Pre-Election Analysis

It is election day in the US, and things are bound to get interesting.

Already, shop and restaurant owners are preparing for any and all mayhem by shuttering and boarding up their places of business.

Police and national guard troops are all in standby mode.

So let’s reflect on this unusual election season, dissect the candidates, and see what we can, or can’t expect from them.

Before going into the details, it must be mentioned that regardless of whichever old fart wins, nothing will change. Both of these guys serve the status quo.

There is very little difference between them, and if Biden wins he will surely continue Trump’s policies for the most part, just like Trump continued Obama’s.

The problem with Biden is that if he gets elected, the EU liberal crowd will once again check their senses at the door, and spread their butt cheeks wide open for the US again, no questions asked. With the reckless Trump, they have been somewhat suspicious and a little more defiant. This is where Trump has a plus.

If Biden wins, and he starts engaging in political witch hunts against Trump and his henchmen and women, and dares to resurrect the Russiagate hoax instead of tackling the pandemic and economic chaos, then he will have a very bad start, a horrible 4 years, and a fall much worse than Trump. He better not fool around with partisan political grudges and other such garbage and do his job, and not play inquisitor. He just can’t afford it.

Regardless of whichever candidate wins, US power and authority will continue to wane. With Trump, the process will be faster. With Biden, it will be a bit slower.

There are undoubtedly intellectually-stunted people out there, mainly in the US, who will wax polemic about why the US will not collapse like other empires because it is somehow different from the others, and that the same rules don’t apply to it.

But this is simply self-delusion, as surely other former empires, now long-gone, also had their professional true believers who wrote gleaming skreeds about how their nations and empires are the greatest in history, different and special, indispensable in some way, and how they will last forever.

This has been said in the past, and will be said in the future - regardless of the country involved.

Much has also been said by pundits about the Democrats making the same mistakes as they did in 2016, that those mistakes got Trump elected, and that this time around the results will be the same.

However, in 2016 Trump was still a political outsider. He didn’t have a history of holding any political office. His ideas and rhetoric were still interesting and fresh enough to appeal to broad segments of the population.

Voters’ curiosity, and Trump’s lack of political baggage is what allowed him to eek out a victory.

But Trump has been in office for 4 years now, and his reckless behavior and bad decisions have left many of the curious voters disillusioned and angry.

So yes, even though the democrats have no new ideas, and cling to the same old shtick, Trump also no longer has the advantages he had 4 years ago. 

But again, George W. Bush won a 2nd term in 2004 after the Iraq war debacle, so we can't underestimate the lack of judgment by the US electorate.

But we do owe Trump a debt of gratitude for revealing the USA's true malignant, spiteful nature. For far too long, previous US regimes have sought to hide and dress-up their crimes and excesses.

And along comes Trump and tears down all the curtains. This is why the Democrats and the liberal establishment hate him so much. He exposed them. Because of Trump, it will now be much harder for any US regime to manipulate and coerce others into going along with its evil policies. Because of Trump, there will be more resistance and distancing.

So if nothing else, thank you Donald Trump for revealing to us the ugly face of the USA. Because of you, less people like and trust your land. And don't worry. Should Biden win, your work will not be lost on anyone. If you win, you will just make things worse.

But people who don’t have a say in this election, or for whatever reason can’t, or won’t vote, don’t emotionally invest yourselves in the outcome. Don’t root for, or prefer either buffoon, because they’re both bad candidates who will not make anything better, except for themselves and their lackeys.

Treat the US Presidential Election of 2020 like the over-hyped, sensationalist side-show that it is.

Have fun!