Dear Americans,
go vote. I won’t tell you that you should vote for X or Y, because quite honestly, there are so many posts doing that out there and I don’t think that a German telling you whom to vote will have a great impact. But I’m telling you to GO VOTE! If you’re registered to vote, go. If you don’t, you might regret it for the next 4 years. It can have a severe impact on your life. BREXIT, for example happened because people were so sure that Britain would vote Remain, that they didn’t go vote. We know how that turned out. If you don’t want to wake up and find yourself in a reality you don’t like, go vote. During the 30s in my country, many people didn’t trust the parties in parliament anymore or feared the NSDAP (Hitler’s party) and didn’t vote. We know how that turned out. Many people world wide fight for their right to vote; and many die. Your election might not be ideal, your single vote will not swing the election around. But if all of you people who feel unhappy with the candidates or the election system stay at home, your vote will count. And maybe in a way you won’t like. If you don’t go vote you’ve only got yourself to blame. So please go vote.