Up w/ Chris Hayes panelists Heather Hurlburt of the National Security Network, Reza Aslan of the Council on Foreign Relations, Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy, and Zainab Salbi of the Women for Women International join guest host Sam Seder to talk about the developing unrest throughout the Muslim world, particularly in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen.
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Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another – from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball – imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters.
How did we get here? With "Twilight of the Elites," Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the 1960s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite--one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it.
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There wouldn't be incidents of these (at least not to this level) if we changed our foreign policy vis a vis muslim nations. For one, it'd be helpful if we stopped bombing the f--k out of these muslim countries.
We bomb them to smithereens; we vilify them at every single change we get; we disrespect their religion and we expect to be greeted with open arms?
Talk about arrogance on imperial magnitude!
Also, don't go t a wedding in one of these countries
Also, don't go to a wedding in one of these countries
Thomas Frank said we insult, condemn and persecute, so here goes. Use the Mr. Sandman tune to vamp this ditty.
"Hey Mister Romney give us a grin.
Four sevens know the fix that you're in.
You want tax cuts for you and your friends.
But that defies our modern day trends.
Dubya knew we are easily bored.
So tax cuts must be across the board."
Thomas Frank pointed out that Americans insult, condemn and persecute. Here goes. Vamp this ditty to the Mr. Sandman tune.
"Hey Mister Romney give us a grin.
Four sevens know the fix that you're in.
You want tax cuts for you and your friends.
But that defies our modern day trends.
Dubya knew we are easily bored.
So tax cuts must be across the board "