I endorse Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to lead the United States as an astronomer for two reasons:
As an astronomer searching for habitable planets, I want the earth to remain habitable for people! Astronomers are learning how rare and precious but yet how fragile the biosphere of the earth is. We must protect the thin layer of atmosphere that sustains us, or the earth really could become unlivable for humans. We must set up our world society of people to work together to protect and defend the livability of the earth. We certainly must set up how we run the world so no nation does anything to bring on a war so destructive that it could end humanity. Cockroaches and rats have a better chance, but we must care about the survival of our species!
Protecting our world for subsequent generations is the first reason I urge my fellow Americans to vote for the Democratic ticket. That means vote for them even if they are not your perfect candidate! Don’t waste your vote on a 3rd party because they are not liberal enough or are too liberal! The future of the planet is at risk!
This might be the most important reason to vote but it is not the most urgent: The continuation of our well-working government is at stake more than any time since Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg address. The governing party is threatening the very continuation of democratic government that Lincoln spoke of. Until now, the American experiment with democracy has been a great success. But for the first time, an American president no longer cares for democracy itself. Nor does he care that the government or the nation function effectively.
I try to say these two things in my video that I admit shows me to be an unskilled videographer. But I want it recorded, that this astronomer living as a U.S. citizen expatriate in Hong Kong want’s to publicly record my hope for the future, that Americans will vote for a habitable and safe earth, an earth of beneficial international relations. To do that, we must vote for leaders who will lead our government and nation in an effective manner, and that supports the nation and government being led by truly democratic elections.