Oddbean new post about login | logout I remembered the election is only a few weeks away and was happy, until I realized that no matter who wins, half the country won’t recognize the winner things will likely only get more loud and annoying. 🙄😒
It's a shit show.
I'm not paying attention and things are going great. Pretty quiet and chill over here.
Which is already how it is. Doesn't matter.
There's a big difference between not *liking* the outcome and not *accepting* the outcome. The first is normal. The second risks a breakdown of the peaceful transfer of power between factions, which constitutional elections are designed to facilitate. Worst case scenarios include civil war and what happened to the USSR in 1991.
Non of it matters to me. I don't participate.
If you think that means it doesn't affect you, I suspect you'll find that's not the case.
