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There’s No Hope Above Us, Only Amongst Us: The Presidential Election, Neoliberalism, and The Way Forward

By Thomas

With the recent re-election of Barack Obama as President of the United States, many are rejoicing and breathing a sigh of relief.  There’s a widespread belief amongst those who elected him that he is looking out for us and will fight for us.  Unfortunately, besides a few token gestures that may occur during the next four years, his tenure in office is likely to be both a disappointment and one in which the interests of the elite classes are served at the expense of the popular classes.   As described below, this has to do with structural, historical and social factors that have been ensuring, and continue to ensure, that this is the case regardless of who is in office.  However, there is hope; we’re just looking for it in the wrong places.

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