Diary 229

Monday, November 2nd

By the time you read this it will be time to vote. If you’ve already voted it will be time to wonder if your vote will be counted.  

Dire warnings swirl around in the press that this could be the last chance for democracy in the US. No matter who wins, the major task will be to try and unite Americans again, and give them back a sense of confidence in the system that once worked pretty well. I do not think the current ‘president’ thinks about that or cares. Yet we, the people, do. And there are many of us. Many more than the thugs who turn up at peaceful rallies with automatic rifles, who try to run opposition candidates’ buses off the road, who pose with their swastikas and their weapons. They are the minority. And you know what?  They know it.

And remember: we have an environment to consider. We’re not voting for the next four years, but the next four millennia.