I think you&#x27;re misidentifying the &quot;System&quot;.  It&#x27;s the elections process that made you think Obama was a good guy (and made republicans think Bush and Cheney were good guys).<p>The &quot;system&quot; is what makes us think that giving near unlimited power and access to money printing presses to people on the basis of a popularity contest is somehow expected to produce improvement in the world.<p>I don&#x27;t think any of them changed character when they got into office... and that includes people like Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan-- who on balance I think are good people, but under whose watch bad things happened. (I pick them because I think they are the best two presidents of my lifetime.)