If You're a US Citizen, Please Vote!

I'm writing this shortly after midnight, at the start of election day in the U.S., November 5, 2024. I'm a very politically liberal person. I generally try to keep politics out of this music blog. But I'll make an exception to say if you're eligible, please vote! 

This is going to be one of the most consequential elections in U.S. history. I believe that either Trump wins and we move towards a soft dictatorship, like the kind in countries like Hungary and Turkey, or Harris wins and we remain a real democracy. And so much more is at stake. In my life, I've seen a lot of Republican and Democratic presidents come and go, but I've never been so scared about the outcome as I am now. This would be Trump vengeful and unchained, very different from how he was president the first time around.

But no matter what your political persuasion is, it's a civic duty to vote, so please do it. It does matter. The logic is, if you don't vote, then people like you probably won't vote either. And if that happens, you and people like you have no chance of getting the government that you want.

Thanks! Now it's back to the music.