In Four days Americans will vote for a new President. The race has already polarised America. A man that tries to represent the old establishment pitched against a woman that says the new is better. Americans are wary of returning to their Historical lows namely, the great Economic depression of the 1930s and Slavery and inequality. But again the people are wary of the growing insecurity posed by extreme religious movements.
How to achieve these aims bring diversity of opinions. Some think America should just wall off other nations especially those with opposing values in curbing both insecurity and job loses. They mourn the declining Christian values. Others feel that America could no longer stay isolated having achieved the status of global leader and policeman. This school argue that isolation is not even feasible in this globalized world with the information age in full bloom.
That on the contrary isolation would bring back the specter of the two greatly feared “achievements” of that era namely the great economic depression and Slavery while lost jobs may not be found. While the male candidate relies on bravado accusing the female of not being reliable, the female is subtle and steady, accusing the male of insensitivity and utter disregard to the female gender.
For those who are embedded in the feeling that America has taken the wrong direction democratising too much lately thereby eroding some of the greatness of old and they see immigration as source of insecurity, they feel that capitalism had given away too much to the extent that America was tending towards socialism and they cite the Obama Care that seeks to give healthcare free of charge. To this camp, such interventions adversely affect big business that employs more people.
The pro modernism group point to the place America found itself after the gulf war and point to the innovations that brought her out of depression as evidence that Capitalism needed to be moderated for its own survival. The last school believe that America has never been greater and as open it is now suggesting that negative internal and external policies would only damage her global momentum and therefore end up achieving the unintended. Last minute attempt to muscle things by both sides will not change the fact that indeed this election is not only for Americans to decide its out come but that the world may not just be watching but also voting by other means because they are involved.
Written by Nwokedi Nworisara.
