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Land of The Free, and The Home of The Knave
USA Election Fallout
In the words of the new president elect: “Wow.”
I wrote a big ol’ political series leading up to this election because I believed there wasn’t enough broadcasting of the political philosophies, which were almost entirely drowned out by the cult of personality surrounding Trump.
What I was really trying to get at was that
You’re not voting for the persona, you’re voting for the principles, ethics, philosophy and beliefs represented by the persona.
Education
Yesterday I saw this video from Jimmy Kimmel’s YouTube channel where Trump voters were asked very simple political questions and were totally unable to answer them, except by clearly regurgitating nonsensical catchphrases. This got me thinking that actual political education is imperative.
But, it’s such a landslide really, especially if you look at the map.
I’m not claiming that education would necessarily change the result, I simply believe that…
