What's sad about this election (and almost every election in the US) is that instead of a group of people coming together to demand a better nation, better policies ; saying I won't vote for you unless you do this and that - to hypserstition different ways of doing things while educating ourselves and eachother - we get the narcissism of small difference. Honestly both candidates are absolute garbage. If you think one is going to do something better than the other the jokes on you. I voted Kamala because I can't stand championing ignorance- boasting about not reading, mispronouncing people's names and places, making fun of people. I don't want more of another celebrity famous for being famous. 

Shitty situation for sure, but one anecdotal observation I've gleaned over the past few years that's given me some hope is that the dire state of affairs has led to a renewed interest in local government and has started to activate non-psychopaths to run for important positions in local gov

Time will tell if this is indeed the case, and a whole lot of work on the ground needs to occur, but if we can improve the health and more importantly efficacy and efficiency of local government, that should hopefully carry over to the federal level and what folks expect from candidates on that front

Maybe