No Matter Who Wins in November, the US Is No Longer What It Used to Be.
Siem Reap, Cambodia, June 4th, 2024.
Salaroche

One thing is to be optimistic and another is to be a self-deceived, wishful thinker. Let’s face it. The evidence shown after the guilty verdict in newspaper photos and articles, news channels, and the words of support for the convicted-felon expressed by some of the highest Republican officials in government, not to mention the arrogant, unrepentant stance of the newly-convicted ex-President, all of it points to a protracted, slow-burning insurrection that will continue to poison the sociopolitical life of the country for a long, undetermined time to come.

Joe Biden will win in November, but his win will not heal the nation’s deep sociopolitical fissures. This is in no way US politics as usual. The country is no longer divided as it used to along conflicting legislations, unpopular supreme-court decisions, questions of higher or lower taxes, or any other matters of that sort. Today, the issues at stake are much more fundamental than that, as they pertain to whether the pillars of the Republic, such as our Democratic and Judicial Systems, should stay in place or should be taken down.

Think about it for a moment. When half the population of the country overtly prefers to reject and denigrate our Judicial System rather than admit that their sectarian leader is guilty of ANY crime, what hope can there be for the future of the rule of law in the US? When the American judicial system becomes illegitimate and invalid in the eyes of half the population, what options are there left regarding the administration of justice in the country? The only logical answer to the last question is: Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Dictatorship.

When the rule of law as written in the constitution and other judicial guidelines is no longer respected and obeyed by half the population, the only possible remaining authority in the nation can only be the will of a dictator (think of Russia’s Vladimir Putin) or the edicts of a “junta” formed by arbitrarily-selected party members (think of China’s Politbureau).

Seriously, please think about it again. If MAGA people categorically reject the results of the 2020 elections, thereby negating the legitimacy of the American Democratic System, and they categorically reject their false-messiah’s guilty verdict, thereby negating the legitimacy of the American Judicial System, what other viable means for selecting leaders and administering justice are there left for the United States? Autocracy, Dictatorship, Despotism, Authoritarianism, those are the only possible alternatives to American Democracy and the American Judiciary.

The time to wake up is about to expire. This is no longer US politics as usual in any meaningful way. I remain cautiously optimistic and still refuse to accept the idea that we already lost the country to the MAGA anti-American forces, but the 2024 elections will no doubt bring us all to the brink of disaster.

Casting your anti-Republican vote on or before November 5th can end up meaning whether the United States as we know it survives to live a few more years as a Democracy or accelerates its descent straight down the road to autocracy.

Salaroche