11/5
It must feel very good to be an American today......
Certainly brought a couple of tears to my eye, and it wasn't even my election. Watching the coverage this morning, it occurred to me that we're still only groping our way round the edges of what this means, both in the US and abroad. The long term impact it's going to have could easily be as great as that felt when the twin towers came down; in fact, in many ways I'd say this is the Anti-9/11 - a massive, visceral but this time positive shock to the geopolitical system of the world, an event on the American landscape whose physical facts are far outweighed by the significance of the emotional shadow they cast, and an overwhelming sense that things have changed.
Don't know if any of that promise will get usefully harvested in the long run, but for now I'm just happy to breathe in the rich aroma of potential and enjoy the day.
Only in America, eh.
Outstanding!
Item '11/5' posted by Richard Morgan at
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