My first was John Kerry (🤢), but I legitimately believed in Obama. I still am very bitter about that, but looking back he never really promised to do much more than he did.
The election felt like it was going to be a referendum on the banks for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and then those finance jackals that directly contributed to the problem were brought in to oversee the bailout. It was such a transparent "fuck you" to everyone else.
That's the funniest/most depressing part! White America lost its shit over a black president and then did more to fuck up black America's generational wealth than their wildest dreams. But this country is so fucking racist they still hated him anyway for being a "Kenyan-born sharia sleeper agent" (their code for "not white as corn starch.")
My first real welcome to the machine moment with voting was Obama. I voted for him. I believed the hype and I was off on the hope and change.
It's a bit crazy how they gave up on even that after Trump. They're promising less than ever, despite them never following through in the past
My first was John Kerry (🤢), but I legitimately believed in Obama. I still am very bitter about that, but looking back he never really promised to do much more than he did.
I couldn't buy into the Obama hype. I tried but I couldn't. Then he got elected and set up his cabinet and I knew I was right not to buy it.
The election felt like it was going to be a referendum on the banks for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and then those finance jackals that directly contributed to the problem were brought in to oversee the bailout. It was such a transparent "fuck you" to everyone else.
How Obama Cut Black Wealth in Half | Jacobin (uh oh I'm gonna get shit for this)
That's the funniest/most depressing part! White America lost its shit over a black president and then
did more to fuck up black America's generational wealth than their wildest dreams. But this country is so fucking racist they still hated him anyway for being a "Kenyan-born sharia sleeper agent" (their code for "not white as corn starch.")
Same. : (