RE: Biff Tannen for President.... Yikes! What Would REALLY Make America Great
I'm not an American, and I haven't been paying that much attention to the latest presidential race, but I get the news regarding this through satire like Colbert and other late night shows. It's been very entertaining viewing it from the outside, but I couldn't imagine how Americans feel. Their future and their children's future hangs in the balance of who comes out on top as probably one of the most controversial race in recent memory. That's certainly not a good thing.
As a fan of Back to the Future, the dystopian future analogy seems very much apt. I didn't know President Biff was based on Trump! It looks truly bleak, but I guess people can take the power back if civil unrest ensues. I'm a supporter of all the countries in the world improving together, so I really hope that the US makes the right decision regarding this.
Since Trump's slogan is "Make America Great Again", I couldn't help but argue that "greatness" is subjective. What's great for him might not be the same definition of greatness by majority of the American people. This should really be taken into account. Since this is tagged under the #payitforward initiative, allow me to mine from my archives a relevant post where I discussed whether we should strive to be great or strive to be the best: Of Being Great and Being the Best. I can't edit it anymore since it's past its payout, but consider it under #payitforward . Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter.
Trump's "greatness" seems to be the greatness of a bully. I don't want to be part of an America that the world fears. I want an America that the world loves and respects because of our neighborliness and lack of walls.
It's interesting to see the opinion of a non-American. Hopefully Trump is the laughing stock, not us ordinary citizens who are appalled at the bully.
Anyway, I have a feeling Trump paid a bit to buy his way to the nomination. In which case, I look forward to the scandal when his fraud is found out.
From the outside, I've always seen America's success as something that stemmed from it's openness to the global community and its cooperative effort in its attempt to lend its hand in different affairs. While that's very divisive, as some groups consider that as the US sticking their nose in someone else's business, I've never seen it that way. It'd be interesting to see what would happen if it altogether takes on the opposite identity.
Trump's indeed been portrayed as a laughing stock, but in light of Hillary's recent scandal, she's not faring much better these days. It remains to be seen how all of this pans out. Hopefully, there's a silver lining to all this.
Maybe a third party nominee will succeed for once. We can only hope...