In Class with Carr, Ep. 242: “Running for the borders, too close to the edges." (Part 2)
Election Day is here for most of the United States. Voting options are open across the country. Millions have already voted and millions more will vote before November 5th, the final day to vote. US Presidential candidates always fight over federal policymaking within and beyond the borders of the U.S. state, but the outcome of the 2024 presidential election has the potential to determine outsized changes in U.S. and global direction for at least the next generation. This week we undertake part two of our three-week consideration of what is at stake in the current US election. Why should we care and also get and remain involved and engaged in a political contest that will determine the role the U.S. state plays in the world? Who are most and least influential actors inside the borders of the most influential empire in global history? What is the role of “the vote” in helping people living in the U.S. to alter or disrupt plans of powerful state and non-state actors with plans for everything from addressing or ignoring climate change and nuclear brinkmanship to propping up expansionist settler colonial regimes and trying to minimize shifts in multipolar geopolitics? Third-party rhetoric aside, either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be the next President of the United States: Depending on which one prevails, are we closer to the edge in human history? And what can we do about it before and after November 5?
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