Disenfranchisement

I've been observing people's reaction to the Bush victory with some bemusement, unable to comprehend why everyone was so upset. Finally I managed to work out that my lack of surprise was the irrational reaction. It seems to me to be tellingly upsetting that the idea of four more years of that fuckwit at the helm of the most powerful nation in the world doesn't actually seen to make my world any worse. It's also not right that I should be cheered by the thought that his continuing presidency may well hasten the economic colapse of a nation which has been abusing its position of power for far too long.

After all, it is, I think, a good thing that the British Empire went the way of the dodo. However, it seems likely that the collapse of America will be far more traumatic, and possibly bloody. Whatever happens, the world at large loses.

But then I'm an idealistic pessimist. I rejoice every time I'm proved wrong, because it means that the world isn't quite as terrible as I thought that it was.