Monday, November 17, 2008
I'm admittedly too shallow to comment about political developments in our world, at least, usually.
Now, it seems that after Barack Obama has taken presidency, America is going a little haywire. For one thing, there seems to be a lot of news, mostly gossip actually; about plots to attack the president. The whites feel insecure that their roots have been pulled beneath their feet, so to say; as their country is now ruled over by a representative of the black minority. When I read Times, I see quite a lot of blatantly prejudiced views about Obama being the president, especially from the white community. The blacks are probably euphoric, though their perspectives are barely seen; as the magazine seems to mostly highlight the opinions whites have facing this huge paradigm shift.
According to some adults, (or from what they insist on telling me, despite my indifference to the subject) Barack Obama was chosen because the Americans had no choice. As a lesser of two evils, he won the campaign.
No doubt, many people from around the world; those of whom are not Americans support Barack Obama; as he is seen as the figurehead for change. However, I doubt the supporters would be as encouraging should their country be the one in question; unless, of course; they are minority groups themselves. Their support by itself isn't quite genuine, as I'm pretty sure most Indonesians support Obama merely because he had once stayed in their country, but not for what he does or what he represents.
Myself, I have little idea on what his stands are, aside from pulling back American troops from Iraq and against militarizing space and is sort of a pacifist (or at least, from what I can gather) and is also adamant about providing a social safety net for the poor. Or something like that.
I think it's going to be very different, at the very least. I do hope something like this might happen to Malaysia one day. Who knows? A Chinese or Indian PM? Though I frankly doubt I'd live to see it happen.
12:57 PM
