Breathe
By Stephanie Henaro
The U.S. presidential election reopened an uncomfortable conversation: Who cares about democracy when you can't make ends meet?
The answer is simple: no one. That's why the Democrats' strategy of branding Donald Trump as the apocalyptic horseman of democracy failed, almost as explicitly as Joe Biden's presidency and his 70% disapproval rating.
The preliminary results of the election show that America is not polarized as the polls indicated; it is fed up with the Democrats, and this is not only seen in Trump's victory in the popular vote and in the Electoral College, but also in the color red, which now dominates Congress.
So, while the price of being part of the Biden team took an expensive toll on Kamala Harris, the price of butter in the cupboards and the unaffordable cost of housing brought Trump back to the White House. Now, in addition to being the 45th president, he will also be the 47th.
Although it may seem surprising, it seems that neighbors as distant as Mexico and the United States are going through the same thing, although each in its own tone. Because our election was also defined by food pantries, social programs, a dose of contempt for traditional politicians and, if that were not enough, the "end of democracy" rhetoric of the opposition also failed.
Human beings eat and then they exist. That is why I say: who cares about democracy when there is not enough money?
Democracy has become distant, and the malaise of globalization does not help. The quality of life of many people did not improve, and now the aftermath of the pandemic and the two latent wars do not help. Because everything goes up.
As if that were not enough, the latest New York Times/Siena College poll shows that 45% of Americans think their democracy is not working, and that makes them part of the crisis that more than half the world is experiencing.
Americans want wool and have found in Donald Trump a synonym that will face a different national and global context than in 2016. The global economy no longer has the same dynamism, and he who is about to become the 47th president of the United States no longer has anything to lose.
He will be unleashed and will break with many forms that were thought to be untouchable: starting with the local "Wokism" fermented by the Democrats, continuing with the relationship with Europe, the dynamics with Russia, the interlocution in the Middle East and ending with the way in which drug trafficking is addressed in the bilateral relationship with our country.
Changes will come, and that is normal. History is made up of them; otherwise, we would still be in the Middle Ages. However, in this one that begins with the return of Trump, we could say that not even Taylor Swift could fight against the lack of wool.
Last one to leave, turn off the light.
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