there was nothing inherent in America that made us immune to the viruses that had consumed all manner of societies in the past, and that we were capable of spreading those viruses to other countries. Things that I once thought unimaginable could happen here, in America. Just voting Trump out was not going to do anything to change that reality, and might even provoke those who supported him to become more radicalized, just as each of Obama’s two elections did. The election of Joe Biden could prevent us from drowning, but it didn’t assure that our feet touched the bottom; that would require more
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