Because today is one of my few and far between days to speak freely, I will just speak my mind about this entire ordeal and people's reaction to it. Nothing new, just my opportunity to use this topic for something.

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Enough with the petty fearmongering and how this is some how [i]another[/i] end of the world. We have had far worse and more destructive, ideologically at least, persons in power in places that were far more unrestricted. If anything this turning point should be an indicator of how the pendulum swings; you lean too far to one extreme, it becomes imbalanced, people become reactive and eventually they become active. Your two reason options, for those directly involved in the voting process, could be narrowed down to the classical argument of "Which is the lesser of two evils?" at its worst and at its best evidence of the ability to overcome a system that was being consistently rigged from the start. From a personal standpoint, the fact I [i]saw[/i] so much enthusiasm and patriotism for the first time in my life since the acts of terror on the 11th of September; it is proof enough to me that a lot more people felt more strongly than ever; some of us have paid great prices since then and to see people that passionate and devoted reminded me why I even made some sacrifices.

A fair number of people are acting like they need to "band together" against this as some sort of statement. You know a statement I do not like and am really tired of? "Civil unrest" and "civil disobedience". If all the evidence you have seen fronted throughout this past year and beyond have not helped rouse you out of whatever stupor the modern world has put most of us in and constantly lulls us to, there's really nothing that can be said or done to change your mind. I will, for the record, not lie and say either of the two options were perfect, but I personally find direct threats to national security and laughable cybersecurity a larger issue than any number of others, but maybe that is only of my opinion.

If you are serious about the "going to Canada" or "going to wherever" mentality, get out. No, I am entirely serious. If you really do not like your circumstances be them your day to day life or the politics of your nation, go somewhere else. If you can't do that? Work toward it and then act. Make a plan, do [i]something[/i], otherwise you are just being dramatic for the sake of looking for attention. Granted you are getting it, but that's pretty loathsome and low. Do you really want to be viewed in that lens?

To the rest of the world abroad [i]not[/i] directly involved in the politics of the United States, while I understand your concerns and your investment in it all, it really is not your battle. Just because "it works this way in my country" does not make it applicable to the United States by direct virtue and vice versa. The feigned and even actual panic, as with the markets, is nothing short of proof of how broken the international community has become; the priorities as a whole are so out of whack that I doubt anyone will ever successfully wrangle them back in. The United States is a strange animal and has almost always been that way since it gained momentum and probably will be until it eventually dies out as all superpowers do.
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