Well, I admit that I’m depressed. I’m disappointed, of course, that Our Only President will remain in office, and that his cronies will continue running a secretive, dishonest and incompetent administration. What’s more disappointing, though, is that I thought the challenger ran a good campaign, and that the incumbent ran a bad one, and still more people voted for the incumbent. We pretty much failed to persuade.\n
What that means, I think, is that much—most—of the country perceives a universe so different from the one I do that the difference can’t merely be one of perspective. Some of it, certainly, is the filter of our own priorities, our own backgrounds, and our own insecurities. But I can’t see how this result comes out of that. I can’t believe that 57 million people, or even 5 million people, see that Our Only President has handed over the reins of government to a cabal of incompetents and crooks, but still think he’s a better choice than the Massachusetts Senator.\n
So, what I’m really depressed about is that I don’t see any way to improve the national dialogue in the near future. If what I perceive is closer to what actually is happening (and I think it is), how do I discuss policies with people who see an entirely different set of circumstances?\n
Perhaps I’m wrong. Perhaps it really is a different sense of priorities and values. Perhaps, in fact, fifty million people think that a constitutional amendment preventing gay couples from enjoying marriage benefits is more important than failure in Iraq. Perhaps fifty million people think that employer-based health care is worth saving, even if we can’t then pay for bridges and libraries. Perhaps fifty million people find disagreement over progressive taxation is more important than a national disgrace in the eyes of the world. That would be the bright side.\n
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