Francis Porretto:

‘…So also with the Obamunist program for reforging America in a socialist mold. Obama knows exactly what he’s doing. More important, he’s sensed that he can use the reluctance of conservatives and libertarians to give true coloration to his program and the motivations behind it. We’re simply too cowardly, most of us, to admit that America put a destroyer, an enemy of freedom, into the highest office in the land. That would reflect badly on far too many of us, wouldn’t it?
Obama and his lieutenants are increasing that tension with every move they make. As it tightens on us, ever more Americans are retreating from civic involvement and resolving merely to protect themselves as best they can. The atomization thus evoked, wherein individuals are too suspicious of everything around them to repose trust even in their neighbors, is a perfect playground for a coherent, well focused program of totalitarian control…’
The Shape Of Things To Come Part 5: “The Worse, The Better”