Election

Posted 2:30 AM by Gerald So

Electronic voting in New York reminds me of Scantron tests. I know I can take all the time I need, but I don't feel I can. I feel the familiar pressure to finish about the same time as anyone else. The candidates I vote for seldom win. I vote anyway and remind myself the best thing to do is usually very difficult, and because of that, unpopular.

Think of Donald Trump claiming he'd resolve decades-long conflicts in days, then failing. Think of all the times politicians have skirted or rewritten the rules because they thought following them too difficult. On a large scale, people don't want to do hard things, but I as a person and you as a person can vote for what's difficult because in the end it remains necessary.