Worried

Being rather a bit of a political junky I've been following the U.S. Election very closely. And I'll confess to being very worried about it.

There has been such extreme anger on the part of the people who label themselves 'conservatives'. Although I regard them as revolutionaries. They may talk a lot about freedom and the rule of law but their intention, in my opinion, is to toss those things out the window and replace it with a strict authoritarian system where no one takes a shit without the say so of those in charge.

This, of course, won't apply to themselves. It never does to such people.

So this election has me worried. If Obama wins, as looks most probable, these revolutionaries will probably decide that the system has failed them. That makes it likely that they will decide that violence is the only route remaining to them, that what they believe must be imposed on America as it is now obvious to them that Americans aren't smart enough to make the correct choice.

As bad, maybe worse, is if McCain wins. This will radicalize many of the people in the centre, or the left as it's known in America. McCain winning will sharpen the divisions that plague the States. These divisions may become too sharp and too wide for America to remain a valid political entity.


"A house divided against itself cannot stand," as Abraham Lincoln put it.

We're living in interesting times. Unfortunately.