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In reply to the discussion: American State of the Union: A Festival of Lies [View all]Nay
(12,051 posts)task of fixing our more pressing problems, even if he wanted to take them on. Whether he's blind to the actual problems that threaten the human race (population, climate change) or whether he just thinks there's nothing he can do, we are all still stuck with the situation as it is. We still have to get in our cars to go to work because there's no alternative -- alternatives have been starved out by corporate manipulation of all types. We still have to buy electricity, etc. We are stuck in the system until it falls down, and then we have to pick up the pieces as best we can. That's an ass-backward way to run things, but humans seem to be unable to do anything until emergencies hit. And sometimes not even then.
It's my personal opinion that Pres. Obama simply does not have the courage to address these major problems in a way that would upset the big players. Jimmy Carter did, and Carter knew it would doom him and did it anyway. 99% of politicians don't have that kind of guts.