Obama understands "bitter" America

M. Barak Obama, hero of the people and King among Men, apparently has some rather condescending views of middle-class, small town America, in fact he considers them quite "bitter" (his words), which is not surprising considering his multi-millionaire status and privileged background. Monsieur Obama has declared it understandable that so many United Staters cling to such vices as guns and religion in the face of economic hardship and political alienation:

"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them," he said. "And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," he added.

Nothing shocking in his assumptions, indeed the ruling class purports to understand the reactions of the working class and tries to assuage them all the time, hoping to pull the wool over the eyes of the electorate so that they realise not the truly corrupt and oppressive nature of bourgeois democracy. The real bitterness that the working class feels is towards their bosses, the owners of companies and businesses whose income and homesteads are secure, their children's future assured, profit made on the backs of the labour force. Union leaders and politicians have managed to portray themselves as working for the betterment of the average wage-slave. May it soon come to be realised that only a real mass organisation of workers can secure and maintain the gains that must be made for the American and world working class, that they may be secure in their livelihood and liberated from oppression.

Libellés : Pauvreté et développement, Politique, États-Unis

par Borges à 10:43

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