Schattenspiele

If Obama were to back off his ‘class warfare assumption’ he would lose what’s left of his base - 20%. The president knows he is sunk politically. America is not a place where class warfare works. Ask anyone who has ever visited here from abroad.

In order to maintain the appearance of relevance, he must give the impression that his support is bigger than it is. That much can be done with three people in a paisley curtained room with a fax machine.

When trust is broken, especially in infancy, the scar never heals properly. Our experiment in socialism will not go well. It has been peddled under false pretenses. Instead of things getting better, they are getting worse. People will remember the promises that are now clashing with reality.

When a young girl is raped, she will grow up distrusting men. It may lead her to choose either the life of a whore or that of a spinster. This is why we place a premium on crimes committed against the very young.

Communism assumes values that are contrary to our tradition. As reality sinks in, even those who feel intimidated by the often veiled intricacies of capitalism will come to recognize the folly of abandoning it. The blunt edge of authoritarianism is never attractive.

There are now more of us than there are of them. Our president knows this. The exodus back to familiar climes is gathering steam. Only the NYT and its echo wannabes persist in pursuing the human lampshade Schattenspiel, primarily because the smell of blood in the water is just too irresistible for those who no longer seek redemption.

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