So. Let me give my opinion.
I post the last entry from a Latin American perspective. I, too, have watched the primaries religiously on CNN, I, too, have hoped and prayed for Obama to win the candidacy. I have spent hours discussing this with friends and family. But then a close friend looked at me and asked, "Carrie, why are you watching the puppet show?"
And I woke up. I have no doubt that Obama will be a far "better" president, especially domestically, than Clinton or McCain. Nonetheless, we have to remember that he is still a part of a system which is inherently racist, imperialist, and elitist. Real, integral changes, at least in foreign policy, cannot be made, because the president doesn't control the US's foreign policy, transnational companies who benefit from the US war machine and the economic exploitation of developing economies (CAFTA, for example) DO control these things.
So. Let's not get our hopes up. I want Obama to win, but he's still a part of the puppet show. Resistance has to come from below. For the people, by the people.
And I woke up. I have no doubt that Obama will be a far "better" president, especially domestically, than Clinton or McCain. Nonetheless, we have to remember that he is still a part of a system which is inherently racist, imperialist, and elitist. Real, integral changes, at least in foreign policy, cannot be made, because the president doesn't control the US's foreign policy, transnational companies who benefit from the US war machine and the economic exploitation of developing economies (CAFTA, for example) DO control these things.
So. Let's not get our hopes up. I want Obama to win, but he's still a part of the puppet show. Resistance has to come from below. For the people, by the people.