You make valid points. What I am saying is that no matter who wins the other side remains and becomes even more hostile and frustrated. I'm not saying both sides are the same or that I do not have opinions on which direction is better. The point is elections do not fix the deep divide in direction. Winning the election isn't some sort of mandate or agreement to just give in.
I suspect violence will follow. I didn't even mention how both sides have/will suspect the election is rigged or not fair. So many will reject the result.
To me it seems we spend far to much time thinking about how we are right vs why others might disagree.
Does that make sense?
This is different but related: the unhinged reaction to Jeff Bezos, his decision to endorse no one and make content and editorial changes ... hilarious yet disturbing
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Exactly.
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This is a great example.
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Its hard for Americans to accept that the US empire is in decline. That China is rising and challenging your hegemony and the days of Americans consuming far more than they produce simply by virtue of printing more USD$s is almost over.
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The Age of Kali, Kali Yuga, or The Age of Quarrel began 5,000 years ago. Stating that someone's 400 year party may be over is inconsequential. Men of good character and God service must be cultivated. Until that happens it is just one quarrel a after another.
This time is also a time when good men and women will cultivate their spirits for the Golden Age that will follow:
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (Bhāgavata Purāṇa)
अथासौ युगसन्ध्यायां दस्युप्रायेषु राजसु । जनिता विष्णुयशसो नाम्ना कल्किर्जगत्पति: ॥ २५ ॥
athāsau yuga-sandhyāyāṁ dasyu-prāyeṣu rājasu janitā viṣṇu-yaśaso nāmnā kalkir jagat-patiḥ
Thereafter, at the conjunction of two yugas, the Lord of the creation will take His birth as the Kalki incarnation and become the son of Viṣṇu Yaśā. At this time almost all the rulers of the earth will have degenerated into plunderers.

Purport

Here is another foretelling of the advent of Lord Kalki, the incarnation of Godhead. He is to appear at the conjunction of the two yugas, namely at the end of Kali-yuga and the beginning of Satya-yuga. The cycle of the four yugas, namely Satya, Tretā, Dvāpara and Kali, rotates like the calendar months. The present Kali-yuga lasts 432,000 years, out of which we have passed only 5,000 years after the Battle of Kurukṣetra and the end of the regime of King Parīkṣit. So there are 427,000 years balance yet to be finished. Therefore at the end of this period, the incarnation of Kalki will take place, as foretold in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. The name of His father, Viṣṇu Yaśā, a learned brāhmaṇa, and the village Śambhala are also mentioned. As above mentioned, all these foretellings will prove to be factual in chronological order. That is the authority of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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Its hard for Americans to accept that the US empire is in decline.
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Which empire isn't in decline?
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Right now? China.
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Maybe this week but all Empires are in decline. All of them. Like waves hitting the beach.
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They rise and then fall. China is not in decline relative to the US. The US has not enjoyed a trade surplus since the 1980s. China is building its global trade and infrastructure- bullet trains across Asia and Europe- shipping ports globally, expanding its military forces, updating its submarines with Russian help. The CCP poliburo is composed of over 80% engineers. Russia, Iran and N.Korea now come under Chinas new e-Yuan CBDC international trade payments protocol and BRICS is looking like following. China is reverse engineering the wests banking trade payments hegemony that was originally imposed upon it via HongKong. Iran and Russia, selling discounted oil to China are mounting attacks on Europe and the Middle East. Meanwhile the USA is squabbling over woke and reactionary factions within and falling further into chaos.
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Thank you for playing nicely.
I'm going to vote for Trump and pray for the success of my Country and fellow Americans.
I'm going to pay also for the success of all humans. We are not here to accumulate anything other than proof of work (Karma) and even then it's not really a permanent thing. We are here to serve.