Much as we have tried to put it in the back of our minds, to the extent that we could, election day 2024 is upon us.
I have voted, as have many of my fellow citizens. We've been told that this is the only weapon we as common peons possess to combat the frightening advance of fascism, of oligarchy...the deterioration of our government, of our world, of our way of life. We've been told this is a powerful weapon, and we need to wield it zealously.
But I can't believe that there are not others out there like me, who wonder exactly how powerful our votes are, any more. In a world gone mad, where winning is everything and cheating is as good a way as any to carry the day, how can we believe that our votes will even be counted, much less have meaning if they are?
And then, there is this ominous undertone to our daily lives, a dark voice whispering that election day could be the start of something very large, very violent, and very evil in this country, no matter which side emerges victorious. And if any of us believe that we won't be touched by it, we're fooling ourselves. Before January 6, 2000, we might have been able to entertain thoughts of safety, of immunity from the kind of senseless violence that surely overwhelms only third-world countries? We naively believed things like that didn't happen in the United States of America, so to worry about it was foolish...a waste of emotional energy.
Now?
All I can think is,
"Be afraid. Be very afraid."
How have we come to this?
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