The American Presidential Election

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Obama did not only become the President of the United States, he also became a pop culture icon. Obama SHOULD be a helluva lot more than just a pop culture icon to Americans, however for some that is all he will ever be. I hope Obama’s iconism doesn’t pan out like Che Guevara’s has. I see so many people wearing Che shirts and buying the Rage Against the Machine mechanise with Che plastered on the front who don’t even know the difference between a gorilla and a Guerilla. People support Che blindly because he is an icon for a rebel, and that’s cool. Obama will not solve America’s problems. Obama’s is only a vessel of hope and change; the American citizens need move past believing in hope and change, and making hope and change.

For the rest of the world, including Canada, Obama will largely remain a pop culture icon, nothing more. But that doesn’t take away from the importance that his iconism holds. The American Dream wasn’t just dreamt about by Americans, the American dream was a global dream at one point. However, since Bush was in power, the dream became a nightmare. Now that Obama is power, people from all over the world can build off the Obama icon that stands for change and hope, and strive for a better world.