It’s definitely optimistic to say the forty-fourth president will be the last. But “forty-four and no more” has a great sound and expresses a great sentiment. I give the US government as we know it 2-5 more decades of existence. That doesn’t necessarily mean anarchy across the continent. Maybe some kind of Balkanization that right wingers cry about so much will first occur, though I doubt that immigration will have much to do with it. An endless number of contingency plans could be made about such a scenario by those interested in such things.

Having a black president is an indication of social progress, as it proves that racism is losing its hold on the country, and Obama’s rise to power had the benefit of dragging underlying racism out into the open. However, true progress would be no president, nobody to decide whose lives the tanks and bulldozers of public policy will roll over, no establishment savior we are told to sacrifice our desires for, nobody to put a friendly face on crime and speak grandly of its glory. Black or white or any color, we don’t need a fucking ruler!

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