Nov. 5 offers mental health check for America

According to a recent Forbes study, “34% of Americans report feeling stress is completely overwhelming for them on most days.” Seventy-five percent feel “violence and crime are significant sources of stress” while over 66% say affording the basics of life stresses Americans out completely. Meanwhile, Corporate Media is supporting the incumbent and presidential candidate most responsible for the stress.

The real question on November is this: are the forces and momentum of ignorance greater than the pace of America's awakening? Using soundbites instead of policy, can the media frighten enough people (about Trump) into voting for their own servitude? No matter who you vote for, these are today's facts: half of America’s wealth is in the hands of a group of people so small, it could be accommodated in a small Sandpoint hotel. The wealthiest 50 Americans own more than the bottom half of American society. The top 1% now own approximately 92% of America’s wealth. Incredibly, the two richest Americans own more than the bottom 40% of all Americans. As voters on both sides wake up to these (stressful) facts, the Federal Government flings the border wide open to millions of new voters to ensure one-party rule in America. This is Oligarchy. Those who deny it will never see it. We are very near to the 1984 maxim Ignorance is Strength.

Rather than make him a member of this oligarchy, Donald Trump’s wealth enables him to challenge it. For this, he has nearly paid the ultimate price— twice! His unfortunate bluntness may turn voters off, but he is the battering ram needed to place original thinkers like RFK Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy on the beachhead to dismantle the forces keeping Americans divided at home and warring abroad. The results of November 5th will reveal which forces are in ascendance. 

DEAN CANNON

Sandpoint