1. The contract that we lost was with ourselves. America couldn 't uphold its own contract. American people are suppose to be the good guys and going out of the way to help people to ensure a better life for all. But within the last war, George Packer had realized that America has changed and things are not the way they once were. In his opening statement he had compared a green zone, in the Iraq war, to Illinois. It is, in a way, America taking the war to a not so serious level. The Americans that lived behind the walls of the green zone were able to not have to see the war for what it truly was. With living behind the wall they didn’t have to encounter the Iraqi people everyday and see how the war was truly effecting them. They weren’t able
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According to Packer the contract was broken in 1978. That was when he noticed a dramatic change in American life. It was a time of high spread pessimism. Which included high gas prices, high inflation and high unemployment. Which is when he believed the contract was broken. When corporate executives earned 40 times more than their lowest paid employee was one of the key signs of the contract being broken. When big businesses became greedy and not caring is when things went down hill fast. Also organized money and the use of lobbyists in political elections. These were all things that contributed to things going wrong.
4. It seems as if Packer blames the elites of the United States for this problem. The elites consist of the heads of the banks and heads of big corporations. He believed that they thought they knew how to effectively run the economy. He thought they were greedy and would do what ever it took to get ahead of the pack. Even if that meant abandoning standards and …show more content…
Packer does bring up some valid points and his argument is agreeable. But there are somethings that he just blames for the broken contract. I don’t believe that it could have been just a few things that changed the way Americans live their lives. But there are definitely things that made more of an impact than others. For example, technology. Technology has made the world become a smaller place, in a way. It has connected everyone and helped in various different ways. But it has also made people lazier in what they do and has taken away from other things that we use to do. I do think that people have lost sight in certain things. For example, in his opening statement about they way Americans are able to hide behind a wall to not really account for what is going on on the other side. Americans are more likely to turn a blind eye to things now and not really see the full picture. As being an American I do think about the wars and I don’t like to think about them and what really goes on. I think that I am able to abandon the thought because I think things will eventually be taken care of. One of the things that was brought up that I feel bad about is the amount of newspaper companies that have gone away and closed because their business is no longer needed. It makes me sad to think that, but there is nothing I can do about it. And humans are changing and evolving. As technology becomes more and more advanced there becomes a lesser need for those types of things. It is all
According to Packer the contract was broken in 1978. That was when he noticed a dramatic change in American life. It was a time of high spread pessimism. Which included high gas prices, high inflation and high unemployment. Which is when he believed the contract was broken. When corporate executives earned 40 times more than their lowest paid employee was one of the key signs of the contract being broken. When big businesses became greedy and not caring is when things went down hill fast. Also organized money and the use of lobbyists in political elections. These were all things that contributed to things going wrong.
4. It seems as if Packer blames the elites of the United States for this problem. The elites consist of the heads of the banks and heads of big corporations. He believed that they thought they knew how to effectively run the economy. He thought they were greedy and would do what ever it took to get ahead of the pack. Even if that meant abandoning standards and …show more content…
Packer does bring up some valid points and his argument is agreeable. But there are somethings that he just blames for the broken contract. I don’t believe that it could have been just a few things that changed the way Americans live their lives. But there are definitely things that made more of an impact than others. For example, technology. Technology has made the world become a smaller place, in a way. It has connected everyone and helped in various different ways. But it has also made people lazier in what they do and has taken away from other things that we use to do. I do think that people have lost sight in certain things. For example, in his opening statement about they way Americans are able to hide behind a wall to not really account for what is going on on the other side. Americans are more likely to turn a blind eye to things now and not really see the full picture. As being an American I do think about the wars and I don’t like to think about them and what really goes on. I think that I am able to abandon the thought because I think things will eventually be taken care of. One of the things that was brought up that I feel bad about is the amount of newspaper companies that have gone away and closed because their business is no longer needed. It makes me sad to think that, but there is nothing I can do about it. And humans are changing and evolving. As technology becomes more and more advanced there becomes a lesser need for those types of things. It is all