How The U.S. Became A ‘Wildland’ | The Mehdi Hasan Show

Exactly how did Americans become so divided and so angry? It’s a question that Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos set out to answer in the reporting for his new book, ‘Wildland’. The places he traveled to, and the roots he traced about America’s path to rage and political dysfunction may surprise you.
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[@alphonsedellert9146]

This show is refreshingly truthful, appreciate it!

[@robertmahler8894]

I am an American that has been living in Europe (Western) for the last 7 years, and just let me say; make NO mistake, the US is far from civilized society, in spite of all they have been telling us daily for decades.

[@Clusterboy]

True, we’ve been brainwashed starting in kindergarten and thru high school. Now decades later my brain has been cleansed as I learn about Native American genocide, slavery and continued black oppression, countless millions killed and displaced in failed futile lie infested wars. The plundering of middle class wealth with billionaire extraction of resources which would benefit the people. Scandinavia is a stark contrast, Germany and other countries as well. Yes, especially for families with young children emigration should be a consideration. I fear we are headed for a fascist downfall.

[@iqbaltimol2676]

“ you will own nothing and you will be happy, because we tell you you are happy.” Words of a 1%er. Look around you to see who the 1%er are.

[@boxcopper]

I am from Holland and I think the same...

[@mattrussillo4587]

I've always said that in spite of all that crap they hand us ,that this isn't fooling anyone around the world! This country was built on racism and nothing can happen until we're ready to admit it and deal with it but the right is doing their damnedest to prevent that from ever happening they are The Reincarnation of the Nazis and the KKK rolled into one!

[@treefrog3349]

The concept is so simple it is ridiculous : "divide and conquer" was a strategy perfected by Roman Legions 18 centuries ago! Keep the peasants at each others throats and the noble lords and conquerors can march on with relative ease. Even our best minds of today fail to comprehend that simple strategy - or acknowledge it.

[@Clusterboy]

Happened post Civil War, post Reconstruction pitting poor whites against freed slaves. This continues. No end in sight.

[@treefrog3349]

I recently read an interesting comparison of Angela Merkel's 16-year "conservative" government to our own American "liberal democracy". The contrast is stark, and eye-openingly different. I encourage all to make the comparison.Germany today (as do many European nations) genuinely cares for the well-being of the entire populace because they understand the simple axiom that "a rising tide lifts all boats". America is the equivalent of a sinking ship where the first-class male passengers are piling into the life boats, leaving the women and children behind. Continuing with that analogy, the poor souls in steerage are completely unaware that the ship is sinking.

[@nonyabizness.original]

excellent observation.

[@davidguelette7036]

Most of civilized world view American democrats as conservative while Republicans are viewed as right wing fringe extremist.

[@Clusterboy]

@@davidguelette7036 Problem with labels. Merkel described as conservative whereas here she’d be called progressive… oh not AOC but still progressive. Amongst the worse labels is “socialist” because everyone has own definition.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Yes, Germany deserves praise NOW but let's please never, ever forget what they were responsible for in the last century. Not one, but two world wars which killed millions of people and literally destroyed Germany itself. Can we please remember that and never, ever gloss it over? And, apparently, no one remembers the Marshall Plan. For those who do not know what that was, look it up.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Actually most of the Titanic first class male passengers stayed on the ship. But, yes, most of the steerage passengers perished.

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

oppression, arrogance, delusion, tyranny, exaggeration, injustice, betrayal, lack of sincerity in work, not forbidding evil, transgression of human law, espionage, lying, show off, hypocrisy, bribery, monopoly, greed, narcissism, insults, calling names, corruption, extremism, intolerance and discrimination (racism, nationalism, sectarianism, tribalism, sectarianism, and politics) and disbelief and tyranny are moral stances

[@YourCreepyUncle.]

But enough about you.

[@heatherc2939]

Well said Hassan.

[@fizgizan]

F the 1950s, we are NEVER regressing to that intolerable time.

[@mattrussillo4587]

They've made such an annoyingly mythical example of the 50s is somehow the epitome of the 20th century. My guess is because racism was still a shameless / unaccountable crime, white people dominated the country and it was before Vietnam/civil rights resistance.

[@Clusterboy]

@@mattrussillo4587 1950’s racism was a horror and actually little change as documented in “The New Jim Crow”. Otherwise ( sorry to say otherwise) the 1950’s were the best years of my life. 1943 to now which are the worst years in our country’s history ( except Civil War).

[@mattrussillo4587]

@@Clusterboy White America lived in a fantasy world in the 50s. After the Kennedys and King were killed the bill came due. I might also remind you that she was not even born at that time and to say that nothing happened in the sixties as far as civil rights were concerned is just plain ignorant. Whatever happened afterward was due to the undoing by Ronald Reagan who opened his campaign one of the most notoriously bigoted colleges in the south talking about" welfare queens", etc. I remember how much the narrative was changed towards civil rights by rational citizens at that turbulent time partly because people saw what actually happened in the red States those protests when the police sick dogs on them hit them with hoses,ect and NOW we've even surpassed that, and the maniacs on the right are trying their damnedest to bring us back to the FIRST half of the 20th century! But just like Trump, Reagan opened that door again THAT was the beginning of the new Jim Crow.

[@zen-Tii]

Fascism is here.

[@jackbarry7155]

Mehdi Hasan, you’re the Goods, Man. Asking the worthy questions.

[@lieissin2782]

How can True Americans allow this period of terror to continue ?

[@IMSiegfried]

How do you stop it?

[@lieissin2782]

@@IMSiegfried fight for voting rights and reforms ?

[@thomasrowan5951]

Sedition is a crime against the US of A. Prosecutors need to do their best to contain this ever present danger.

[@heatherc2939]

Riveting, watched 3 times, saved, and book ordered.

[@demcduff]

White fury doesn’t resonate with me.

[@MB-to5gl]

Me either.

[@YourCreepyUncle.]

What about black fury? Is that any better? Hint: It led to genocide in Africa and abject poverty in black nations outside of it.

[@itsolivier]

@@YourCreepyUncle. black fury also led to the dissolution of imperial colonial white european led slavery, that has resulted in all of this race based divisiveness

[@tjmaxx4739]

The Fox News encourages this mind sets, high time the CEO of Fox News political views, should be investigated!

[@iqbaltimol2676]

There is a slight possibility of convincing an intelligent person of the validity of an argument. When it is a Trumpard you have no chance of convincing them with the most cogent argument in the world.

[@mr.mrs.d.7015]

Be alarmist!!!! Everything I said would happen in our country going towards fascism in 2017 and was laughed at HAS HAPPENED!!! More alarm and action please!!!

[@mr.mrs.d.7015]

Joe cant unite anyone while there is still a filibuster

[@mildredmartinez8843]

I agree. Race is the central issue of American politics. It is an unresolved issue, the root of the Civil War and the unmentioned issue that fueled Trump's victory in 2916.

[@craigdelaney4242]

Reality tv, shock jocks, chat shows, brutal!

[@lorihenderson673]

The same is now happening in the uk

[@henriettealkhouri7432]

Is it too late for the American Empire of war to undo the damage it did to the world, its own citizens, and the environment??????.

[@suzanneharris8339]

I wish the Justice Department would speed up rooting out ALL the people responsible for the January 6 insurrection. A huge dose of justice, including appropriate sentences for all convictions, is very much in order.

[@mariag.8242]

The DoJ has 3 times its normal workload. There’s all the usual stuff, there’s the investigation and consequent prosecutions of the 1/6 insurrectionists which is the largest criminal case in US history, and clearing itself and helping other departments clear themselves of trump boobytraps in the form of unqualified but seditious appointees so it can also investigate and prosecute members of that corrupt administration and their criminal associates. I wish they could speed all of it up but they didn’t get 3 times the resources.

[@cattlecorner305]

Talk to us my bro Hasan.....

[@ohmy5650]

Decency, empathy or Democracy are among human mind's "leisures". This would prove it can't be every day's normality. Only at a strict personal level can that stay. Besides, that "leisure" irradiates on everybody like a blessing, so really if a rough someone enjoyed it or "accepted" to see blessed people around, it can't be a long lasting effect.

[@mattrussillo4587]

For the self-serving and short-sighted I, guess. Those things are basic and most people are taught those things before they even begin formal education. Anyone who considers basic human rights optional probably doesn't deserve any, anyway.

[@phriedokra6158]

Melanias army green Military coat was a preview of coming attractions as far as I'm concerned.....Eva Braun in DC

[@01bigtrev]

The American Taliban

[@jts1968]

How about acknowledging that both parties deal in spewing lies, not just the GOP. The reason it's hard to discern facts from fiction is that both parities in the US deal in lies over fact.

[@IMSiegfried]

There is no " both sides" this. Only one party attempted to overthrow the US government.

[@Sapheiorus]

Race is a second-order issue, though certainly a real issue that we must address in tandem. It's class division and the control over conversations by the capitalist class that has driven all of these tensions, including that of white supremacy and its racism, to prevent the spirit of democracy and the political influence of the working class from reigning as the majority of the nation.

[@mariag.8242]

Check out the video on the Amanpour channel about who has been arrested for crimes on 1/6. It’s mostly upper middle class middle aged white men. The chief demographic factor they have in common is an increase in people of color in their area.

[@Sapheiorus]

@@mariag.8242 I acknowledged that white supremacy is at work and racism exists in my statement. I'm saying that the origin of it all lies in the capitalist influences that brought about the sentiments of racial tension, and it is THAT we should target to address the problem most decisively. Your observation sees the factual cause and effect that shows the upper middle class white men were racist, but that doesn't explain WHY they were so violently racist, nor does it address HOW you fight it. The writers at the Jacobin magazine would tell you that the organization of all working people to counteract corporate power in this country will do far more to improve the conditions of the black community and bring greater inter-racial solidarity than to try making these angry white men check their privilege with "anti-racism training".

[@suedavis3525]

not much point in having a majority if Manchin and Sinema are acting like Republicans

[@lloydbrowne9397]

Come the day, when only truth and reconciliation will douse the embers of this impending disaster called the American experiment.

[@beckymiller5907]

WONDERFUL interview! But I take issue with one thing: Tucker Carlson is not operating from a "frantic sense of peril" personally. He is just an actor/poser, exploiting the fears of his much less fortunate viewers. He is a spoiled, entitled, dishonest faker.

[@googlemechuck4217]

these truths by jill lepore read it

[@outlawJosieFox]

You Americans do seem to be pretty damn arrogant about your country and I am British so you know that I know what I'm on about lol