https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/10/misogyny-us-election-voters
The good old guardian gave a nice couple of lines on the American Dream.
"The first black American president will now be succeeded by a man endorsed by the Ku Klux Klan. This, according to Trump and his supporters, male and female, is what the American dream actually looks like."
Made me think. There's been a lot of similarities in the Brexit vote and the Trump presidency win aftermath. Young people voted differently to old people, and young people didn't get their way, despite it being their future which is being messed with. Forgive me for noting that in the US this is only a decision for four years not like UK where Brexit, like a dog, is for life not just for Christmas.
There are already those who don't understand the despair of the people who wanted a different outcome. Saying things like, we're all in this together, you've just got to roll up your sleeves and get on with it. We've got work to do. Kind of meaningless for those of us with a 9 to 5 office job and no ability to affect anything bigger, not even, it seems through voting and democracy. In the UK Europeans are afraid of what their future holds. In America the muslims, the homosexuals and the coloured are afraid of what their future holds. And with good cause, I'm thinking.
Let's make America / Britain great again, eh?
You know what would make for greatness for me? The feeling of community - people who look out for other people, who help people, who notice when things need a bit of support and realise when they have the capacity to provide that help. People caring about each other, extended family style. Greatness isn't about striving for your own personal gain, it's about surviving and importantly making sure that others survive too.
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