Obama got involved in the game as soon as he could. He learned well as a foot soldier in a movement that was well under way by that time, just as you say.
But he climbed the ladder quickly to lawyer, state leg, and then the US Senate, and then just as quickly to President.
He was their man from the get go and he has been rapidly dismantling this nation’s free market as a result.
We literally put the fox in charge of the hen house in 2008.