HOW?!
On November 6th, 2024, I woke up to a disheartening realization: the American people overwhelmingly voted against democracy, against the looming existential threat of environmental calamity, against women’s rights, against America’s role as a global leader, and against common decency, apparently out of spite for immigrants, propelled by an overzealous desire to protect the unborn fetus, driven by disgust for the expansion of LGBTQ rights, and based on a misguided perception of a better economy under Trump.
There’s no denying that inflation has been a wreaking havoc, largely fueled by the policies initiated by Trump and continued under Biden. While inflation is now mostly tamed, one would wonder whether Trump’s proposed tariffs would essentially bring it back to the forefront once again. One could wonder further if his proposed tax cuts for the wealthy could widen the already growing economic divide, undermining the middle class and exploding the national deficit. To top that off, his mass deportation policies would likely exacerbate labor shortages and drive up the cost of services, especially in a tight labor market like the one we’re experiencing now.
How could so many Americans vote for such a prospect.
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Unless they did not!! After all, although polls predicted a close race, it was widening in favor of Harris in the final weeks. The overwhelming turnout at Harris’s final rallies, compared to dwindling ones for Trump, was a welcome sign of where things were heading. Trump having won all seven battleground states convincingly just does pass the smell test.
For once I find myself agreeing with Trump; there is widespread fraud after all.
I have heard chatters online about elaborate schemes orchestrated by resourceful billionaire Elon Musk, infiltrating the voting system, flipping the democratic votes into Republican ones randomly but consistently. There are even rumors of air waves bio engineered to infect the cells of blood sucking democrats and planting an irresistible urge in their brains to vote Republican.
Sounds bizarre?
Back to the world of the sane, democracy can’t function based on conspiracy theories. And it is utterly ludicrous to accept the results only if you win. It requires two to tango. And tango we will. We will accept and respect the will of the people even when it screams dire and disaster.
I hope that I will be proven wrong about the devastating consequences of another 4 years of Trump reign, impacts that I fear will go beyond decades and farther than the borders of the United States. It won’t be the first time I have been wrong, but one that I will gladly embrace.
