Life is all about choices.
Faced with an issue that needs to be addressed, we may have a number of obvious possible routes to consider, but to do nothing is also an option. Whatever the final decision, there will always be consequences which have to be accepted. The decision making is especially significant when your choices are limited, and those that are available have little appeal.
I have minimal knowledge of US politics but it seems that something there has broken! In a country that has a population of almost 319 million people, the only two candidates qualified to run for the position of President are either Mr. Incompetent or Ms. Unscrupulous. At least that is the picture that I am getting!
For those of us outside of the US, should we care? Yes I believe that we should. I believe everybody in the world should, because the days of each country functioning as an effective, independent, self-supporting entity have long gone. Labor intensive manufacturing has been sourced to countries with low labor costs. Countries with low agricultural potential but high mineral deposits have negotiated such that the negotiating partners fill each others shortcomings, and this pattern is repeated across the broad spectrum of commerce.
It is a sad state of our world that little interest is shown towards countries that do not have a negotiating strength, but that is the world we have created. What happens in the US today is going to have ramifications around the world for many years to come.
We, as non-US citizens, can clearly do little to influence the outcome of today’s US Presidential election, but perhaps we should pay special attention to our own country’s political trend. We do have the choice to make our feelings known at our own election time. We do have the choice to monitor our country as it adjusts to the “new” US, and voice opinions as necessary.
I believe the population of Canada is around 35 million. If the best that can come out of 319 million people are those two, then we in Canada had better pay close attention given our minimal resource!!!
A New Direction Perhaps? 
Unfortunately, the media does not give light to the other parties apart from the Democratic and Republican parties. There were other choices, but they were not given as much media attention.
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Hi Nena – I believe that it was the political structure that dictated such conditions. The R and D have manipulated the political “landscape” to be self serving, and I also believe that for another party to participate actively requires a massive budget. Given the money transacted for many reasons during an election like this past one, is media really impartial anyway? I guess that’s the negative side of a free enterprise and profit driven system of business. Put that together with basic greed…… and nothing can be as fair as we would wish!
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Well put!
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The majority of people I know didn’t want to vote for either candidate. It is a sad day when our choices weren’t better…. But you are right, we just have to try harder.
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I agree with you. I don’t understand out of everybody in the 319 million, those are the two that are here. I have been struggling immensely with this, not knowing what to do! But I finally made a choice, yikes!
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Glad you made your choice. Now you, and the rest of the world, must wait!
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Tonight will be interesting to say the least. Will be like watching a nail biter movie as election results pour in and predictions are made and winner announced! Unless we have a repeat of the Bush/Gore election! When the headlines the following morning read, “America still has no President!”
With how crazy this whole race has been so far I wouldn’t doubt that or another fiasco happening!
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If it wasn’t so serious, it would very entertaining! 🙂
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If the one I didn’t vote for gets in… I may come up there to be a citizen of Canada!! 😉😉😉
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There would appear to be quite a few people thinking similar thoughts! 🙂
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The population number that you quoted for Canada could rapidly increase, depending on results! 😉
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Well we have quite a lot of space, but you will have to share it with immigrants from around the world… and leave your firearms at the border!
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Your last paragraph is especially poignant.
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Hi George – Well the numbers do make one wonder however, our political structure would seem to be a little different from the US so hopefully a similar situation here would be unlikely, but then …. we cannot forget those numbers!
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Having read reports on both candidates, I’m glad I don’t live in the US and have to choose. Regardless of who gets in, I dread to think what’s going to happen next.
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Agreed. In fairness, it could turn out to be a massive anti-climax with a smooth transition, but then it could also trigger civil unrest and the regrettable consequences of same. We shall soon see!
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SoS Hillary Clinton is NOT Unscrupulous! The right wing has painted her that way. Women are on the ballot in the USA!
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