WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?

Where will our planet go from here? The United States is known to be one of the superpowers that can command the political directions of countries. But with Russia's insertion of her hands into American politics and the election of a man who did not even earn the majority of the people's votes, the fate of democracy hangs on a thin thread indeed. 

We will not be able to expect much progressive development of humane ideas from hereon; communication of alternative groups shall be very difficult and projects that advance and improve the status of the poor, the marginalized and the deprived will have low if not nil funding. 

The Electoral College has just sealed the fate of the majority of the people and has stamped its approval of a man whose idea of progress is to be surrounded by officials with anti-people political and economic backgrounds. 

That the Philippine president finds him likeable is a fearsome feeling that could linger through four years if he survives the attempts of the anti-Trump movement not to make him ascend the steps of the White House. 

On hindsight, we could ask what factors in society have brought about electors with such a mindset that votes for a man like him. Maybe, the effects of violent Hollywood fictional movies are finally being felt in the political field with the rise of a man who is prone to attacking democratic principles. Male movie heroes always battling criminals and winning in the end never had a democratic face, after all. They wore generic faces that could have been democrat or republican, espousing the need to help the helpless. 

That is the great problem of the fictional movies. They could be upholding certain values that show the goodness of people but because they were not explicit in their political discourse about what is democratic and what is not, then they have failed to shape the values of the audience. the total American audience, especially. Had they been successful then the presence of the movie celebrities in the campaigns could have swayed the voters (audience) especially the electoral college members to the side of the party that truly espouses democratic principles.

Or are there other hidden reasons why the EC members voted that way?

But I believe that innate goodness will arise and bring forth a positive outcome of all our efforts for a better planet. I have a strong feeling that events will shape up and things will turn out for the people. 

How could the United States hold two kinds of elections: one in November, and then only to be nullifed by the next in December?

Is it not an exercise in futility to be voting in November when another group, smaller,  will be able to overturn the people's choice? How could 538 electoral college members represent the 2.7 million people with regard to who should be the president? Is it not rather ironic? 

Lawmaking was bequeathed by the Americans in the Philippines and so we look up to what is happening in the United States with regard to political events. 

Alas, handling transitions democratically should be the prime agenda now.