Naomi Klein's Lexicon of Disappointment

Trying to explain the disappointment that many of of feel about the Obama presidency, Klein writes:

"All is not well in Obamafanland. It's not clear exactly what accounts for the change of mood. Maybe it was the rancid smell emanating from Treasury's latest bank bailout. Or the news that the president's chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, earned millions from the very Wall Street banks and hedge funds he is protecting from reregulation now. Or perhaps it began earlier, with Obama's silence during Israel's Gaza attack.

"Whatever the last straw, a growing number of Obama enthusiasts are starting to entertain the possibility that their man is not, in fact, going to save the world if we all just hope really hard."

Friends tell me my expectations are too high, that the system resists change. But I know all that and so did Senator Obama when he ran. Obama said recently that he won't prosecute the CIA torturers who were following orders. He needs to reread Hannah Arendt. The world has been through this before.

You can read the rest of Klein's article in the Nation.