Voting One's Conscience

[nadinbrzezinski]

69. Mal I will answer this in another way

Yes Trump has been referred as Hitler by not just me, but abroad. There are several things at play here. So let me try to unpack them.

Like Hitler, there are a series of reasons people are in denial. They range from com'on he cannot mean that. And in fact, many Germans voted for the Nazis thinking that. Incidentally, just like with Trump, this includes his target list. Those who believe minorities, and a growing concern is conservative, will not vote for trump, I got a soggy bridge for sale. Humans cannot truly believe somebody can mean it.

There are folks living in states that are not at play. There is no way Trump is going to lose Kansas in a general election. So if you live in Kansas and you vote for Jill Stein, have at it. Some of the info-rumors I have seen in the recent past about NY State and perhaps California, they tend to track each other, never mind how different they are, could mean a vote for Jill Stein might be a suicide pact. So my post telling you that voting your conscience in at least two solid blue states might not be entirely accurate. I will continue to watch that.

The last one is that people are still under estimating Trump. Even here.

Does that mean I expect less ills from the other side? Nope I don't. I just expect them to be different. Will we have people wearing half moons while outside in the streets? I don't think so. Can I expect more war and destruction? Sadly yes, and it has to do with the neocon train following her to the WH. So it is becoming in some ways a prisoners dilemma.

Before some folks get their knickers in a bunch, this is exactly what happens when empires start to collapse and political systems become rather unstable. Congrats, we are likely in both. An Chinese curses. And not one, but both parties are in trouble, ironically for similar reasons, and the base is punishing them.

I think this is far more than you expected.