Please help save our democracy and vote as if your life depends on the outcome of this election, BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
Stay well,
Michael
Final Thoughts … Please Help Save Our Democracy!
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I did what I could in PA and now I am out of the country. But what’s on my mind is this: America is essentially a stupid country. America is dumbed down, purposely by the capitalist hierarchy. And, remember, De Gaulle and Anthony Eden begged Eisenhower to sign the Geneva accords but he didn’t and he and his deputies were FOOLS.
The most tragic, the most horrible, the most gratuitous war America fought (AND TOTALLY LOST) but general public has yet to realize this LOSS goddammit by the mightiest and most technology advanced nation, that’s us kiddies, the US.
We LOST THE VIETNAM WAR. And what do young people know of this gift that keeps on giving and affects their lives — NOTHING. And the school books don’t mention anything about it except two or three paragraphs. I know because I have seem what middle school history books in Palm Beach County are like. So here we are. If Trumpism wins, let’s not forget how all this is bound up with Vietnam. And if Harris wins, I hope she becomes the Marxist and socialist that Trump calls her. But a socialism of kind elucidated by Fredrick Jameson, who, by the grace God, I have just learned about in Harper’s. Good for reading great articles on long flights. — Bangkok, Thailand at 30 minutes past midnight, November 6th, with the US election just now just at the East Coast’s noontime.
I have been telling people not to be a one issue voter. I told this to both the right and the left. It doesn’t matter if you say you don’t know enough about “HER”. You do know everything about “HIM”. If you have to, hold your nose, but…VOTE!!!!
P.S. As the esteemed Conservative presidential historian John Meachem said, “if you don’t believe politics is about possibility, then you only believe it’s about power”. Guess who he is talking about.
Paul,
Thanks for checking from the other side of the world! Let’s see how it goes. Unfortunately it’s going to be a long night and next few days.
Best,
Michael
Jeff,
Thanks for both comments and great to see you and your better half this past weekend! You’re right!
I know you won’t be staying up to late but I’ll hold down the fort!
Best,
Michael