Changing the Mindset
A lot of the conversations we have at work revolve around making change in the world. Fundamental change at the societal level that will bring about our vision of a world in harmony with the environment. Many in the environmental movement are Obama supporters, and a good part of that is because Obama is the only candidate talking about fundamental change. Clinton surely would be a change from the last 7 years, but she’s not talking about change in the same way.
There is an amazing article by Spencer Ackerman about what an Obama administration’s foreign policy might look like. I came across it via Paul Rosenberg’s strong analysis at Open Left.
On reading this article, I’m left with an overwhelming optimism about what America’s role in the world could be. To have a candidate talking in deep, substantive, and cohesive ways about focusing our foreign policy on the betterment of others in the world is a bit mind-blowing. I really look forward to an Obama-McCain debate on foreign policy because I really think it will make the choice between the past mindset and a forward-looking, more progressive mindset that I think most Americans will find compelling when they hear about it.
The short of it is that Obama isn’t just talking about change. Read the article and you’ll see what I mean. He will change things, fundamentally. And this is why progressives love him even though he doesn’t advocate for a Department of Peace in his cabinet, or single-payer health care.
March 27th, 2008 at 5:29 am
check it out http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080310/ramdas