AND AT THE SAME 105 00:01:58,051 --> 00:01:59,052 TIME, BUSINESSES 106 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:00,153 AND BANKS BEGAN TO 107 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:01,455 WANT TO SHAKE 108 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:02,356 THEMSELVES 109 00:02:02,356 --> 00:02:03,657 LOOSE FROM THE SORT 110 00:02:03,657 --> 00:02:04,858 OF COMPACT THAT 111 00:02:04,858 --> 00:02:05,626 EXISTS BETWEEN 112 00:02:05,626 --> 00:02:06,727 BUSINESS LABOR AND 113 00:02:06,727 --> 00:02:07,394 GOVERNMENT IN 114 00:02:07,394 --> 00:02:08,662 THE POSTWAR 115 00:02:08,662 --> 00:02:08,996 PERIOD. 116 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:10,497 THEY BEGAN TO SPEND A LOT OF 117 00:02:10,497 --> 00:02:12,366 MONEY ON 118 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:12,799 LOBBYING. 119 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:14,401 WASHINGTON BECAME A 120 00:02:14,401 --> 00:02:15,002 BIG-MONEY 121 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:15,969 CITY THAT 122 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:16,803 LOBBYISTS MORE AND 123 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:18,005 MORE SEEMED 124 00:02:18,005 --> 00:02:19,173 TO CONTROL AND IN A 125 00:02:19,173 --> 00:02:21,041 SENSE IT HAPPENED BECAUSE IT 126 00:02:21,041 --> 00:02:22,009 COULD, BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE ABLE 127 00:02:22,009 --> 00:02:23,277 TO CHANGE THE NORMS AND 128 00:02:23,277 --> 00:02:24,444 RULES FS 129 00:02:24,444 --> 00:02:24,811 BEHAVIOR. 130 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:25,712 WHAT WAS 131 00:02:25,712 --> 00:02:26,914 UN-THINK TABLE, 50 132 00:02:26,914 --> 00:02:27,181 OR 133 00:02:27,181 --> 00:02:28,682 40 YEARS AGO, A CSM . O 134 00:02:28,682 --> 00:02:29,149 GIVING 135 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:30,284 HIMSELF A BIG 136 00:02:30,284 --> 00:02:31,485 RAISE WHILE LAYING 137 00:02:31,485 --> 00:02:32,653 OFF 20% OF HIS WORK FORCE 138 00:02:32,653 --> 00:02:33,287 IS 139 00:02:33,287 --> 00:02:34,755 NOW THE NORMAL WAY OF DOING 140 00:02:34,755 --> 00:02:35,122 BUSINESS. 141 00:02:35,122 --> 00:02:36,156 SO PARTLY IT'S 142 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:36,857 TABOOS WERE 143 00:02:36,857 --> 00:02:38,058 BROKEN AND ONCE THAT HAPPENED, 144 00:02:38,058 --> 00:02:39,359 IT'S HARD TO RESTORE 145 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:39,960 THEM. 146 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,195 >>YOUR BOOK PROFILES 147 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:41,862 A 148 00:02:41,862 --> 00:02:42,229 HANDFUL 149 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:43,630 OF AMERICANS AND TO ILLUSTRATE 150 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,999 SOME OF THIS, THERE ARE 151 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,134 STRUGGLES IN RECENT YEAR, 152 00:02:47,134 --> 00:02:47,601 HOW 153 00:02:47,601 --> 00:02:49,369 DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR 154 00:02:49,369 --> 00:02:49,803 SUBJECTS? 155 00:02:49,803 --> 00:02:51,205 >>I WAS LOOKING FOR 156 00:02:51,205 --> 00:02:51,905 AMERICANS 157 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:53,240 WHO, FIRST OF ALL, WERE WILLING 158 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,541 TO LET ME HANG OUT WITH THEM 159 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:55,108 FOR 160 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:56,543 A LONG TIME BECAUSE TO DO THIS 161 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:57,845 REPORTING AND WRITING, I HAD 162 00:02:57,845 --> 00:02:58,445 TO 163 00:02:58,445 --> 00:02:59,813 SPEND WEEKS WITH MY 164 00:02:59,813 --> 00:03:00,514 SUBJECTS AND 165 00:03:00,514 --> 00:03:02,249 THAT'S ASKING A LOT. 166 00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:02,950 PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO 167 00:03:02,950 --> 00:03:03,750 TALK ABOUT 168 00:03:03,750 --> 00:03:07,120 THEIR OWN 169 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,055 LIVES AND KNEW HOW TO 170 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:09,056 DO 171 00:03:09,056 --> 00:03:09,990 IT AND PEOPLE WHO'S 172 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:11,358 LIVES 173 00:03:11,358 --> 00:03:12,226 MOVED TO THE PULSE OF HISTORY IN 174 00:03:12,226 --> 00:03:12,826 THIS GENERATION. 175 00:03:12,826 --> 00:03:14,228 THE BOOK FOLLOWS THESE 176 00:03:14,228 --> 00:03:16,296 CHARACTERS FROM THE 177 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:16,663 LATE '70S 178 00:03:16,663 --> 00:03:17,931 UNTIL TODAY, CUTTING BETWEEN 179 00:03:17,931 --> 00:03:18,932 THEIR STORIES. 180 00:03:18,932 --> 00:03:20,367 I WAS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO 181 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:21,602 LIVED OUT THEIR ADULT LIVES 182 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:22,002 IN 183 00:03:22,002 --> 00:03:23,971 THIS 184 00:03:23,971 --> 00:03:24,705 PERIOD AND WHOSE 185 00:03:24,705 --> 00:03:25,072 CAREERS 186 00:03:25,072 --> 00:03:25,973 AND IDEAS 187 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:28,242 AND EVEN PERSONAL 188 00:03:28,242 --> 00:03:29,476 LIVES WERE SHAPED BY 189 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:29,977 THINGS 190 00:03:29,977 --> 00:03:30,644 LIKE 191 00:03:30,644 --> 00:03:32,412 DEREGULATION AND THE DECLINE OF 192 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:33,747 MANUFACTURING AND THE 193 00:03:33,747 --> 00:03:34,214 RISE OF 194 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:35,282 THE INFORMATION AGE. 195 00:03:35,282 --> 00:03:36,316 SO IT TOOK 196 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:37,251 A CERTAIN KIND OF 197 00:03:37,251 --> 00:03:38,919 PERSON TO MEET ALL OF THOSE 198 00:03:38,919 --> 00:03:39,887 CRITERIA AND I FOUND THEM. 199 00:03:39,887 --> 00:03:41,255 >>THE BOOK OPENS AND CLOSESES 200 00:03:41,255 --> 00:03:42,289 WITH A MAN 201 00:03:42,289 --> 00:03:43,657 NAMED DEAN PRICE THAT 202 00:03:43,657 --> 00:03:44,625 GROUP UP IN NORTH CAROLINA. 203 00:03:44,625 --> 00:03:45,425 HE 204 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:48,195 STARTED A CHAIN OF GAS 205 00:03:48,195 --> 00:03:48,595 STATIONS BUT MOVED 206 00:03:48,595 --> 00:03:49,096 INTO 207 00:03:49,096 --> 00:03:49,696 SOMETHING ELSE. 208 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:51,565 >>HE LVED IN RURAL NORTH 209 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:52,332 CAROLINA, A 210 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:53,500 VERY CONSERVATIVE 211 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:54,434 AREA, AND 212 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:55,235 OWNED TRUCK 213 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:56,270 STOPS WITH 214 00:03:56,270 --> 00:03:57,271 FAST FOOD 215 00:03:57,271 --> 00:03:58,338 RESTAURANTS AND FOUND 216 00:03:58,338 --> 00:04:00,040 WAL-MART AND BIG OIL 217 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:00,474 AND 218 00:04:00,474 --> 00:04:01,675 MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES WERE 219 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:02,676 SQUEEZING HIM OUT AND SQUEEZING 220 00:04:02,676 --> 00:04:04,077 OUT THE LIFE, 221 00:04:04,077 --> 00:04:05,312 REALLY, OF THE 222 00:04:05,312 --> 00:04:06,513 ECONOMIES OF THESE LITTLE 223 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:07,481 TOWNS. 224 00:04:07,481 --> 00:04:08,148 AND 225 00:04:08,148 --> 00:04:08,749 HE 226 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:09,983 FINALLY HAD 227 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:10,517 AN 228 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:12,119 EPIPHANY. 229 00:04:12,119 --> 00:04:12,719 THIS IS 230 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:14,021 A VERY 231 00:04:14,021 --> 00:04:14,421 SPIRITUAL MAN 232 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:14,888 AND 233 00:04:14,888 --> 00:04:15,789 HE HAD A 234 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:17,891 N EPIPHANY THAT THE 235 00:04:17,891 --> 00:04:19,226 ANSWER TO THE 236 00:04:19,226 --> 00:04:20,127 FALL OF THE 237 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:21,395 COUNTRYSIDE WHERE HE 238 00:04:21,395 --> 00:04:21,895 LIVED, 239 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:22,529 LAY 240 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:24,364 RIGHT NEEM HIS 241 00:04:24,364 --> 00:04:25,432 FEET, 242 00:04:25,432 --> 00:04:26,366 CANOLA 243 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:27,334 SEEDS, WASTE OIL FROM 244 00:04:27,334 --> 00:04:28,635 RESTAURANTS, THE MOST HUMBLE 245 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,003 THINGS OF DAILY LIFE COULD 246 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,538 BE 247 00:04:31,538 --> 00:04:31,805 CONVERTED 248 00:04:31,805 --> 00:04:32,940 INTO BIO 249 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:33,340 DIESEL. 250 00:04:33,340 --> 00:04:34,942 HIS MISSION 251 00:04:34,942 --> 00:04:35,142 IS T 252 00:04:35,142 --> 00:04:36,176 O GET ALL OF TH 253 00:04:36,176 --> 00:04:36,710 E 254 00:04:36,710 --> 00:04:39,813 PUBLIC SCHOOL 255 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:40,981 BUSES IN NORTH 256 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:41,682 CAROLINA TO SAVE MONEY AND 257 00:04:41,682 --> 00:04:42,049 THE 258 00:04:42,049 --> 00:04:44,484 ENVIRONMENT AND TO MAKE HIS OWN 259 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:44,885 FORTUNE. 260 00:04:44,885 --> 00:04:46,153 >>IT'S A REAL AMERICAN STORY. 261 00:04:46,153 --> 00:04:47,454 >>HOW IS THAT EXPERIMENT 262 00:04:47,454 --> 00:04:47,821 GOING 263 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:48,655 FOR HIM? 264 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:50,290 >>HE'S HAD A HARD TIME OF 265 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:50,624 IT. 266 00:04:50,624 --> 00:04:51,758 HE'S HAD TO DOE 267 00:04:51,758 --> 00:04:53,193 CLEAR PERSON 268 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:54,328 BANKRUPTCY, BUSINESS BANKRUPTCY. 269 00:04:54,328 --> 00:04:55,362 HE HAD A 270 00:04:55,362 --> 00:04:56,363 CLOSED LOOP 271 00:04:56,363 --> 00:04:57,831 GAS STATION 272 00:04:57,831 --> 00:04:58,599 THAT 273 00:04:58,599 --> 00:04:59,032 SOLD BIO 274 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:00,200 BEEZLE TO 275 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:00,734 TRUCKS. 276 00:05:00,734 --> 00:05:02,069 HIS PARTNERSHIP BROKE UP. 277 00:05:02,069 --> 00:05:03,437 HE HAD LOW MOMENTED AND I 278 00:05:03,437 --> 00:05:04,037 THINK 279 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:07,508 HE ALMOST QUIT BUT HE WAS 280 00:05:07,508 --> 00:05:08,442 STUDENTED BY THIS AMERICAN 281 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:08,842 FAITH 282 00:05:08,842 --> 00:05:10,143 IN HIS OWN ABILITY TO SHAPE 283 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:10,911 HIS 284 00:05:10,911 --> 00:05:11,945 DESTINY WITHOUT THE STRUCTURE 285 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:12,980 THAT USED TO 286 00:05:12,980 --> 00:05:13,881 SUPPORT MIDDLE 287 00:05:13,881 --> 00:05:14,648 CLASS LIFE. 288 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:15,582 SO HE IS 289 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:16,550 STILL GOING AROUND 290 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:18,118 NORTH CAROLINA LIKE A 291 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:18,585 JOHNNY 292 00:05:18,585 --> 00:05:19,887 APPLE SEED TRYING 293 00:05:19,887 --> 00:05:20,521 TO CONVERT 294 00:05:20,521 --> 00:05:21,355 SCHOOL 295 00:05:21,355 --> 00:05:22,789 BOARDS AWND COUNT 296 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:23,257 COMMISSIONS. 297 00:05:23,257 --> 00:05:24,424 >>BACK TO THE ISSUE OF 298 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:24,925 THE 299 00:05:24,925 --> 00:05:26,026 DIS-LUGGAGES TO THESE 300 00:05:26,026 --> 00:05:26,793 INSTITUTIONS AND STRUCTURES THAT 301 00:05:26,793 --> 00:05:28,061 USED TO HOLE PEOPLE 302 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:28,428 TOGETHER, 303 00:05:28,428 --> 00:05:30,030 USED TO CREATE A CENTER, 304 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:30,697 WAS 305 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:33,667 THERE DISSOLUTION 306 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:34,301 CAUSED BY MELT 307 00:05:34,301 --> 00:05:36,370 OR THE EVOLUTION OF 308 00:05:36,370 --> 00:05:36,870 IDEAS? 309 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:38,872 >>I THINK 310 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:40,440 IT WAS MASSIVE 311 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,041 FORCES, 312 00:05:41,041 --> 00:05:41,708 GLOBALIZATION IS 313 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:42,342 ONE, 314 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:43,577 THE INFORMATION AGE, WHICH 315 00:05:43,577 --> 00:05:44,111 HAS 316 00:05:44,111 --> 00:05:45,279 LAID WASTE TO 317 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:46,113 THE SIX NUMBES, 318 00:05:46,113 --> 00:05:47,648 THAT USED TO BE AMONG THE 319 00:05:47,648 --> 00:05:48,982 PILLARS OF EVERY COMMUNITY IN 320 00:05:48,982 --> 00:05:49,883 THIS COUNTRY. 321 00:05:49,883 --> 00:05:51,351 AND IT USED TO GIVE 322 00:05:51,351 --> 00:05:52,186 A KIND OF 323 00:05:52,186 --> 00:05:53,754 COHESION TO LIFE. 324 00:05:53,754 --> 00:05:54,555 PEOPLE HAD DEEP 325 00:05:54,555 --> 00:05:55,255 POLITICAL 326 00:05:55,255 --> 00:05:56,223 DISAGREEMENTS AND HATED EACH 327 00:05:56,223 --> 00:05:57,491 OTHER BUT THEY WERE 328 00:05:57,491 --> 00:05:58,225 STARTING 329 00:05:58,225 --> 00:05:59,760 FROM A COMMON SET OF FACTS 330 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:00,928 PRESENTED BY TIME MAGAZINE O 331 00:06:00,928 --> 00:06:01,495 R 332 00:06:01,495 --> 00:06:02,696 WALTER CHRON CIT ON THE 333 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:03,096 CBS 334 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:03,897 EVENING NEWS. 335 00:06:03,897 --> 00:06:05,132 WE NOW LIVE IN THIS 336 00:06:05,132 --> 00:06:07,534 AGE WHERE 337 00:06:07,534 --> 00:06:08,836 EVERYTHING IS 338 00:06:08,836 --> 00:06:09,369 ITEMIZED AND 339 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:10,437 EVERYONE HAS 340 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:11,672 TO 341 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:12,272 BE AN 342 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:13,340 ENTREPRENEUR AND MAKE THEMSELVES 343 00:06:13,340 --> 00:06:14,341 OVER BECAUSE THERE'S NO SUCH 344 00:06:14,341 --> 00:06:16,143 THING AS A SECURE JOB. 345 00:06:16,143 --> 00:06:16,977 IN THIS 346 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:17,778 TURBULENCE, THERE'S A 347 00:06:17,778 --> 00:06:19,046 LOT OF INSECURITY AND A LOT 348 00:06:19,046 --> 00:06:19,680 OF 349 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:21,014 PEOPLE GET LEFT BEHIND BECAUSE 350 00:06:21,014 --> 00:06:22,482 IT'S NOT EASY TO 351 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:23,984 NAVIGATE THESE 352 00:06:23,984 --> 00:06:24,484 REALLY ROUGH 353 00:06:24,484 --> 00:06:24,985 WATERS. 354 00:06:24,985 --> 00:06:26,587 >>OTHER PIECES HAVE TO DO WITH 355 00:06:26,587 --> 00:06:28,655 CELEBRITIES LIKE OPRAH AND YOU 356 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:28,989 WRITE 357 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:30,157 THAT OUR AGE 358 00:06:30,157 --> 00:06:30,724 IS, 359 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:31,525 QUOTE, 360 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:32,693 LOUSY WITH CELEBRITIES. 361 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:34,194 WHAT'S WRONG WITH CELEBRITIES? 362 00:06:34,194 --> 00:06:35,395 >>I LIKE CELEBRITIES AS 363 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:36,196 MUCH AS 364 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:37,631 ANY 365 00:06:37,631 --> 00:06:37,998 AMERICAN, 366 00:06:37,998 --> 00:06:39,733 ESPECIALLY 367 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:40,300 ATHLETES, BUT WHAT'S 368 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:40,868 WRONG, THEY 369 00:06:40,868 --> 00:06:42,936 HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE OF OUR 370 00:06:42,936 --> 00:06:43,504 INSTITUTIONS. 371 00:06:43,504 --> 00:06:44,838 WE USED 372 00:06:44,838 --> 00:06:45,539 TO HAVE 373 00:06:45,539 --> 00:06:45,939 THRIEWFING 374 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:47,107 SCHOOL SYSTEMS. 375 00:06:47,107 --> 00:06:48,208 WE HAD A THRIVING 376 00:06:48,208 --> 00:06:50,744 BOOK CULTURE. 377 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:50,944 WE 378 00:06:50,944 --> 00:06:52,179 HAD A GOOD 379 00:06:52,179 --> 00:06:53,046 PUBLIC HEALTH 380 00:06:53,046 --> 00:06:54,214 SYSTEM AND NOW, 381 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:55,215 WE 382 00:06:55,215 --> 00:06:55,816 HAVE 383 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,217 MARK ZUM 384 00:06:57,217 --> 00:06:58,151 BERG RESCUING THE 385 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,687 NEWER PUBLIC 386 00:07:00,687 --> 00:07:01,722 SCHOOLS, OPRAH WINFREY R 387 00:07:01,722 --> 00:07:02,256 ESCUING 388 00:07:02,256 --> 00:07:03,457 BOOK PUBLISHING AND 389 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:04,558 BILL GATES 390 00:07:04,558 --> 00:07:05,325 RESCUING PUBLIC HEALTH. 391 00:07:05,325 --> 00:07:06,827 WHEN IT GETS 392 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:07,327 PERSONALIZED 393 00:07:07,327 --> 00:07:07,961 AND 394 00:07:07,961 --> 00:07:09,229 CONCENTRATED IN THE HAN OF AN 395 00:07:09,229 --> 00:07:11,265 INDIVIDUAL, IT 396 00:07:11,265 --> 00:07:16,170 BECOMES VERY 397 00:07:16,170 --> 00:07:16,837 MARCURIAL, AND 398 00:07:16,837 --> 00:07:17,337 BUREAUCRACY 399 00:07:17,337 --> 00:07:18,605 CREATES A LEVEL PLAYING 400 00:07:18,605 --> 00:07:19,406 FIELD 401 00:07:19,406 --> 00:07:21,041 WHERE EVERYONE PLAYS BY THE SAME 402 00:07:21,041 --> 00:07:22,042 RULES REGARDLESS OF TOUR STATION 403 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,610 IN LIFE. 404 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:24,645 ONCE THOSE COLLAPSE, MORE 405 00:07:24,645 --> 00:07:25,479 AND 406 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:26,780 MORE, YOU'RE AT THE MERCY OF 407 00:07:26,780 --> 00:07:27,181 WHO 408 00:07:27,181 --> 00:07:28,415 YOU KNOW, WHICH IS THE 409 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:29,383 WORLD OF 410 00:07:29,383 --> 00:07:30,651 OUR CELEBRITY ELITES WHO 411 00:07:30,651 --> 00:07:31,084 LIVE 412 00:07:31,084 --> 00:07:32,486 LIKE GODS WHO GET MORE 413 00:07:32,486 --> 00:07:34,221 AND MORE 414 00:07:34,221 --> 00:07:34,955 POWERFUL AND WE WORSHIP THEM 415 00:07:34,955 --> 00:07:36,623 MORE AND MORE BECAUSE OF THE OLD 416 00:07:36,623 --> 00:07:37,991 INSTITUTIONS THAT USED 417 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:38,458 TO 418 00:07:38,458 --> 00:07:40,627 CHANNEL ORDINARY 419 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:41,028 PEOPLE'S AS 420 00:07:41,028 --> 00:07:42,496 TEACHER PIR EIGHTS DON'T SEEM TO 421 00:07:42,496 --> 00:07:43,964 WORK VERY WELL. 422 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:44,831 >>IS IT IS 423 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:45,465 CHANGE REGARDING 424 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:46,600 CELEBRITIES BECAUSE IN THE PAST 425 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,368 THERE WERE PEOPLE LIKE 426 00:07:48,368 --> 00:07:48,702 ANDREW 427 00:07:48,702 --> 00:07:50,904 CAR 428 00:07:50,904 --> 00:07:54,675 CAR 429 00:07:54,675 --> 00:07:55,042 CARNEGIE. 430 00:07:55,042 --> 00:07:57,744 HAS THERE BEEN A SHIFT? 431 00:07:57,744 --> 00:07:58,178 >>I 432 00:07:58,178 --> 00:07:59,012 THINK 433 00:07:59,012 --> 00:07:59,780 MODERN CELEBRITY 434 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:00,647 BEGAN IN 435 00:08:00,647 --> 00:08:01,882 THE '20S WITH CINEMA 436 00:08:01,882 --> 00:08:03,650 AND RADIO AND 437 00:08:03,650 --> 00:08:04,651 ADVERTISING, BUT 438 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:05,986 IN THE PERIOD 439 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:06,553 I THINK O 440 00:08:06,553 --> 00:08:08,222 F AS THE 441 00:08:08,222 --> 00:08:10,290 ROOSEVELT 442 00:08:10,290 --> 00:08:12,159 REPUBLIC, THERE WAS 443 00:08:12,159 --> 00:08:13,927 JOE DEMAJ 444 00:08:13,927 --> 00:08:14,895 JOE, PERRY 445 00:08:14,895 --> 00:08:15,429 COMO BUT 446 00:08:15,429 --> 00:08:16,997 THEY WERE THIS THEIR PLACE. 447 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:24,204 THEY HAD THEIR SESSION IN 448 00:08:24,204 --> 00:08:24,671 PROBLEMS. 449 00:08:24,671 --> 00:08:25,772 PEOPLE ROSE WITH 450 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:27,074 THEM. 451 00:08:27,074 --> 00:08:28,742 NOW, THEY'RE THE MAIN NEAR 452 00:08:28,742 --> 00:08:29,109 ACTIVITY. 453 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:30,677 THEY'RE WHAT FILLS THE 454 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:31,178 NEWS. 455 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:32,679 THEY'RE WHAT SHAPES NATIONAL 456 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,047 LIFE MORE 457 00:08:34,047 --> 00:08:34,515 THAN THE 458 00:08:34,515 --> 00:08:35,415 VOICES OF 459 00:08:35,415 --> 00:08:36,083 ORDINARY PEOPLE. 460 00:08:36,083 --> 00:08:37,317 AND I THINK IT IS A 461 00:08:37,317 --> 00:08:38,151 REVERTING TO 462 00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:39,353 SOMETHING OLDER, LIKE 463 00:08:39,353 --> 00:08:40,988 THE 464 00:08:40,988 --> 00:08:41,455 CARNEGIE 465 00:08:41,455 --> 00:08:42,022 PERIOD. 466 00:08:42,022 --> 00:08:43,190 IT'S NOT -- I 467 00:08:43,190 --> 00:08:44,024 MEAN, IT 468 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:44,691 HAD IT'S 469 00:08:44,691 --> 00:08:46,360 WONDERFUL THINGS LIKE TRAINS AND 470 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,628 LIBRARIES BUT IT WAS 471 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:48,462 AN UNEQUAL 472 00:08:48,462 --> 00:08:49,696 AND FAIR AMERICA AND MY 473 00:08:49,696 --> 00:08:50,063 FEELING 474 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,331 IS WE HAVE BECOME MORE LIKE 475 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:51,665 THAT 476 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:52,833 AMERICA AGAIN AND WE DON'T SEEM 477 00:08:52,833 --> 00:08:54,768 TO BE TURNING AWAY FROM IT. 478 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:56,270 >>THE PREMISE OF THE BOOK IS 479 00:08:56,270 --> 00:08:56,703 THE 480 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:58,472 UN-WHINING OF 481 00:08:58,472 --> 00:08:59,239 INSTIETIONS. 482 00:08:59,239 --> 00:09:00,140 ANY 483 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:02,342 OPTIMISM IS SPITE OF 484 00:09:02,342 --> 00:09:02,910 THIS? 485 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:04,211 >>THE BOOK IS A BIG NEAR 486 00:09:04,211 --> 00:09:04,578 ACTIVITY. 487 00:09:04,578 --> 00:09:05,946 WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS 488 00:09:05,946 --> 00:09:07,147 CREATE 489 00:09:07,147 --> 00:09:07,447 A 490 00:09:07,447 --> 00:09:10,951 PAN 491 00:09:10,951 --> 00:09:12,219 PANORAMIC PICTURE 492 00:09:12,219 --> 00:09:12,619 FOLLOWING 493 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:13,253 THESE CHARACTERS. 494 00:09:13,253 --> 00:09:14,688 SO IT ISN'T A BOOK OF 495 00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:15,088 ARGUMENTS 496 00:09:15,088 --> 00:09:16,256 AND POLICY 497 00:09:16,256 --> 00:09:16,823 PROPOSALS. 498 00:09:16,823 --> 00:09:17,958 THE HOPE I FIND 499 00:09:17,958 --> 00:09:19,126 IS WHEN I'M 500 00:09:19,126 --> 00:09:20,260 HANGING OUT WITH DEAN 501 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,195 PRICE, THE 502 00:09:21,195 --> 00:09:22,596 BIO FUELS ENTREPRENEUR OR 503 00:09:22,596 --> 00:09:23,197 TAMMY 504 00:09:23,197 --> 00:09:24,932 THOMAS, WHO WORKED IN AUTO 505 00:09:24,932 --> 00:09:26,700 PARTS 506 00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:27,234 FACTORY IN 507 00:09:27,234 --> 00:09:28,268 YOUNGSTOWN FOR 20 508 00:09:28,268 --> 00:09:30,404 YEARS BEFORE LOSING HER JOB AND 509 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:31,638 REMAKING HERSELF 510 00:09:31,638 --> 00:09:32,739 AS A COMMUNITY 511 00:09:32,739 --> 00:09:33,740 ORGANIZER FOR 512 00:09:33,740 --> 00:09:34,675 THE 513 00:09:34,675 --> 00:09:35,209 LEX OF 514 00:09:35,209 --> 00:09:35,843 PRESIDENT OBAMA. 515 00:09:35,843 --> 00:09:36,977 THESE ARE RESILIENT 516 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:37,444 AND 517 00:09:37,444 --> 00:09:39,012 CERTAINLY FROM GIVING UP, THEY 518 00:09:39,012 --> 00:09:40,047 KEEP MAKING 519 00:09:40,047 --> 00:09:40,948 NEWESTS BECAUSE THEY 520 00:09:40,948 --> 00:09:42,115 SEE IF THEY DON'T T 521 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:42,649 RY, NOTHING 522 00:09:42,649 --> 00:09:43,817 WILL DO IT FOR THEM. 523 00:09:43,817 --> 00:09:44,785 THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN. 524 00:09:44,785 --> 00:09:46,053 THEY ARE NOT 525 00:09:46,053 --> 00:09:46,420 LEAVING. 526 00:09:46,420 --> 00:09:47,921 THEY'RE STICKING IN THEIR 527 00:09:47,921 --> 00:09:49,523 COMMUNITIES AND TRY TO 528 00:09:49,523 --> 00:09:50,858 REVIVE 529 00:09:50,858 --> 00:09:51,425 THEM. 530 00:09:51,425 --> 00:09:52,793 YOU FIND END OF WHERE YOU GO 531 00:09:52,793 --> 00:09:53,527 YOU 532 00:09:53,527 --> 00:09:54,661 HAVE TO LOOK FOR THEM. 533 00:09:54,661 --> 00:09:55,796 IT'S NOT IN THE 534 00:09:55,796 --> 00:09:56,630 MEDIA BECAUSE 535 00:09:56,630 --> 00:09:57,831 THEY'RE WOULD BEDAZZLED B 536 00:09:57,831 --> 00:09:58,632 Y THE 537 00:09:58,632 --> 00:09:59,833 POWER CENTERS AND WET BUT 538 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:00,200 IT'S 539 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,435 THERE AND IN THE 540 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:02,002 ABSENCE OF 541 00:10:02,002 --> 00:10:03,270 STRUCTURAL CHANGE OR 542 00:10:03,270 --> 00:10:04,104 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, I THINK 543 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:05,138 THAT'S WHERE 544 00:10:05,138 --> 00:10:08,108 I FIND 545 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:08,976 GLIMMERS OF 546 00:10:08,976 --> 00:10:09,376 HOPE. 547 00:10:09,376 --> 00:10:11,111 >>YOU ELUDED TO THE FACT THAT 548 00:10:11,111 --> 00:10:12,479 ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE 549 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:12,846 PROFILE 550 00:10:12,846 --> 00:10:14,815 WENT TO WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT'S 551 00:10:14,815 --> 00:10:15,315 LEX. 552 00:10:15,315 --> 00:10:16,483 TO WHAT EXTENT 553 00:10:16,483 --> 00:10:17,184 TO ANY 554 00:10:17,184 --> 00:10:17,551 PRESIDENT 555 00:10:17,551 --> 00:10:18,819 HAVE CONTROL OF FORCES YOU'RE 556 00:10:18,819 --> 00:10:19,853 TALKING ABOUT? 557 00:10:19,853 --> 00:10:21,755 >>I THINK LES AND 558 00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:24,458 LES. 559 00:10:24,458 --> 00:10:25,792 ROOSEVELT AND 560 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:26,026 REAGAN 561 00:10:26,026 --> 00:10:26,793 WERE ABLE 562 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:28,395 TO SHAPE THE RHETORIC 563 00:10:28,395 --> 00:10:28,929 AND THE 564 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:30,330 REALITY OF LIFE IN AMERICA 565 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:30,831 MORE 566 00:10:30,831 --> 00:10:31,665 THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS BEEN 567 00:10:31,665 --> 00:10:31,999 ABLE TO. 568 00:10:31,999 --> 00:10:33,133 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN, 569 00:10:33,133 --> 00:10:34,101 I THINK, A 570 00:10:34,101 --> 00:10:35,736 GREAT PRESIDENT AT A DIFT TIME, 571 00:10:35,736 --> 00:10:37,171 BUT HE CAME INTO POWER 572 00:10:37,171 --> 00:10:38,172 WITH THE 573 00:10:38,172 --> 00:10:39,239 LEVERS OF POWER, NOT 574 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:39,873 REALLY 575 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:40,240 WORKING. 576 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,608 YOU COULD PULL ON IT WITH BUT 577 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:42,976 DOES IT RESPOND? 578 00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:44,411 DOES THE SENATE ALLOW YOU TO 579 00:10:44,411 --> 00:10:45,078 GET 580 00:10:45,078 --> 00:10:46,213 LEGISLATION THROUGH OR IS IT 581 00:10:46,213 --> 00:10:47,447 BECAUSE OF THE ABUSE OF 582 00:10:47,447 --> 00:10:48,782 THE 583 00:10:48,782 --> 00:10:49,883 FILIBUSTER, THE LEAST DEMOCRATIC 584 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:50,717 BODY 585 00:10:50,717 --> 00:10:51,685 IN ANY 586 00:10:51,685 --> 00:10:52,319 DEMOCRACICY I'M 587 00:10:52,319 --> 00:10:52,986 AWARE OF? 588 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:54,955 THE BANKS HAVE SUCH 589 00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:55,689 POWER 590 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:56,089 ON 591 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:58,292 EXIL AND 592 00:10:58,292 --> 00:10:58,892 CAPITOL 593 00:10:58,892 --> 00:11:00,194 HILL AND THAT'S THE 594 00:11:00,194 --> 00:11:01,261 STORY OF THE BIDEN AID WHO 595 00:11:01,261 --> 00:11:02,162 WAS A 596 00:11:02,162 --> 00:11:03,363 LOBBY UNFORTUNATE. 597 00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:04,231 HE SAW 598 00:11:04,231 --> 00:11:05,599 BETTER THAN ANYONE 599 00:11:05,599 --> 00:11:05,866 HOW 600 00:11:05,866 --> 00:11:07,201 WALL STREET HAD COME IN SOME 601 00:11:07,201 --> 00:11:08,869 WAYS TO OWN WASHINGTON AND 602 00:11:08,869 --> 00:11:09,203 IS 603 00:11:09,203 --> 00:11:10,504 MUCH AS OBAMA TRIED 604 00:11:10,504 --> 00:11:11,572 TO REFORM 605 00:11:11,572 --> 00:11:13,173 THAT WITH LEGISLATION, IT JUST 606 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:14,141 SEEMS TO BE STRONGER 607 00:11:14,141 --> 00:11:15,042 THAN A 608 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:16,877 PRESIDENT THESE 609 00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:17,177 DAY. 610 00:11:17,177 --> 00:11:18,212 THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW, THE 611 00:11:18,212 --> 00:11:19,513 WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN SORT 612 00:11:19,513 --> 00:11:20,781 OF 613 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:21,815 ELIPSED BY THESE 614 00:11:21,815 --> 00:11:22,816 MUCH 615 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:23,183 MORE 616 00:11:23,183 --> 00:11:24,451 POWERFUL FORCES LIKE THE 617 00:11:24,451 --> 00:11:25,752 INTERNET AND LIKE 618 00:11:25,752 --> 00:11:26,220 CORPORATIONS 619 00:11:26,220 --> 00:11:26,987 AND BANKS. 620 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:28,355 >>WHAT IS IT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO 621 00:11:28,355 --> 00:11:29,556 TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR 622 00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:30,090 BOOK? 623 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:31,325 >>I WANT THEM TO READ 624 00:11:31,325 --> 00:11:32,693 IT WITH 625 00:11:32,693 --> 00:11:33,460 THE PLEASURE OF 626 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,995 READING A 627 00:11:34,995 --> 00:11:35,929 NOVELISTIC 628 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:36,230 WORK 629 00:11:36,230 --> 00:11:37,130 OF HISTORY AND I 630 00:11:37,130 --> 00:11:38,532 WANT THEM 631 00:11:38,532 --> 00:11:39,132 TO SIMPLY FEEL 632 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:39,533 WHAT 633 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:40,767 IT'S LIKE TO HAVE 634 00:11:40,767 --> 00:11:41,268 LIVED IN 635 00:11:41,268 --> 00:11:42,736 AMERICA DURING THIS TIME, 636 00:11:42,736 --> 00:11:43,537 TO SEE 637 00:11:43,537 --> 00:11:45,172 WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND WHERE WE 638 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:45,606 ARE NOW. 639 00:11:45,606 --> 00:11:46,874 I WANT 640 00:11:46,874 --> 00:11:47,574 IT TO 641 00:11:47,574 --> 00:11:48,308 BE A 642 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:49,076 MIRE PEOPLE 643 00:11:49,076 --> 00:11:51,478 CAN LOOK INTO AND SAY, THIS IS 644 00:11:51,478 --> 00:11:51,778 RIGHT. 645 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,480 IT DIDN'T DOESN'T ME EXACTLY 646 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:54,848 WHAT TO DO 647 00:11:54,848 --> 00:11:55,148 BUT 648 00:11:55,148 --> 00:11:56,350 IT SHOWS ME ONE 649 00:11:56,350 --> 00:11:57,751 TRUTH ABOUT WHERE THE COUNTRY 650 00:11:57,751 --> 00:11:58,552 IS 651 00:11:58,552 --> 00:11:59,353 TODAY. 652 00:11:59,353 --> 00:12:00,721 IF I'VE DONE THAT, I'VE 653 00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:01,088 ACHIEVED 654 00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:02,089 MY 655 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:02,689 AIM. 656 00:12:02,689 --> 00:12:04,024 >>GEORGE PACKER, THANK YOU SO 657 00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:05,125 MUCH FOR STOPPING B 658 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:05,592 Y. 659 00:12:05,592 --> 00:12:06,760 >>MY PLEASURE. 660 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,262 >>AGAIN, THE BOOK IS THE 661 00:12:08,262 --> 00:12:09,563 UN-WIEBDING AND INNER HISTORY OF 662 00:12:09,563 --> 00:12:10,797 THE NEW AMERICA. 663 00:12:10,797 --> 00:12:12,799 YOU CAN READ AN EXCERPT ON OUR 664 00:12:12,799 --> 00:12:13,133 WEBSITE. 665 00:12:13,133 --> 00:12:13,867 THERE'S MORE "CHICAGO TONIGHT" 666 00:12:13,867 --> 00:12:17,704 IN A MOMENT SO PLEASE 667 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:18,372 STAY WITH 668 00:12:18,372 --> 00:12:22,372 US.