Somebody: The bottom-line is that strike activity in the U.S. is non-existent, campus radicalism has declined since the early days of the Iraq War, and instead of marches on Washington demanding jobs we have Comedy Central fan-club gatherings. But, somehow, Obama, a technocrat who ran on a centrist platform, was supposed to single-handedly reawaken the class struggle. Frankly, it's difficult to recall any leader who in such politically quiescent times, has ever made so bold a move. I ask it seriously and without sarcasm: can you name any?
The majority of Americans may be disgruntled, but their level of political consciousness is infantile, and their dissatisfaction with the status quo is dwarfed by their contempt for left-wing alternatives. The bourgeoisie is highly effective at divorcing the natural operations of the market cycle from human agency operating in Washington. It's only the latter which receives either the ire or the disappointment of the American people.