2016: Obama's America is the latest foray by conservatives into political film making, an art that Michael Moore used with some success earlier.
The movie is all about Obama's relationship with his father, a guy he really hardly knew. His father was an anti-colonialist, and Obama's first book, "Dreams of My Father", was all about how he came to be obsessed by his father's ideas. All through the movie Obama himself his heard quoting passages from this book (taken from the audio version of the book) to support what the movie is saying. The movie follows Obama's book and amplifies what the book is saying, putting it in what D'Souza thinks is the proper context.
Anti-colonialism is the dominant ideology of the third world. It's the idea that rich countries colonialized and stole from poor countries in order to get rich. So right there you have the idea that wealth is unearned and that the poor should have the right to take it back, not just domestically but internationally. According to D'Souza, this idea is what drives Obama.
Key to all of this is the idea that the colonialists are no longer the Europeans, that America has taken over the role of chief colonialist power even if America has no colonies. Instead, America uses its might and money to control other countries. The goal of anti-colonialists is to remove American power and influence from the world and to force America to give back what it has "stolen." Obama, the movie is saying, wants to "down size" America. D'Souza says that this is what is behind much of what Obama has done since taking office. Whether we are talking about cutting military spending, driving the US economy into debt, hamstringing the American economy with excessive regulations, especially environmental regulations, proposing a carbon tax, it's all about reducing the American footprint in the world in any way possible.
The dream of the American forefathers was that America stood for democracy and liberty and to promote those things American influnce should grow. The dream that Obama's father gave Obama was that America should shrink and its power and influence should be destroyed. The movie contrasts these two visions of America.
The movie is all about Obama's relationship with his father, a guy he really hardly knew. His father was an anti-colonialist, and Obama's first book, "Dreams of My Father", was all about how he came to be obsessed by his father's ideas. All through the movie Obama himself his heard quoting passages from this book (taken from the audio version of the book) to support what the movie is saying. The movie follows Obama's book and amplifies what the book is saying, putting it in what D'Souza thinks is the proper context.
Anti-colonialism is the dominant ideology of the third world. It's the idea that rich countries colonialized and stole from poor countries in order to get rich. So right there you have the idea that wealth is unearned and that the poor should have the right to take it back, not just domestically but internationally. According to D'Souza, this idea is what drives Obama.
Key to all of this is the idea that the colonialists are no longer the Europeans, that America has taken over the role of chief colonialist power even if America has no colonies. Instead, America uses its might and money to control other countries. The goal of anti-colonialists is to remove American power and influence from the world and to force America to give back what it has "stolen." Obama, the movie is saying, wants to "down size" America. D'Souza says that this is what is behind much of what Obama has done since taking office. Whether we are talking about cutting military spending, driving the US economy into debt, hamstringing the American economy with excessive regulations, especially environmental regulations, proposing a carbon tax, it's all about reducing the American footprint in the world in any way possible.
The dream of the American forefathers was that America stood for democracy and liberty and to promote those things American influnce should grow. The dream that Obama's father gave Obama was that America should shrink and its power and influence should be destroyed. The movie contrasts these two visions of America.