The Obama victory last night, as with that of
any major party presidential candidate, means very little in the long run for
the American people and the world at large.
It is good news for us who
care about preserving the remaining shreds of civil liberties we still possess
or who wish to extend civil rights protections for women, same sex couples, and
immigrants.
But in every other social arena, particularly
in the workplace, a second Obama administration will have the same impact as a
Romney administration would have had. The
demands of the global capitalist economy, untethered to any bedrock of morality, presided over
by sociopathic profit seekers, will continue to dictate U.S. policy as it has
for the past generation. Expect more of
the same—more industry-funded union-busting efforts, more state right-to-work
legislation, and the steady erosion of personal economic security as the
American working class is sacrificed in the race to the bottom.
If you find you’re worse off four years
hence, don’t blame it on your vote. The
only option you ever had was the status quo.
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