With President Biden officially dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, and VP Kamala Harris the most likely candidate in his place, the 2024 election just got that much more interesting. This is of course right on the heels of the recent (and mysterious) assassination attempt on Trump (which we condemn, of course), which has apparently elevated him to "martyr" status among his cult-like base.
Make no mistake, this election is for ALL the marbles. And not just because the Donald has lost his marbles (he lost them long ago), but because the stakes are even higher still this time around. A vote for Trump (or a vote for any third party candidate, or not voting at all) is effectively a vote for Project 2025, the latest Republican agenda, which would lead America into Margaret Atwood's worst nightmare. What they are proposing is downright horrifying to say the least! And it is also a vote for the Trump-Putin-Xi-Kim Axis of Evil as well. Some may say that this election is essentially a choice between World War III and Civil War 2.0, but we think that Trump winning would make it that much more likely that we will get the two-for-one special, barring a miracle of miracles.
And to those who say that their vote doesn't count because it is rigged and the outcome is predetermined, keep in mind that such a thing really only happens when the election is close, and it becomes that much HARDER to cheat when the election is not close. We still haven't gone so far down the rabbit hole of kleptocracy that we have full banana republic sham elections--YET. (Though if Trump wins, he could very easily make that the case in the future.) And if everyone who was eligible to vote actually voted, Trump (and the Republicans in general) really wouldn't stand a chance.
The lesson that should have been learned in 2016: if you make the perfect the enemy of the good, we ultimately end up with neither. Seriously.
P.S. To all of the young(-ish) Trump supporting men out there who are still smug about Project 2025 because of your gender, race, etc., read the fine print. One of the things on the agenda is to bring back the military draft. Seriously. That means YOU too. So maybe you might want to reconsider which candidate, and party, you are willing to support. And to all of the Serena Joy-esque self-hating misogynists out there, who think they personally will be spared, well, remember what ultimately happens to Serena in Atwood's novel. Don't say you haven't been warned!
Like the song "Freewill" by Rush goes, "if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
