Miquel Roca Junyent on Obama and changeable trends

US President Barack Obama needs more time to bring real change to society, Miquel Roca Junyent writes in the liberal daily La Vanguardia, defending the president against the growing criticism: "It has become trendy to say that Obama is no longer trendy. People say he hasn't fulfilled the expectations he inspired, that many things remain the same and that others have become worse. They're saying that no progress is being made with the healthcare reform, that the Republicans will win the upcoming elections to Congress, and so on. ... The important thing is to devaluate the myth. ... Our society burns through everything very quickly. ... We live with a desire for change that isn't compatible with enduring fashions. Because change takes time, and above all those who want change should know this. Transforming, reforming, entails operating on a living reality that has its own dynamics, that resists change and clings to the way it is. It takes tenacity, skill, dialogue and constancy to change this. The worst thing would be to convert change into a trend; it would be like moving forward in opposite directions. I prefer the Obama in difficulties to the myth one with the wind in his sails. He's more real."

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