Letters to the Editor
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What a McCain victory will say about the U.S.
What Kamilya misses here, among other things, is that the maintream press is supporting McCain. So the main propaganda outlets in the U.S. are backing a continuation of the status quo. Propaganda is everything in a country where basic facts about politics, economics and sociology are not understood.
And funding the propaganda machine is both right-wing billionaires and the old money in the U.S. - oil / gas/ coal/ auto/ steel/ nuclear and part of the financial establishment. New money, in electronics/software/entertainment and some financial institutions, is mostly in Obama's corner.
To counteract the effect of the main propaganda organs you need an organized citizenry. What Michael Moore has called the "Obama movement." The question is whether the Obama 'movement' is powerful enough to provide an alternative narrative. I do not think so. The U.S. population is so fragmented, and alternative institutions like the unions and community organizations are so weak, that an alternative narrative will have a very difficult time overcoming the propaganda machine. And in the event of victory, only an organized populace, especially working people, can face off with the forces that will certainly try to convince Obama not to honor any major promises.
I have to ask Kamiya. If Obama loses, will his rosy view of America change? Will he see that perhaps this country is more controlled, and perhaps more fatally flawed than even a starry-eyed 'immigrant' can believe? I.E. - perhaps America cannot be renewed - at least at this point. It is, after all, the largest imperialist power on the planet.
I certainly hope I am wrong ... but the odds are long.