Hope

 

What does it tell us that Donald Trump can win a plurality of only white voters? Don't overthink it.

As Americans decide whether we are a nation of paranoid, duped, and authoritarian white people or a multiracial democracy, most of us in the latter group are justifiably anxious about this election. 

If a criminal autocracy prevails, Americans will not see America made great again. We'll see more of the demolition of representative democracy, social order, and the rule of law. 

That darkness of autocracy might be what is necessary to turn the public against the authoritarians. If Democrats have a majority in the House or Senate, the damage may not  be irreparable, I have to believe there will still be hope for a future election when the country can right its course.

As bleak as our next four years would be under a criminal autocrat, there are people who have even more to worry about.

If we think we are in a state of anxiety, just imagine what the Ukrainians are feeling. This is more than freedom or tyranny to them. It is life or death under the brutal tyrant who enjoys the admiration and envy from Donald Trump.

Poland and the Baltic states are no doubt enduring their own sense of dread and foreboding today. They can clearly see Putin's imperialist intentions. The people of Taiwan are in a similar state of dread under the threat of communist China.

The world's dictators are all in for Trump. Their information/cyber warfare is working for Trump. Putin's shill Tucker Carlson is earning his rubles. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the non-credible threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia. “We identified the source; it was from Russia," he said.

This is all because America is still plagued by semi-literate duped voters and paranoid white racists, an industrial level flood of disinformation, and immoral political leadership that benefits from their engendered lies, fear, hate and racism.

It's up to us to reject the lies, fear, hate, racism and criminality of the Party of Trump. The consequences will be dire and lethal if Trump wins or steals this election.

With today's vote, we are the hope of the free world.