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A psychiatrist examining what has happened to America’s soul chooses for his book cover an iconic image from “Planet of the Apes” — a charred, half-buried wreck of the Statue of Liberty.
A minister who believes the United States is God’s chosen nation decides that a Joe Biden presidential victory would mean doom, a crushing of the nation’s essence.
And a filmmaker whose work has celebrated the raucous mess of U.S. politics concludes that the reelection of President Trump would be “the end of democracy.”
One week before Americans choose their path forward, the quadrennial crossroads reeks of despair. In almost every generation, politicians pose certain elections as the most important of their time. But the 2020 vote is taking place with the country in a historically dark mood — low on hope, running on spiritual empty, convinced that the wrong outcome will bring disaster. ...
'Good luck to us' ...
Death and rebirth ...
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2 comments:
I am among them. If Trump manages to steal this election, all one needs to do is watch what he has done and what he and McConnell, Graham, et all say they will do in a second term; watch the new cases already being set up to hit the Supreme Court as quickly as possible - - and they're proud of it!!! - and you can see where this country is headed. It will no longer be a democratic republic but an oligarchy headed toward dictatorship.
I will not stay in the US if he "wins."
whkattk - It's all very disheartening to me.
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