Thursday, December 15, 2016
My Reaction to the Election 2016
It’s taken me awhile to work through the emotions after the election on Nov. 8. Like many people I’ve been on an emotional rollercoaster. Shocked. Stunned. Fear. Anger. After working through all these emotions, I’ve settled on anger. I hate the idea of Donald Trump as president, but have accepted the election results. Here are my thoughts.
Either way, I’ll fight for our rights with my voice and words. My anger will remain as long as Trump is president. We can’t despair or give up. We must make our voices heard. Leave programs like social security, medicare and many others alone. We must refuse to become the wage serfs/slaves of the corporations and rich. We must not return to feudalism or fascism and let our nation turn into a plutocracy. That is not what America is.
First, I understand the reasons why people voted for Trump. They’re tired of the stalemate and stagnation in Washington, D.C. Many feel they’re being left behind by the economy with losses of jobs, stagnating wages and no opportunity. A certain segment of people want things to go back the way they were before the Civil Rights era. Others just didn’t want another Clinton in office. Some people are just miserable in their lives and want to spread the misery around. I’m sure there are many other reasons too.
Unfortunately, I think the people who voted for Trump are going to be very disappointed. People don’t like change, but it’s a part of life. We can’t go back to the so called good old days. Those manufacturing jobs aren’t coming back. More importantly, rich, corporate people like Trump only believe in helping their own business and social class. He doesn’t care about rest of us, the middle class, working class or poor. This can already be seen by his cabinet picks. They are all wealthy, corporate people bent on taking what they can away from everyone to line their pockets.
Labels: election, Trump, working class
# posted by Freedomstar @ 9:12 AM 
