I think the extraordinary thing about Obama is that he did his dirty work right at the outset; he didn’t wait for the revolution to start. Maybe that’s because he would say, “L’Révolution c’est Moi.”

This is not atypical of revolutionary Leftists, Neo.

We all know, or should know by now, the real history behind the Left’s grand utopias and social “transformations”. In the end, once they have executed and tortured to death the Ruling Elite, they will set their sights on each other: Cuba, Iran, Russia, Germany, Vietnam, it was all the same. Once the Left wins, the purges start.

But still, there is a great satisfaction in seeing Leftist tools, dupes, and idiots get what they thought they were forever immune from given the ethical and moral limitations of the “Ruling Elite” that they had fought so hard against.

Low-trust societies simply are geared towards trust based upon blood or feudal relations. This is different from high-trust societies where trust is based upon principles, institutions, and greater constructs.

The problem is not that Americans distrust politicians, that would be a good thing if they did. No, the problem is that Americans trust con men while believing that they are wise in distrusting con men. They trust in their masters the same way criminals trust in their gang leaders. It’s all about “us vs them”.

My initial thought is that the permanent campaign, the relentlessness required to stay in office now, has selected for qualities that have significant potential for pathology.

It used to be that Americans gave their elected officials the benefit of doubt. No longer. In fact, the opposite has occurred and, today, politicians’ motives are immediately impugned. Obama, Dodd, Hilary, Frank and their cabal are creating a ruthless, amoral political culture that may eventually return to destroy them as well but at great cost to all of us.

My question, are their actions a cause or symptom of the destruction of our culture of trust?

“Friends?”

I doubt that he really has any.

He is a malignant narcissist, for whom other people simply don’t come into his sphere of reference.

If you like “Godfather” comparisons, remember Micheal Corleone at the end of “Godfather II”, with everyone he could have even remotely cared about
gone, history, sacrificed to his cause of survival at all costs. This is how I picture Obama down the line.

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