The Transition has/has not begun . . . you select the appropriate choice. It is crystal clear that I lost badly and that President Trump, while taking a drubbing, was not repudiated to the degree that he so justly deserved after such an in-adequate performance over the last 4 years. That he could garner nearly 50% of the vote after neglecting to do his job shows us the low level of competency that our society is operating under and the severe cognitive limitations of the voters. We have to hope that if the millions of people who did not participate had joined in, we could enjoy a higher degree of confidence that our political system shows a better degree of potential for transforming itself into an actual democracy than we have seen so far. Furthermore, the need for national management of elections and elimination of the Electoral College will be required for the Presidency and Congress to be transformed into effective instruments of majority rule. Currently, our system of elections cannot provide for “the equal protection of the laws” as guaranteed in Section I of the 14th Amendment.
With Donald J. Trump over 5 million votes behind Joseph R. Biden in the popular count, and with Joe Biden in possession of over 300 Electoral votes, the nation and the world note that the election isn’t really over and we have in all probability another two months of sorting to do before we reach January 20, 2021; chiefly because Mr. Trump is as unprepared to relinquish power as he has been unable to wield it. Meanwhile as the ravages from the coronavirus pandemic expand here in the United States, and equity markets in New York party on, it’s increasingly likely that by the end of the first quarter of next year, the world economy will see its worst shocks since the Great Depression of the 1930’s. There are simply too many people who have been cut out of the cash flow for late-stage capitalism to meet the needs of a planet in extreme economic, political and environmental stress. With the amount of borrowing going on to keep governments solvent, and for speculators to play the markets, the situation is custom-designed for a liquidity crisis of shocking dimensions. If, in the face of these challenges, we as a people can come to terms with our paralyzing fears and rise to a new level of self-sacrifice, popular government may rise above the morass of corruption and in-effectiveness into which it has sunk. If we cannot, a terrible reckoning awaits us.
