Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Obama's neoliberal cabinet is an obvious representation of how his campaign of change is a blatant lie. I hope that people within the U.S. who are interested in human liberation and actual progressive change will be just as critical of Obama's actions as they have been of Bush's. However, this will probably not happen. Where is the large critique of the left now, the one which attacked Bush's war in Afghanistan, since Obama has continuously said over the past few months that he plans on increasing the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan? People have criticized Obama's plan but will there be as large amount of protest as there was for Bush's initial invasion? I guess we will see once he actually takes office.
Also, Arundhati Roy has a great article called "9 is not 11 (And November isn't September)" which criticizes the U.S. media's comparison of 9-11 to the attacks in Mumbai and offers a critical analysis of both (one which uses monster theory, a lil pocopomo, a lil reminiscent of the cyborg.)
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1 comments:
I think the lack of criticism comes from a lack of actual knowledge of the world's happenings beyond topics of immediate interest, and specifically those with which a discourse allows passability as an active and politically conscious participant in society. Voting Obama into office, and Obama being in office, is probably the largest tokenizing event to ever take place in history. I guess all that I mean is that Obama is going to be hugely supported by liberals because most liberals don't actually know what they're talking about, and if very superficial race consciousness fills the quota for being considered politically conscious, no popular critique of his actions really are going to follow until much later. I think that earlier anti-war sentiments were louder before the most recent presidential campaign because it was the popular outlet for disenchantment and validation for having vague political ideals, not because many people actually knew what the fuck was going on, or that the war is also incredibly racist and perhaps even more relevant to dissect than the inauguration of our first black president. It is an issue that there has been an increased feeling of patriotism since the new presidential election, and it is a terrifying thought to consider that voices of dissent will be silenced by blind optimism.
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