Lyle Northey( Silent/Boomer)

This election will truly test our democracy. If Trump wins this democracy and this nation are as good as flushed down the toilet. His need for vengeance on those that have not supported him and his ideas is like a poison in the air. Mass deportations, mass incarcerations, and the blood will flow, who the hell is going to keep the wheels of commerce going? The need to demonstrate power will destroy everything in America and the collapse of America will affect the rest of the world in a negative way. Every tyrant that has had dreams of grandeur has met a tragic end and Trump is no exception, the question is whether he gets to take the rest along or not.
The alternative is for the nation to start to heal the wounds that have been inflicted with the divisive rhetoric of the last 10 years. We need to collectively honor one another and the country we live in. The idea that we own this land is foolish. We are but mere stewarts of it while we are here and we must take care of it as we take care of our children to carry on into the future. We need to change some things to further that care, and I am not talking about more active shooter drills in school.
The earth is going through changes some of which are natural cycles of the transition through space and the distance to the sun and others are contributed to by our actions. We can do very little to change the natural events but we do have the power to influence the man made ones. It is in our best interest to correct the things we can. That can only happen when we are in agreement with one another and willing to cooperate to make things happen, not at opposite ends of the scale believing that only one approach will work. Progressive thinking and planning does not come from closed minds.
As much as some are willing to find fault with Kamala they must realize that someone that smiles and laughs is optimistic and positive. Those traits can only improve things, not make them worse. The fact that she is a woman should not be a problem as most of us grew up in a house where maybe father knew best, but mother still ran things. Another way to look at this is, in this world most women have always been paid less than men so they have learned to get a lot done with very little. If your mother or grandmother is still available, ask them if that is true or not.
The question is do we move forward or backward. If your idea is that we need to go back then consider all that will be lost as we return to the age of yore. Moving backward is comparable to driving a forklift, it only takes a little turn of the steering wheel to flip the dang thing over.
We have come too far to return to the place where women are subservient. It may be working in countries that are run by religion, but it will not work in a democracy. Here we are all created equal whether you like it or not