Reply #11: Politics and, even more so, politicians are highly overrated as an agent of change.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Obama is doing what I expected a centrist politician to do. Not much more than tinker with a corrupt system that is built on a crumbling structure of exploitation of those most vulnerable. He's taking the middle ground in "hope" of making some slight changes to the system to make it slightly less corrupt while leaving it intact and in the hands of the powerful.

It is in the nature of those who hold power, politicians, CEO's, bosses of any kind, to maintain power as their first priority. To do so, they inevitably have to sacrifice the principles they espoused and, also inevitably, people.

In order to "save" the economy he is propping up the very system that is bringing it's downfall. He is taking the path of easing he pain (hopefully) in the short term while by sacrificing the future well being of people in the long term - somebody is going to have to pay the bills and it isn't going to be the politicians and bankers.

In order to save face, he is continuing 2 lost wars at the sacrifice of lives, real lives, of real people.

In order to mollify the right he is condemning the "detainees" to years more of imprisonment and abuse by retaining military tribunals.

The list goes on.

As for me, I prefer direct action for "change" that doesn't involve the self interest of politicians.

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