A False Prophet

Well, there you have it, the first black president of the United States of America has been inaugurated. He promises change; he promises hope. But what can Obama really do? The recession grows worse, wars rage on, and one man is supposed to change all that? The era of the United States as a super-power is coming to an end; it is slipping and with that the power will shift, as it always does. The cycle of core-periphery turns on and on; exploitation continues, and we are witnesses to nothing more than a false prophet. Yes, Obama is black; yes, he's trendy, Hollywood and the youth love him, and on the surface he promises real change, but he is still nothing more than a part of the machine. He is the president of the oppressor. Obama may mark some pseudo-civil rights victory - "then end of racist America." But America is still the same. And no one man can change it's foundation. It's too little, too late - Obama is nothing more than a false hope.