Packer is the quintessential leftist. I first encountered him when I read his Peace Corps memoir, The Village of Waiting, which blames his failures on everyone/thing except the guilty party. Here’s one Amazon review of that book: “Poor George Packer did just about everything possible to assure that his Peace Corps experience would be a real ‘train wreck’. I give him credit for even writing a book like this. I would recommend this book to anyone considering joining the Peace Corps as a guide for what not to do.”
I’m wondering what George Packer’s middle name might be, my first guess is Fudge.