Obama Vs Bush

There's no shortage of great articles out there showing how Obama is worse than Bush on just about every major issue, from war to protecting the criminal bankers. There's certainly truth to this, but I think it misses a larger point. Instead of focusing on the particular character that's occupying that office we should be paying attention to the steady trends that have been systemically carried out through that office for decades, regardless of who occupies it.

Instead of citing the differences of President Bush and Obama, we might note that the office of president continues to eviscerate civil liberties at home while expanding the permanent war economy to more and more countries abroad.

So, yes, the 1% under Obama have captured 121% of the income gains. But that's not something Obama can magically make happen. It's the result of decades of bipartisan work to undermine wages, destroy unions, and shift wealth from those who work to the parasitic class that lives off of our work.

It's the natural result of a system that was designed, in the words of James Madison, "to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority." In other words, Obama isn't worse than Bush; he's better than Bush: he's better at "protecting the minority of the opulent from the majority."

 

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