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2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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3. 2020 is four years away.

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Fri Dec 2, 2016, 12:19 PM

Dec 2016

During those four years, much will happen. Those four years will affect tens of millions of people in very negative ways. Hindsight will not protect them from a Trump administration. What was needed on November 8 was foresight.

2020? I may well be dead by then. I'm alive now. What happens now affects me and everyone else. It's not just theoretical. It's real.

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Those who voted (or didn't vote) out of spite deserve the outcome. [View all] MineralMan Dec 2016 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #1

2020 is four years away. MineralMan Dec 2016 #3

And you and I will continue to take part in a positive way. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #2

Yes, we'll do what we can to ameliorate the situation. MineralMan Dec 2016 #5

Not a bitter pill so much as reality. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #4

Reality is a bitter pill for many, many people. MineralMan Dec 2016 #6

You're right of course, but it's a waste of time to focus on them. yodermon Dec 2016 #7

because this disaster is anyone and everyone's fault other than... mike_c Dec 2016 #8

Of those, only Clinton was on the ballot. One candidate from each MineralMan Dec 2016 #9