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Biden may have won the presidency, but his supporters in the DNC were unable to bridge the gaps in the deep divisions that exist in our nation. As for the Trump presidency, only a deep-seated need to feed his ego through distortion and misdirection that has permeated much of the nations’ consciousness has ignited storms of unrest across the United States. The collateral damage not only from the last 4 years of the Trump Administration, but also from the previous ones and the policies that have come out of Washington during the last 50 years have systematically eroded our society.
Once innocence is taken, it can never be restored. It is in that light that the United States that we have today is so far from being the country of the greatest generation, where the pride of our country showed, and the respect of our country was almost impossible to recover. We now have a newly elected President and Vice President whose ties are so well connected to the status quo of big money interests that they add to the dilemma facing our nation today.
Voter turnout this past election was just a vote against one man’s assessment of how he wants things to be and not for mandates that would pull this nation out of the deep recesses of past failures. Whether we choose to accept it or not, the global crisis of this pandemic has brought the world’s economies to a virtual standstill. Europe is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis today that is having profound effects right here in the US.
If President-elect Biden wants to avoid another Great Depression, and I mean an economic Armageddon, there are no options but fundamental reforms that must be implemented now. Congress has to agree to an immediate stimulus package with $1,200 monthly stimulus checks for the next six months. The world does not have to stop spinning to exterminate this pandemic. But, what we must do is abide by certain security measures to contain the spread of any infectious disease. We have to realize that in order to avoid imminent medical and economic catastrophe there has to be cohesion within our society. And, from the point of view of things after the last elections, this nation is far from cohesive.
Now, Biden must convince the major power players in the media to take on the uphill task of educating and informing the general public about the necessary procedures the public must follow and the policies our government will invoke to ensure that our society does not dissolve into anarchy. Recalling FDR’s fireside chats: Well, Biden would be wise to use the medium of television and the internet to replicate what FDR did by addressing the nation regularly to congratulate our recovery from this pandemic and to close the gaps in our nation. As it stands today, we have forgotten Lincoln’s famous quote: “A nation divided against itself cannot stand.” And that is the reality we face today as a divided nation.
If Trump wants to avoid the doom of history, he must first accept with grace, dignity and congratulations the results of this past election. With true sincerity, he must work with the president-elect to close the great divisions in our nation today. If he can do that, then maybe this nation can heal the wounds that are keeping our society from fulfilling the great promise of an America that works for all people. Our future is at stake.
