Tag: politics

I really liked the way she put this. I *do* like this country.

Embarrassingly enough, I like this country. But everything good about it has been the product of centuries of people who had no reason to hope for better but chose to believe that better things were possible, clawing their way uphill — protesting, marching, voting, and, yes, doing the work of journalism — to build this fragile thing called democracy. But to be fragile is not the same as to be perishable, as G.K. Chesterton wrote. Simply do not break a glass, and it will last a thousand years. Smash it, and it will not last an instant. Democracy is like that: fragile, but only if you shatter it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/26/washington-post-endorses-kamala-harris-satire/

I love my country. And I think we, and democracy, are going to be okay.

1. Countries deserve to continue existing even if their governments are bad
2. Living in a democracy does not make you culpable for any crimes its leaders commit

From a friend today:

Just saw someone describe the annoying leftist inclination toward refusal to hold your nose and vote for a less bad candidate and instead not vote unless it’s your perfect waifu candidate as “abstinence only leftism” and I really hope it catches on