Every measure of progress in history has been met with pushback from those in power.
This is another one of those moments.
"You don't have the privilege to be exhausted," historian Jon Meachem says about the moment we're in, as federal forces occupy an American city. #Velshi
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‘You don’t have the privilege to be exhausted’: Jon Meacham reflects on this moment in history
The freedom that we enjoy today is the outcome of years – if not decades – of struggle. We’ve been in a period of relative peace, but the upheaval of the past year has jostled many Americans out of stupor, especially following the recent shooting of Renee Good in a city that has been overrun by federal officers. Renowned presidential historian Jon Meacham gives Ali Velshi a sober analysis of this moment in American history. “I don’t know if it’s likely we’ll prevail,” he says. “All I have is the evidence of our past which is that we have, just barely, managed to keep this experiment towards this more perfect union unfolding.”
