Quick Take: Assimilating in America
The Michael Steele Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2023
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Michael Steele speaks with Mary Trump about the psychology of America, what prompted our cultural rot and the psychology behind the crazy that we're experiencing in our country, both pre and post Donald Trump's presidency.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Michael Steel Podcast listeners, Michael Steel here with another quick take from the |
| 0:12.5 | Michael Steel Podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | Check out what's going on right now. |
| 0:16.9 | Welcome back everybody to Michael Steel Podcast. |
| 0:19.2 | We are speaking with Mary Trump, author, psychiatrist, psychologist and someone who I think |
| 0:32.0 | has sat at a very unique point in this narrative. |
| 0:39.1 | Mary, you have seen it because you know from one sense family history, so you've seen |
| 0:45.2 | how some of the some of the sauce was created. |
| 0:50.6 | But then you also get to look at how it is impacting us culturally, politically, societally. |
| 1:00.4 | You recently had a discussion, for example, on your podcast, the Mary Trump show, which |
| 1:07.1 | I highly recommend people listen to because it's fun and informative. |
| 1:14.1 | And you in this particular episode, you were talking about mental health and incarceration |
| 1:21.0 | in the United States. |
| 1:22.8 | You pointed out and there's something that I got to know and appreciate as Lieutenant |
| 1:28.5 | Governor Marilyn, Marilyn dealing with the criminal justice system in the state, that |
| 1:35.3 | $31,000 a year is what it costs to incarcerate an individual. |
| 1:42.5 | Whereas if we spent $10,000 a year, we could actually treat them much more comprehensively |
| 1:51.2 | within their community through community health services and centers, et cetera. |
| 1:58.0 | A, why don't we do that? |
| 2:01.6 | Okay, so I'll just start there. |
| 2:03.8 | Why don't we do that? |
| 2:05.9 | But then B, what does that say? |
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