Citizens of Solemn Resolve: Change the World with Your Vote
What Voting Really Means, and Why Your Vote Matters
In the year since I started writing for Medium, I’ve watched the condition of our democracy continue to erode, becoming all the more precarious. The president, along with most of the Republicans in Congress, are unrelenting in their monstrous behavior — doubling down with their daily falsehoods, scornfulness, cruelty, capriciousness, and gaslighting. Recently, they even allowed Brett Kavanaugh — a man of belligerent temperament who was clearly an alcoholic in denial — to lie under oath and still be approved for a seat on the Supreme Court. Despite these setbacks, we cannot allow ourselves to be overwhelmed. Now is not the time to give in to despair.
If you’re weary of America being run by “Me, the President” rather than “We the People,” there’s still something you can do about it. Millions upon millions of Americans are fed up, just like you. But reacting with our outrage is not enough. The only way to stop this trainwreck towards tyranny is to vote.
The word vote in fact means “to make a solemn promise, to declare in earnest one’s choice, with consecrated resolve.” So we should never take lightly our sacred honor to vote. More than ever, every vote counts. Your vote will make a difference. Many elections…
