Olivia Henry || Issue 8 || November 12, 2024
The United States presidential election has concluded. Donald Trump is back in office for his second term. Some people are upset, others are joyful, and the neutral part of the population feels no particular way. It has been a year of infighting for the United States as it always is during the presidential election. And though the battle for president is done, the political war will rage on.
For decades, people in the U.S. have found themselves in an endless war of politics. Vote red or vote blue. Democrat or Republican. Far left or far right. You’re either saving the country or destroying it. You must choose a side; neutrality is not an option. This is dangerous rhetoric. Being constantly promoted to the two extremes can leave one feeling everything is black and white with no grey in between. We ironically see freedom of choice trampled over with this two-party system lunacy. There has always been a growing divide in politics, and it never ends no matter how many election cycles we have and no matter who is running for president.
Whether the matter is about elected officials, policies and law, or the justice system, politics is always going to cause an uproar. Because politics is concerned with the governing body over a group of people; someone is always going to have something to say.

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In the States, everyone has an equal opportunity to be heard. That doesn’t guarantee all requests to be granted, because we live in a nation where every vote counts and in turn the majority rules. But it seems people aren’t satisfied with that, the system that creates the most opportunity for fairness.
The reality is that nobody is going to get everything they want out of government. Somebody is always going to be stepping on someone else’s foot, intentionally or not.
And because of the vicious climate of politics, how it’s worsened over the years, the fighting will not cease.