I know that many of you have mixed feelings about who to vote for in the coming election. It goes without saying that the folks on WACCO are an eccentric group, and I know that more then a few of you may be planning to vote for the Libertarian or Green candidate, perhaps even, Goddess forgive, Trump himself.
Our country, indeed the Earth itself, faces a parting-of-the-ways with profound historical consequences. One way leads to division, hatred, racism, fear and greed. The other way leads (incrementally) to more loving communities, social and economic justice, and the healing of the planet.
Great archetypal forces are at play in this election. Trump is a skilled demagogue who embodies the Strict Father taken to a pathological extreme: the Bully and Conman with ambitions to become the Tyrant.
Trump is the avatar of the Father of Lies. Therein lies his power and appeal to the gullible.
Woe unto this nation if he is elected, because without the power of veto to hold them back, the radical Republican Congress will run unchecked and undo much of the progressive legislation passed since the time of FDR. Don’t kid yourselves, it all will go on the chopping block: women’s reproductive freedom, environmental protections, civil rights, public lands, Medicare and Social Security, all this and more. You can forget about changing our economy to address climate change. Literally and figuratively, our world will be toast.
Hillary Clinton embodies the Wise Woman, the Warrior, and the benevolent Mother. Her great intelligence and deep knowledge of the political issues facing us is legendary. All her life she has been a fighter for social justice. Indeed, there is no way that she could have gotten this far without embodying the Warrior. The patriarchal powers that have controlled this world for millennia are arrayed against her, and they will not go down without a fight.
If I were to identify Hillary with one Goddess, she is Athena, the Goddess of wisdom, crafts and war.
In truth Hillary is a much more of a hawk than I personally care for, but when we compare her to Trump, who casually advocates for the use of atomic weapons, the choice is clear.
The right wing identified her potential early on, and has conducted a relentless smear campaign ever since. Do not fall for this: she is an honorable person.
There is great peril facing us, and now is not the time to indulge a misguided quest for political purity. A United Front of all decent people, left, right and center, is essential. Remember, a division on the Left is what allowed Hitler to come to power with a minority of the vote. The German elites thought him buffoon whom they could easily control. We all know how that ended up.
From the deeps of the Earth, I entreat you, put all your energy behind Hillary. Do magic, pray, volunteer to get out the vote, give money, whatever works for you. Do not sit by and allow a World-threatening catastrophe to take place. Choose to follow the way of a sharing community and compassion.
