Americans and "change."

The only "change" that America really wants to hear about is evicting George Bush from the White House. . . . But beyond that, the American public is deathly afraid of the kind of changes we actually face -- such as, the end of consumer culture, the gross loss of value in suburban real estate (which forms the bulk of the middle class's private wealth), the prospect of food and fuel scarcities, . . . .

"Does Mr. O Know?." By Jim Kunstler, Clusterfuck Nation, 12/1/08.