With luck, this newsletter should arrive for our American readers a day or so before US elections on November 3, 2020. But even if it doesn’t, I want to shout this message as loudly as possible. Vote!
Your vote matters, and to be absolutely clear. It doesn’t matter who you vote for, only that we recognize the immense power contained in our vote. For our German readers, I hope you also understand the power of your voice. This is for you too.
Throughout American history, we barely cross the 50 percent threshold of eligible voters casting their vote during four-year presidential election cycles and even less on our off-year, local, and special election cycles.
We believe strongly in our American freedoms, particularly those enshrined within our first and second constitutional amendments, and while we choose to defend those freedoms with livid vociferousness, to include sacrificing lives, we often dismiss and disenfranchise the greatest freedom of all. Yes, I shall emphasize it again: Vote!
Suffrage and civil right movements have expanded this purest hallmark of democracy and American citizenship to women, ethnicities, and any citizen of at least 18 and older. We must dearly use and hold that power. But why?
We often decry corruption within our government, and that corruption does exist. It exists independent of and completely within our political, socio-economic, and religious beliefs. It permeates every one of those ideologies and at every level of government. We have tools against that corruption, but the greatest remains our power to vote. Just imagine the fear that would overwhelm corruption if they saw us stand up and run to the polls to vote or cast our eligible vote by other legal means. Right now, why listen to the people, if the people are so divided that they hate government, hate the contrary political to such an extent that they believe half of the people hate America and wish its destruction.
Such hatred, distrust, and self-righteousness opens the floodgates to corruption. We become controllable and malleable to their own corruption, while remaining blind to it.
Our precious American mores are at stake. Mores (more-ays) are the pillars of America, those customs and conventions whose indelible foundations lift up all Americans. Unfortunately they have begun to crumble under the divisive weight of corruption.
Vote and make your voice heard. Help and encourage all citizens to vote and have their vote counted. Be kind to everyone; listen and give legitimacy to all those who seek a better America, especially if their beliefs are not your necessarily yours. That is how we make America a truly special nation.