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liugeaux · 3 years

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Congratulations we won, now what?

So, the United States of America elected a new President this week. While I don't know if new is the right word to use we definitely elected a DIFFERENT President. Congratulations, right now depending on who you voted for, you’re probably experiencing intense joy or bitter disgust. While this seems like a big change for both sides of the political scale, I feel like it’s definitely a positive election for both parties. Here are a few things we as a country need to do as we dive into 2021, to ensure the best future for our country.

Let me break this down by party.

First off let’s talk to the Democrats.

Number 1: Congratulations you should see this as a victory. Joe Biden, while not the ideal candidate, was at least good enough to defeat a republican candidate that dabbled in tyranny and is compulsively selfish. He will actually work with his Republican counterparts and help regain our respectability abroad. He’s not the Trojan Horse for socialism the right paints him to be and much of the left isn’t happy with his centrist ideals, but he’s a professional who knows how to do this job. At the very least he can begin the healing process we need so badly.

Number 2: Calm down! Sure we will have a blue president for 4 years, however, the silent minority of this country has spoken and it's very obvious they are not ready for the progressive ideas that are currently being floated by a large portion of left-wing politicians.That doesn't mean this isn’t a shift in the right direction, it absolutely is, however what we should learn from this is that we have a long way to go. Force-feeding far-left agendas like, is not going to get us where both you and I think the country should go. Keep fighting the good fight, understand that there are people who will just not agree with you and that doesn't mean they're wrong it just means they have fundamentally different ideas of what this country is about. We’ve been finding middle ground for centuries, we can continue to do that in the 2020′s.

Next Let’s Talk To the Republicans, oh wait, I’m sorry, the GOP.

Number 1: Congratulations you should see this is a victory. Sure you lost the presidency, however This election should serve as an opportunity for the conservatives of this nation to purge themselves of the Trump energy that has been driving their political landscape for 4 years. Conservatism, Republicans, and anyone who considers themselves “right wing”, are not inherently bad and the preference for small government and self-reliance is a respectable ideology that had a large hand in building this country. However, the Trump juice that has been fueling the red of states for the past 4 years has done more damage to the idea of conservatism than anything else in the past 30 years. This is your opportunity to move forward and re-establish yourself as a party for the people and not for a narcissistic pseudo billionaire that was only ever out to benefit himself and his friends.

Number 2: Calm down! Sure we will have a blue president for 4 years, however thanks to the current Commander in Orange Julius, the Supreme Court is stacked in your favor for the next generation, and somehow the hatred for Donald Trump didn’t bleed over into the Congressional races. In fact, it looks like you're going to pick up some seats in both the House and Senate. Politically speaking, the conservative agenda is still alive and well in Washington, and arguably in the hands of smarter and more well-intentioned Americans than Donald Trump. Effectively, you guys are still in charge. When we inevitably have another conservative president, hopefully it will be someone that America can be objectively more proud of..

Now let me talk to both of y'all.

Please use this moment to galvanize the country. Media outlets, Public Figures and Social Media are actively pitting you against each other and while both sides believe it's to advance their agenda all it's really doing is crippling the whole system. Many people weren't voting FOR Trump they were voting against a liberal agenda that they fear, don’t understand or have been fed propaganda about. Do I want Universal Health Care? Absolutely! Do I want higher education to be more affordable? Absolutely! Do I want more wealth equality? You bet! Do I want to overhaul the entire criminal justice system? More than you will ever know! However, the current approach, and might I say “cancel culture” narrative that is so prevalent in liberal politics right now would doom any legitimate attempt at creating a better America through any one of these measures.

Like it or not, conservatives aren't going anywhere. They make up nearly half of this nation, and for any social programs to truly work effectively, conservatives have to agree to put in a legitimate effort to back them. While I appreciate the gusto and energy that the modern liberal movements have been channeling, I don't see your current approach making any headway any time soon.

Conservatives, I get it, you don't like change. Our country, since its founding, has always adopted the more progressive mindset as generations pass, it's the natural progression of things. Whether you want to believe this, many of these “fringe liberal ideas'' are inevitable. Abolishing Slavery and Women’s Suffereage were once “fringe liberal ideas” and we see what happened with those. What you think is far left now, in 2-3 generations will be commonplace and considered moderate. The slow march to the inevitable progressive future isn't something you should be stopping, it should be something you are monitoring and regulating. Make progressive work within your ideals of individual freedom. Use your scepticism to ensure these progressive ideas are done right and fit in with amendments in the Constitution. The way I see it, Progressives are there to throw wild pro-citizen ideas at a wall, and Conservatives are there to adjust those things into a usable state. It’s the natural order of things. Both sides have to realize that at some point, you must reach across the aisle for anything to work.

Side Note

I'm happy with the outcome, but the last 4 years have pulled a mask off of the American people in a way I never anticipated. A lot of our problems stem from inherent cracks in the foundation of our origins and we can’t ignore those cracks anymore. We aren’t a perfect nation, we never were and depending on the metric you’re looking at, one could argue that we've never even been that great. As a millennial, I've been told my whole life that America is the greatest country on Earth and that I can have anything I want if I just put my mind to it. We are the land of opportunity, and a beacon for the rest of the world to envy. As I’ve grown up, Millennials have gotten the reputation of an entitled generation that expects everyone to cater to their needs, often referred to as the “everyone gets a trophy generation.” That’s not who we are. Millennials are a generation of Americans that were sold a bill of goods only to find they were built on half-truths and hollow platitudes. Instead of just accepting it for what it is and letting the inevitable cynicism of adulthood take control we understand that we have a voice and that the bill of goods we were sold is obtainable. The fight for that may sound like entitlement, when in fact it's an optimistic hope that we can make things the way they should be. Don’t feed us propaganda and then be surprised when we believe it.

Once millennials are done, we will have the country you promised us, the way we were always told it would be and ironically, we will make America great, FINALLY.

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