- Think about it: the 99 percent persecuting a powerless minority. The leader scapegoating that minority and raising their taxes. And a bigger welfare state—because you can't have national socialism without a proper helping of socialism. Yep, Obama's America is basically the same as Hitler's Germany. If only we could all go back to before World War I: before Obamacare, before Nazism, before constitutional income taxes. Ah, 1913. Never forget.
Why aren't the 99% comparing him to Hitler? Public payment of private finance industry loss. Use of public act of terror as constant motivation. Constant use of military with "moral righteousness" The security detail is that of a sovereign. Accordingly, ludicrous amounts of national pageantry for any event related to the executive. Gun running to cartels. Constant government spying of the citizens. Cabal killings. Hidden prison camps. He blames Bush like Bush was the physical manifestation of Treaty of Versailles. Are we waiting for him to invade Poland?
I know what you're going for here, but comparing the (absolutely abominable) things that Obama has done to mass genocide and destruction of entire countries and cultures is insensitive or at least ignorant at best and part of a large, systematic problem of over-vilification of politicians and creating a deepening divide in our country at worst.
Well, he has killed many many brown people and helped sow the seeds of radical Islam which is a culture killer (especially if you are a female or like music or question anything you are told). He has had a chilling effect on journalism and on the transparent conduct of his own allegedly democratic nation. He has, upon his request, had a law passed that allows him to imprison any American without due process indefinitely. Viper task forces manned by federal officers check Americans papers for no cause on federal highways. Immigration officers check Americans papers miles and miles away from any boarder with no cause. The government has the right to seize any electronic device within 100 miles of any boarder with no warrant or cause. Just a small sample of the ways he has degraded our nations constitution. I'll agree that he doesn't rank with Hitler in body count or Stalin in destruction of religious institutions or Mao in destruction of cultural institutions but he is no saint. I'm no rabid partisan. I voted for the guy the first time he ran. He is at least the worst American president in modern history.
hey Hitler only did like half of those things. and Hitler was popular.
I was going to say because the rich are lazy, but this article is far more eloquent.
I think this springs from the same well that caused. Mitt to fail when ceos say stupid shit no one calls them on it so don't have real feedback a sail the sea of stupid unimpeded .
This article is absurd.The mere suggestion that the top1% is powerless is beyond ignorant and I'm sure O'Brien know it. Beyond this his premise of
"it's absurd to demonize the rich for being rich and doing what the rich do, which is get richer by creating opportunities for others."
is severely flawed. This is way more likely to manifest through giving more money through taxes or through philanthropic support. Higher taxes on the super rich are bad is the premise of the article and it has been resounding shown that the percentage of philanthropy as share of income is way higher is you aren't rich. The super rich have rigged the system for their own benefit and Obama and Congress has been complicit with this reality.
I think that the author is writing this a bit tongue-in-cheek and is aware of it's absurdity. At least, that's how I read it.