Thread by @slipperyhero

#AmericaIsOnTheBallot "Every democracy or many democracies in their histories have taken a flier on a populist fast-talking con man. I come from Minnesota, we have a governor we took a flier on like that, it happens in history. You can do it once but when you do it twice, then 1/

it's no longer about who he is. It’s about who you are. The whole world will look #differently at US if we were to reaffirm & re-elect this man, because then the world will actually start looking at us really how it looks at Russia & China. Just another #transactional country. 2/

They’ll look at us as a country that #decided to #change the #StatueOfLiberty from “give me your tired, your poor, those seeking & yearning to be #free, to get the #hell off my lawn… & that will affect the whole world. The world likes to make fun of America. 3/

You know they love to make fun of our naiveté, we think every problem has a solution, but deep down they #envy our #naiveté, they envy our #optimism, because these are people who come often from very #cynical & #corrupt countries, & the fact that they always know out there 4/

in the world that there’s this place called #America somewhere #OverTheRainbow, where they do have #fair #honest elections, where you can get things done in the #court without corruption, knowing that that place is out there & will actually speak up for human rights 5/

& the right #values around the world, that is so #important for the world, & if we go dark, the whole #world #goes #dark." - @tomfriedman - 10/30/20