The Dark History Behind RFK Jr.'s Health Policies

Live-streamed on December 2, 2024 Rick Perlstein, historian, writer at The American Prospect, and author of his most recent book Reaganland: America’s Right Turn 1976-1980. https://x.com/rickperlstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://prospect.org/topics/rick-perlstein/ https://www.ampersandbooks.org/book/9781476793061 Rick Perlstein then joins, as he, Sam, and Emma dive right into making sense of the social welfare promises made by vitriolic far-right populist regimes, be it Bismark’s invention of unemployment, a KKK that supports single-payer healthcare, or an RFK healthcare regime that could reign in Big Pharma, assessing the actual value of these promises and the limited impact they have as fascist carrots, and emphasizing why these administrations focus on destroying institutions and systems, not building them. Watch the Majority Report live Monday–Friday at 12 p.m. EST on YouTube OR listen via daily podcast at http://www.Majority.FM https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm #SamSeder #EmmaVigeland #MajorityReport #politics #news Support the show by becoming a member: https://www.fans.fm/majority/join Get all your MR merch at our store: https://www.shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://www.fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://www.am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://www.majoritydiscord.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://www.majority.fm/app CHECK OUT MORE from the MR crew: Matt Binder DOOMED https://www.youtube.com/MattBinder Brandon Sutton DISCOURSE https://www.youtube.com/@Th3Discourse Emma Vigeland ESVN https://www.youtube.com/ESVNShow Matt Lech LEFT RECKONING https://www.youtube.com/LeftReckoning OTHER LINKS: Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/MajorityReport Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MajorityFM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majorityreport.fm/ Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://www.avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://www.majorityreportradio.com/ Image Credit, Gage Skidmore https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/53514437919 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/ Image has been cropped and color has been altered.