It was the third day of the exemplary US presidential election.
Politicians and voters from Tokyo to Lisbon and from Canberra to Santiago watched with bated breath how it was necessary to quickly, transparently and honestly choose the first person of the state.
And you have to choose, judging by the situation in the United States, like this:
- for a whole year to bombard the population with polls divorced from reality, where the Democratic candidate simply tears up his competitor;
- to write biased articles in the absolute majority of publications and give equally biased stories on television;
- mark posts and tweets of one of the candidates as unreliable and reduce their issue;
- send an unknown number of ballots by mail, so that later they can be counted uncontrollably;
- do not allow OSCE observers to enter some polling stations (gentlemen never lie);
- in states where the current president was confidently leading, suddenly show that 100% of the ballots that arrived by mail are votes for his competitor;
- register deceased voters and indicate the number of citizens who voted in the number exceeding the total number of voters;
- to interrupt press conferences of your president to please his competitor.
As a result, the whole world has witnessed amazing political technologies and the organization of the electoral process verified like a clock.
The covid pandemic, which undermined Trump's approval ratings, led to real anarchy (or mess) in the voting.
Masks and social distance were not enough.
98 million voters voted early, and most of them simply dropped the ballot in the mailbox.
Where are we with voter registration books, video surveillance of elections, electronic voting, finally.
How disgusting is our early voting (criticized mercilessly), when voters are brought home a sealed ballot box.
How can our country compare with the greatest democracy in the transparency of elections?
Well, apart from these trifles, it can be argued that the US population is still divided into two equal camps.
The Democrats could not find a candidate who would not break age records, would not forget the names of his granddaughters, and would not speak outright nonsense.
Trump, of course, also succeeded in collective hypnosis, sometimes behaving like a person from another planet.
But even if the American people choose between two evils, they deserve that evil be chosen honestly.
And so American consultants will, as before, advise vassal states on transparent elections.
Relatives and affiliates of American politicians will own assets in third countries, and Congress will continue to impose sanctions as part of a trade war.
But let us smile broadly when US politicians teach us their wisdom.
Only a very stupid person sits down at the table with a notorious sharper.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.