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Went for a long walk that helped clear the mind. Among other things, it helped put the election results in perspective. America is going through wrenching social changes at a disorienting pace. In the past, such changes have come at great cost, both human and material. Just look at Europe which has splintered into warring pieces of ethnic homelands, and is facing even more turmoil ahead. Within the last two decades we have seen the information revolution, globalized capitalism displacing workers en masse, pandemic diseases, sweeping demographic changes, a Black President, equality for gays, terrorism and war and more. It is a tribute to the strength of American democracy that the country has managed all this more or less peacefully. I am not sure the same can be said for Indian democracy, but I will take democracy over autocracy any day. So take a deep breath, fellow progressives. We will still deal with inequality, immigration and climate change. Give it a bit of time.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:13:36 +0000

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