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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's a sort of conspiracy theory in reverse.
Instead of shadowy, manipulative, super-powerful, super-clever forces carefully controlling your every thought for deeply nefarious reasons, Mr super-powerful, super-clever Wonderguy is carefully controlling everybody's thoughts for ultra-lovely reasons.
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It's a sort of conspiracy theory in reverse. (Original Post)
sibelian
Sep 2013
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sibelian
(7,804 posts)1. It's not enough that he's a Demcoratic president. He has to be the anti-Bush.
He's never going to be the anti-Bush. It's impossible.
mattclearing
(10,091 posts)4. Exactly.
Bush was able to do what he did because his goals matched those of America's most powerful forces.
Anytime a progressive threatens to make similar progress, those forces align to shut it down.
sibelian
(7,804 posts)5. That's just one of the problems...
It isn't even possible to *point out* that he operates in such a system without such observations also being shut down...
sibelian
(7,804 posts)2. Has there ever been an American president that left office with his reputation intact?
Will America ever shake itself free of the myth of the sacrificial king?
sibelian
(7,804 posts)3. I'm starting to feel sorry for him.
It can't be easy.