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I believed Obama's campaign promises and thought his election was going to deliver major structural changes to the financial sector and empire, reducing their grip on state and delivering it to citizens.
I thought the wars would end and Guantanamo would close. I thought we would get universal healthcare and it would finally let me become self employed.