Barack Obama

[hankhavelock]

Originally Posted by CreativeMind

In short: it's NEVER a good thing to lecture Americans on "true liberalism" or to lecture us on how we need to become a more "socially just" place...So saying things like that -- as Obama has now found out -- only acts like a bucket of cold water to the face, at which point Americans remember that we LIKE being capitalists and we DO believe that our ways are superior. At which point we'll vote for the President who will give the middle finger to the rest of the "liberal and socialist" countries of the world because we, as Americans, want NO part of that.

Excellent and beautiful description of the American neo-conservative way of viewing the world - devastatingly true! And why would you basicly give a shit what any one thinks? You just send the marines... simple! And good for you! Or is it?

George Bush and his hired hoods (or is he, actually, the pawn in the game) have SO broken away from the traditional American approach which used to be based on respect for humanity. No more. Ronald Reagan, God bless his soul, came forward as probably the most innovative American politician in foreign affairs since... since I don't even know, when an American president made such a significant difference. Your current administration is not only reaping the fruits of his work, they are misusing it in a sense to which the American brand is effectively destroying itself.

Is that what you want, my man? Are you truly so arrogant that you believe that your country can exist in love, peace and harmony DESPITE the rest of the world?

Wisen up! I'm not a socialist - never! However, having a bit of solidarity for the folks less fortunate in our socalled equal Western societies is not a crime... or is it? Actually, that's not only good morale, it's also good business. But good business aside, I come from a country where every body bitches about high taxes, but if you really dig deep into it, people (even the rich of us) appreciate a system where solidarity and taking care of those less fortunate is the cornerstone of democracy.

Barack Obama will not make America into a socialist nation - that's ridiculous! He'll be better for American economy than any republican ever was. And a bit of wealth-redistribution is necessary to make a democracy work. Nobody wants to pay more taxes than they have to - but the sane ones of us realize that without a degree of wealth-redistribution, chaos and lassez-faire follows. Need I refer to the current financial crisis?

No true democracy can work without a sincere concern for the less fortunate among us. If we cannot accept a system that puts it at its forefront to deal with poverty, then we are not democrats (with a small d). Adam Smith and Karl Marx are equally outdated...

The current American rethoric and waging of war has made it harder to be a Westerner in this world. It's time for an optimistic change. Barack will to a degree bring that.

Peace (love and harmony)!

HankyPanky