Final Thoughts Before The US Election
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I had a quick thought I wanted to share before the election in the US tomorrow.
I’ve had many conversations with people about this upcoming choice. People from all walks of life, creed, and background. Virtually all of the conversations have been respectful and with ease. Yet everyone tells me about the tension and polarity they see out there. Perhaps my circle is a unique sample?
During the conversations, it has been interesting to hear the varying perspectives on the election and the choices before people. Mostly, I find people all want the same things in the end – a less divided world, a more affordable one, an end to war, more transparency, less stress, and to see the average person get more back in society from their income tax investment.
Even views on things like abortion and controversial wars aren’t all that different once you remove the small percentage of more extreme positions on either side.
To say “Republicans” think one way and “Democrats” another is simply meaningless – and a lie.
I challenged many folks to tell me who they were going to vote for. Everyone was honest and told me who they were choosing or whether they were going to abstain.
They’d turn it on me next “Who would you vote for if you were a US citizen?” I’d then explain:
First off, in my own country, I haven’t voted in the last 20 years. Largely because no candidate has inspired me enough to want to. I instead engage in the body politic through my work. Given our content has been consumed over 2 billion times in the last 15 years, I believe this has done MUCH MORE than voting for people whom I feel are uninspiring and incompetent.
Right now, people are being told by influential voices that “THIS election is THE one, and the future of the Republic is at stake.” But I think that is predictable hyperbole. This is election hype as per usual. I wrote about this last week here.
My feeling is that if you look closely enough, these hyperbolic feelings about the election stem from uncontained emotion, being caught up in one echo chamber or another, and cultural peer pressure.
Further, many people are stressed out. And when we’re stressed, we get sucked into apocalyptic narratives easily – especially when everyone else is saying it too. The collective energy can truly suck you in.
As I see this choice, per usual, it’s a lesser of two evils type situation. On their own, I really don’t see the track record of Trump and Harris to be something to go wild over. It’s splitting hairs, and in the end, things will mostly be the same either way – even though either side will tell you the world is over if the other gets elected.
Largely, who is ‘voted’ into power generally does not change the will of deep state organizations that run countries. Further, you are not voting for Harris or Trump, you are more so voting for who they surround themselves with. What you have no control over is their allegiance to higher powers who make the decisions anyway.
Until we can vote for those higher powers or individual choices, democracy is largely an illusion.
Regardless, if I had to vote….
Well… RFK Jr was the choice that represented something different to me. Something out of the ordinary. Something that would have been cool to see happen so there would be a litmus test of where the toppling of elite power truly stands.
But, he was denied by the Democrats, further revealing the true nature of “democracy” in the US.
Trump welcomed him in though, and we don’t yet know why. Keep in mind Kennedy tried to align with the Democrats, but they wouldn’t even engage in conversation.
Why did Trump welcome him? We can say it’s because he wanted to appeal to RFK Jr’s base, and that’s a reasonable thought. We can say it’s because he wants to give RFK Jr. a shot at something important. On that, can we trust him? All we can do is wait and see.
Largely, we cannot trust politicians and for good reason. That class of people and their actions created that reality – not the ‘lowly alternative media’ spreading lies as the orthodoxy likes to claim.
And because we cannot trust politicians and because very little changes no matter who is in power, my choice comes down to one thought:
Was Trump lying when he said on Rogan’s podcast that he made a mistake in the past and shouldn’t have surrounded himself with neocons like Mike Pompeo and Steve Bannon etc?
“The one mistake… I will say it always comes back to the same answer, the biggest mistake I made…I picked some people that I shouldn’t have picked,” – Trump
Trump has chosen to work closely with Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. If that is a sign of things to come, take note. If he is just trying to attract their bases, then it’s nothing to pay attention to.
Is this a sign that Trump is trying to correct his mistakes of who he surrounds himself with? Having someone like RFK Jr as head of the HHS (Health and Human Services) in the US could be a reckoning for Big Pharma and would be a big plus for the environment, public health etc. That is if he actually has the ability to change things once there. Even if he doesn’t, he’d likely expose the rot at the very least. A plus in my eyes.
Given this, if I believe Trump is lying, then voting for RFK Jr where he is on the ballot is what I’d do. But if Trump is being honest (and there’s no way of knowing) then by voting for him I’d be voting for RFK Jr’s chance at something legit.
Initially, I thought Trump was almost surely using RFK Jr. and that RFK staying independent would have been better for building an independent party long term. But IF Trump is being honest about his crucial mistakes of the past, this is the best shot at noticeable change.
You may disagree with me, and that’s OK. But note that without RFK Jr I view Harris and Trump as mostly splitting hairs trying to determine who is worse of two bad options.
This is not an endorsement either. It’s a thought experiment given so many people have asked me over the last few months, and my response has changed several times as I learned more information.
In the end, my hope is people choose the route of stressing less about this election. In these moments, it’s useful to know how much control we truly have over things like this, as this tells us how much mental and emotional energy to put into it.
Cast a vote if you like, but don’t turn over incredible amounts of stress and energy over to the electorate process. It’s largely corrupt, doesn’t represent true democracy, and is largely out of our control.
Your well being is much more important.
