Analysis and Interpretation of The Issues Addressed in Obama's Speech

President’s State of the Union Message

President Obama starts with talking about how he has plans for the future; he wants to focus on the future. He mentions how this world is changing very rapidly; it can give more opportunities to people or even widen the inequality gap. Furthermore, it the change of this world will accelerate. Obama also says that we succeeded by adapting to changes and not focusing on how we were great in the past. Our spirit and optimism were important to our success in the changing world. The president then presents four questions to answer for the future.

1. In the new economy, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security?
2. How can we make technology work for us, for example like with climate change?
3. How do we keep America safe and lead the world without being the world police

How can we make politics reflect what is best in us? He talks about how we have improved on many things such as high school graduation rates, unemployment rates, etc.

However, one important thing he mentions is that in order to have a peaceful and sustainable planet, we have to have constructive and rational debates. For that to happen, we will have to fix our politics. We will have to have a better democracy, where citizens trust each other. However, people do not trust each other, because many average people feel that their voices do not matter.

However, this means that the average people have to start speaking up and putting out their demands. This way, our system can improve based on feedback I think that Obama has stated some very good points. We have improved a lot over the past few years, but we can always still improve and create better systems. This will, however, of course need the voices of the people. If everyone demands something, then politics will change.