I find that my apprehensions about the years ahead fall in four categories.

Substantitve local: What damage will be done to the USA?

Substantive global: What damage will be done to the world?

Symbolic local: How can we now deny that we the American people have chosen this monster?

Symbolic global: What does this say about democracy?

Events have a way of surprising us. Who knows, maybe not all my fears will come to pass. It will be interesting to revisit this note in 2028 and beyond.

[10 November 2024]