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In reply to the discussion: Mr. President, many of us thought we were voting for greatness. Instead, we got you. [View all]Zalatix
(8,994 posts)The Plutocracy will come to that new President and put him/her under their thumb. The Plutocracy has the power to destroy America's increasingly fragile economy and throw the whole country into chaos. They can do it through the banks, through a ruinous oil embargo, through all kinds of methods. Just about any President who comes into office and faces such threats will choose to cave rather than oversee a currency collapse* or a massive oil crisis, etc., on their watch.
Obama has handlers who got a hold of him shortly after taking office. It's the same people who kicked Jimmy Carter out of office. It's the same people who shackle every President and most of Congress as soon as they get into office.
* Although I would call their bluff on both cases. The Plutocracy has more to lose in a collapse than the rest of America does.