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Originally Posted by Poindexterity
how do you feel about the level of anti american sentiment and ignorance here in the US?
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Well, there's no doubt that the Bush administration "helped" this a big deal.
Unfortunately, having a fail at steering wheel for 8 years, having all the core principles pissed on won't help any nation with its self confidence.
I hope Barack will be able to at least partially restore unity, faith and confidence, as it's now more important than ever.
He's very well qualified from the political skills point of view, he should be able to win even those young intellectually styled voters.
Unfortunately, he became a president at the time, when global capitalism went practically bankrupt.
He now is looked upon as a savior, that is supposed to fix everything, that is now ruined, due to the recent concentration of power in the private banking system, especially from Reagan's times till now.
The bubble burst, the real money disappeared and only virtual remained, the party is over.
That's a challenge that is very, very hardly solvable, unless you turn very radical in some ways.
And radical solutions with long term effect will never win over the general / short term thinking population.