Situations

I am very torn with what is happening in Korea and Trump right now. On one hand, I really would like there to be peace in the world and less nuclear weapons. On the other hand, I really don’t want Trump to succeed at anything. Such is the conundrum.

The same idea was brought up on Bill Maher this past Friday. If the economy continues to do well, as it has been doing, then historically, presidents win reelection. As Bill made his joke, that means I have to root for the economy to tank, and for people to suffer. Western democracy is saved, but more people live in poverty.

That I feel is the new world that we all live in. Everything is an extreme case, and that there is nothing to compromise for. All or nothing.

I am not one to believe that things will never be good again. I just know that things will be different. This is a time of change, a shift in the tectonic plates that hold our country together. It will be different from here on out. Will there be a stronger Congress? A more restrained presidential power? Will the states play a larger role in dictating the direction of the country?

Nothing last forever, and I firmly believe when something stops working, people form something that does work.

In the two above situations, I have to vote for Trump forging peace in Korea, and for democracy to succeed.

Not that I a comfortable with it…