Decisions. Decisions. What to do? For whom should we vote? Who is the better man for the job? Who will guide us along the path to a better future?
Did you know that some people are so upset about the current state of politics in this country that they plan to protest by not voting at all? I think every citizen of our great country should exercise his or her right to vote. But only in a dictatorship would citizens be forced to vote. And for only one candidate. “When there is only one candidate, there can be only one choice.” So I suppose it is just as much our right not to vote.
Trouble is that not voting can lead to dictatorships. Military rule. Nasty stuff. And there is plenty of that around the globe. Fortunately for us, we have a democracy with built-in safeguards to prevent that kind of thing from happening. Don’t we? You know, like the safeguards we have to protect our economy and keep banks afloat if they get greedy in their gambling and start losing our money.
The truth is that democracies require vigilance. The freedoms we enjoy today can make us vulnerable to attack tomorrow. Attack from individuals who cannot conceive of free people making free choices. Our current way of life frightens them. And that fear grows in them constantly and breeds a hatred for us that we cannot really understand. Many such people exist all over the world, and many are living in this country right now waiting and watching us for signs of weakness.
They do this for two reasons: first, to prove to themselves that they are right about what they think of us and, second, to plan actions they feel are appropriate to change our way of life to more closely resemble their way of life, thereby reducing their fears.
This is why we have to be very careful how we cast our votes for our next president. We must choose wisely. We cannot afford to choose poorly.
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