rhubroma wrote:red_flanders wrote:rhubroma wrote:I'm perplexed over how not having a magic wand is an alibi for not even putting up a fight, also at the expense of a second term. I mean corporate welfare continued unabated, finance capitalism resumed it's old ways, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were prolonged and reinforced, the disparity between wealth and the rest of society grew unchecked, public services and education continued to be enfeabled, the policies toward the subaltern classes weren't prioritized, business and consumer hegemony ran their inexorable triumph at the universities, etc. Moses did not even attempt to punish the Korists. But, then again, Moses the magus did have a magic wand...
It's not an alibi for anything. I'm certain I didn't claim it was.
I don't disagree with all the things you cite. I'll grant you all of it.
So what's the remedy? Re-elect a criminal idiot? Until someone can point to a solution, I'll continue to be motivated by real and meaningful differences in policy. Sanders would have made more of a difference, and my wife and I gave him money, time, and votes. He didn't make it, which is a shame.
Doesn't mean Trump and Obama are the same, or even close. Tell someone dying without health care about "subaltern classes". Should be a nice conversation, albeit brief.
Ah, but this is what is so essential and yet so supressed.
More crumbs please.
No doubt the Yemenese drone victims were impressed by Obama’s command of English. Surely they topk that as a meaningful and relevant difference over W.