My father used to quote: “politics is the art of solving problems”. I don’t know who said that first but it’s anyway true. The dilemma is that the problems politicians nowadays create are far more than those they solve.
Paraphrasing Malcolm X, we can today say in most places around the world: we are living in a society that is by and large controlled by people who believe in segregation and racism. Barack Obama can certainly speak loudly and magnificently about racism but he is not the guy with the guts needed to solve that problem.
I believe in human kind. Yes, we can! I say too because I believe changes still are possible. But I doubt Barack Obama’s values and visions will remain unassailable under the pressure of Corporate America and of all the hegemonic interest groups and networks controlling the economy and the nation’s foreign policy.
He will be disciplined. Barack Obama will be trained to understand how power is constructed and how it works in the global order to serve not the oppressed masses but the oppressors in command.
And he will reinforce that power because his nature is more that of a street-smart survivor participating in the TV-show Robinson, than that of a straight revolutionary leader ready to struggle on the world stage.
To be “lagom” is the quintessence of being a white Swede. It means to be the barely discernible citizen who is faithful to the welfare state and who passes throughout room and time without leaving long-lasting tracks.
To be “antilagom” is a way of resisting a racist system’s assimilation process. It’s a state of mind very much needed in order to avoid becoming a silent slave.
Obama will soon be disciplined…
17 01 2009My father used to quote: “politics is the art of solving problems”. I don’t know who said that first but it’s anyway true. The dilemma is that the problems politicians nowadays create are far more than those they solve.
Paraphrasing Malcolm X, we can today say in most places around the world: we are living in a society that is by and large controlled by people who believe in segregation and racism.
Barack Obama can certainly speak loudly and magnificently about racism but he is not the guy with the guts needed to solve that problem.
I believe in human kind. Yes, we can! I say too because I believe changes still are possible. But I doubt Barack Obama’s values and visions will remain unassailable under the pressure of Corporate America and of all the hegemonic interest groups and networks controlling the economy and the nation’s foreign policy.
He will be disciplined. Barack Obama will be trained to understand how power is constructed and how it works in the global order to serve not the oppressed masses but the oppressors in command.
And he will reinforce that power because his nature is more that of a street-smart survivor participating in the TV-show Robinson, than that of a straight revolutionary leader ready to struggle on the world stage.