Barak Obama is going to be successful beyond his wildest dreams. He wanted to fundamentally remake America and his legacy is secure. It doesn’t matter to him that he is dismantling the dreams of millions, he is an elitist. He knows what is best for us. We must obviously not be dreaming the right things. He sees himself as the parent to our child, telling us, “You will understand when you are older”. That is the source of his hubris. It really doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, he has changed America.
He has humbled the United States of America. We are now a second rate country in the eyes of the world. Those who were our friends have been betrayed and ignored. Those who hate us have been pandered to. At present the world knows it cannot look to us for much of anything. Even Americans are looking to Russia for common sense leadership.
We are divided in ways that we could have never imagined. He has damaged the expectations of every tribal group in America. You may have seen the headline that middle class men are dying at higher rates. We have seen what should be a simple statement of fact, black lives matter, become a chant of hate that means “only black lives matter”. E pluribus unum is becoming race baiting. The division will continue. It is moving beyond Latino vs Anglo. Now you have Guatemalan vs Mexican and African American vs Islander.
Barak Obama is a man of the world and he has brought the hate of the world to America.
That is a legacy.
homo unius libri
I hate to say it, but I'm more prejudiced now, by far, than I was a few years ago. Not bigoted or racist, mind you, but more prejudiced.
ReplyDeleteI think we often confuse prejudice with the discernment that comes from experience.
ReplyDeleteGrace and peace.