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2024-11-05 - TZ: America/New_York
I want to put down and publish my current feels on the upcoming US
Presidential Election, since theyāll likely change significantly
over the coming days (and, hopefully not, weeks). None of this
is insightful, or novel. But itās mine.
This election feels as consequential as the two that were
significant for me in 2016: That yearās US presidential
election, and the Brexit referendum in the UK.
I did not want Trump to win in 2016, and I wanted Britain to
remain in the EU. The irony of both of those choices is that
they were the *both* inherently conservative, in the sense of
maintaining the *status quo*, yet were campaigned against by
the right-leaning Republican and Conservative parties in those
two countries.
Here I am yet again, with a strong preference for the progressive
party with the conservative candidate. No wild economic ideas,
no violent threats against vulnerable groups, no threats to tear
up existing allegiances with longstanding allies. In general,
the ability to express nuanced statements about complex issues.
None of this is a discussion of VP Harrisā policy positions. I
think thereās two reasons for my not being concerned about that:
1. Sheād likely remain consistent with the current
administration in many ways, for better or worse.
2. The other candidateās policy positions can be tricky to
reason about since they are presented so erratically, but when
they come through they are isolationist, inflationary (tariffs),
and socially conservative to the point they have that strong
urine-soaked whiff of facism and racism.
Itās troubling that the result of this election appears to be on
a knife-edge. Other people clearly frame things very differently.
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