makes ya wish the rest of america wasn't so entranced by pop-media culture and didnt fall for his viral-media campaign schemes.
alas, many are socialized into naivete: allowing the proverbial wool to be pulled over their eyes ('you/them/their' being loose term referring to anyone who actually thought he was a cool guy at the time) ...that the majority of pro-obama didn't even realize just how fake he was. (or at least the TV, youtube watching uneducated masses didn't). No different than a mass corporate entity trying to sell you their product by constructing a narrative that tricks you into thinking you can identify with, and need its product to acquire/maintain a sense of collective normality.
(i know, i can afford to say all this pseudo-intellectual bullshit because i have the luxury of not being American .
To be fair, though, being in Canada isn't something to be proud of either - unless you like snow and cold, which i do - we as a collective are so apathetic that we just vote for whoever our parents voted for or toss a coin, or go with what other people think..and tend to not even care what the guys name is...and probably wouldnt even notice or care if we actually elected a donkey over some ineffectual old man) seriously. most of my life i haven't cared who is in office, because Canada doesn't actually do all that much. at least not since Trudeau times. I guess our PM reflects general attitude/feelings of the people..complete and utter apathy. And just maybe obama and his pop-culture campaign just demonstrates how much we allow media to control our lives and convinces us to make choices based on what popular-media says is cool and popular and ought to be possessed.
Need a new Prada bag? playstation, ipod? latest youtube videos? check out obamas new video, lets talk about global warming because al gore won awards for his movie and maybe it's kinda cool afterall. obama seems hip and withit. he knows what youtube is, he knows what people want. therefore he is genuine, the real deal, because he is on tv and that cool celebrity likes him too...wow. he's like you and me! he must be a real person because he likes oprah too, everyone loves oprah anyone who doesn't is just not normal. ok. decision made.
~post-inauguration~ wait. what? Who the feck is THIS guy?! i watched one episode of american idol, lost, heroes, ugly betty, greys anatomy, scrubs, 24, hells kitchen, top model, amazing race, went shopping, bought new bluray, stereo, clothes, watched some internet youtube vids. ha ha..the one with that guy was really funny...
and what? we have new president. wait. what? you mean you were serious? and we just elected the guy we saw on youtube and tv? oh f**k me.
so overall, is obama really to blame? imho. i dont think so.
who is to blame, eh? i'm not saying. i'm just a mere igloo building, dog sled owning, "eh"-saying Canuck from Canadia.
So, random lesson to be learned from my little random rant:
Donkey's are people too.
(ok. sorry. im done now. i mean no harm! i'm just a bunny rabbit of your figmentation)