In thinking about this election, it's clear to me that this is the most important election of the past 100 years, if not the most important in the history of this, our republic.
The stakes in terms of policies have been outlined elsewhere so I won't cover in detail, but here's a synopsis:
- increasing use of war as an instrument of national policy vs. return to diplomacy and international alliances;
- economic policy tilted exclusively to the benefit of the rich vs. a more level playing field;
- war on inconvenient science vs. respect for facts;
- increasing ascendency of religious extremists in our government vs. return to the ideals of secular government.
But there's something else at stake beyond all these, with profound significance for the progressive movement.
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