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OdiousOutlaw wrote

Ravikant Kisana, an Indian academic of cultural studies, doesn't believe this is a Barack Obama moment for British politics.

It's funny because that's exactly what it is.

“Sunak’s politics doesn’t threaten the status quo,” he told VICE World News. “Rather it reflects the intersection of caste and race that is seen in his fiscally conservative, quasi-imperialistic and right-wing politics globally. It’s practically white.”

Like, c'mon, really? Really???

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8__D wrote

What do u think Rishi's killcount will be before his Nobel Peace Prize? Obama's got the high score at about 550 if you count all the kills from 2009 (source for kill number).

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kin wrote

I agree that isn't a Obama moment, at least I doesn't look like it is.. Obama was "Yes, we can!". Rishi is just British politics in heavy deacy, and the population so tired about politics that they don't even care I guess, Obama at least seduced liberals.

But at the end, I don't think it's even matter one way or another, bloody politicians

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OdiousOutlaw wrote

In aesthetics, sure. I was around 10 when Obama ran, so I didn't really care about politics, but even I remember his opposition suspecting him of being a socialist or Muslim; hell, they even had whole thing with his birth certificate. I don't think the right in the UK is outdoing the US in that regard, especially in today's "culture war" climate; I just don't see how they could pull that off. You're absolutely right, Obama sold people hope; and everyone bought into it; even the actual left to some extent; better performance and spectacle from everyone all around than today's UK.

Keep in mind that

Ravikant Kisana, an Indian academic of cultural studies, doesn't believe this is a Barack Obama moment for British politics.

Is also immediately followed by

“Sunak’s politics doesn’t threaten the status quo,” he told VICE World News. “Rather it reflects the intersection of caste and race that is seen in his fiscally conservative, quasi-imperialistic and right-wing politics globally. It’s practically white.”

This implies that either the writer of the article or the academic (I can't really tell which of the two is comparing Sunak to Obama) believes that the same doesn't also apply to Obama's politics; which is so goddamned odd, because whenever Black radicals talk about Obama, this is our exact criticism.

Either way, they're both examples of the ancient "Black/brown faces in high places" political tactic and suggesting that they're different in any way that actually matters is...just blatantly wrong.

But at the end, I don't think it's even matter one way or another, bloody politicians

This is also true. This is, like, the one thing everyone in the left and post-left will agree is identity politics.

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OdiousOutlaw wrote

Oh, no they're still absolutely horrible. I wasn't trying to imply that they weren't.

They're just not going to be outdoing Americans any time soon.

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8__D wrote

Rishi has no working class friends.

Recent mayor NYC, Eric Adams, strikes me as another good example of this kind of thing. As a black officer of NYPD (retired at captain, whatever that means. fuckin head pig oink oink), he's been implementing a "tough-on-crime" approach, with plainclothes officers surveilling the subway system. And he was the democrat candidate!

I'm not sure we're gonna be able to vote our way outta this one guys

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lentils wrote

rishi can’t be that bad :(( his father-in-law cleans his own toilet!

/s
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