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I don't understand political anxiety. In the United States, elections even of the president, do not ultimately matter a whole lot. There are several layers of government and several governmental co-equal bodies such that the election of any one person is not super important. And that's the way it should be:

https://reason.com/2020/11/02/make-elections-not-matter-so-m...

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While usually there's some truth in this sort of sentiment, this simply isn't about the election of one individual this go round. It's about perpetuating and legitimizing the overreach of one particular political party that seeks to keep itself in power despite the conventions and rules that should allow it to be removed — see: autocracy.

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