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I really, really disagree with a lot of Obama's opinions! But it is pretty enlightening to see how he mobilised the people and ran a campaign of grassroots. I will not lie and pretend that I don't miss Obama-era politics— the energy and feeling that an individual could change the world. Obviously, it wasn't 100% true then either. But hope is hope. And that matters.

This is one of those moments where I'm grateful to have taken a creative non-fiction class. The writing has none of Michelle Obama's grace and is honestly just difficult (because of the consistent bracket breaks he loves so much). Like I get it, he's a well-travelled man of many experiences, but I think I agree with his self-deprecation here that a more skilled writer could lend some brevity to the work.