2008 will be the vote heard round the world

The most basic instincts in humans of security, opportunity for descendents, and basic quality of life come into discussion more than used to be. The world seems about as full of friction and wars as normal, but the USA has forces converging that together are pivotal. The converging forces are political, generational, and cultural. The results are pivotal in where ever the outcome leads us as a nation, and they are pivotal in that we used the vote vice revolution or a civil war.

Much as it is said as California goes, so goes the USA later, a saying much less said now days, so as the USA goes, so will much of the New World, and eventually the Old World.

The cultural conflicts at play are religion, cultural censorship, drugs, and immigration.

The generational conflicts at play are who pays for all the promised benefits, and expectations and standards.

The political conflicts at play are the growing ineffectiveness of the national government, an America first homeland defense, and the traditional national traits of isolationism and anti-war instincts.

The effect will be heard loud and clear around the world. That a vote was used vice the alternatives is most profound for much of the world. The detailed results will have some effects, too. In old Disney talk, it will definitely be an “E Ticket ride”.