It was the comment about it feeling like the end of a regime rather than a democratically elected government that caught my attention. It feels like it's been on the tip of my tongue since the news about Biden leading in PA & GA, but it reminds me not only of VE Day and VJ Day, but the fall of the Berlin Wall; Tahrir Square & the recent referendum in Chile. There are still an awful lot of very heavily armed hyped up crazies out there; those scenes from Arizona were particularly terrifying.
Yeah. I mean, it's not over by a long shot just because they've won the election (especially as long as Trump is... well, Trump) and they're probably looking at a number of years of unholy alliances. But I think it's important to take a deep breath and feel some happiness right now before getting back into it.
Yes, I've been seeing it as similar to VE day, given the same sort of people have been on the other side. It has definitely felt like a regime. But it's true that there will be a long path to start tilting things back in the right direction, and some things will have no easy fix.
Trump was never the one and only problem here, just one of the most high-profile examples. Over the past few days I've seen quite a few European politicians, who have bet their entire political career on Trump-like tactics working, scrambling to tell themselves and their voters that they will continue to work. I'm not convinced they won't succeed. But US voters sent a very welcome message this week.
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