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The god of those who do not write letters has no way of believing in postmen
Miljenko Jergovic
It's disgusting Donald Trump's anger with the post office and postmen. It started a few months before the election when he called on his voters - who neither write letters nor vote by mail - not to be afraid, but to go freely to the polls because the coronavirus does not exist anyway. Those other voters, the Democrats, who were convinced that the crown existed even more so because Trump did not believe in it, avoided mass rallies, and, to a large extent, even in unprecedented numbers, votes sent them by mail. Of course, they also respected the procedure, which in America varies from state to state, just as the way votes are counted varies from state to state. But one rule is eternal and unchangeable, that iron rule of mail-in official communication and in communication with the administration anywhere in the world- that it does not matter when the official delivery arrives, but it does matter when it is sent. Donald Trump decided to eliminate this rule when, immediately after the closing of the polling stations, at the end of the first day of the elections he declared victory, demanding that the countless votes, which continued to come by mail, be stopped counting. They were willing to eliminate mail, to say that mail does not exist and that mail, and not for example gambling or casino, is a means of deceiving people. at the end of the first day of the election, he declared victory, demanding that the countless votes, which continued to come by mail, be discontinued. They were willing to eliminate mail, to say that mail does not exist and that mail, and not for example gambling or casino, is a means of deceiving people. at the end of the first day of the election, he declared victory, demanding that the countless votes, which continued to come by mail, be discontinued. They were willing to eliminate mail, to say that mail does not exist and that mail, and not for example gambling or casino, is a means of deceiving people.
Good luck to the one who in the future writes the address in an envelope!
Article 1, paragraph 4, of the US Constitution, states that it is the right of every state to determine the "time, place and manner" of holding elections. Previously, with the founding of the United States, voting was done by naming candidates, and ballots were introduced in the early nineteenth century. The first printed ballots date back to 1888. But mail, and postal voting, is an American tradition, not only older than the ballots themselves but, most likely, even older than the first printed ballots. . At the heart of this was the right to vote for all, including citizens temporarily absent. And not only that: the post is at the very core of the American democratic process, as evidenced by the following anecdotes:
Ahead of the election to be held in 1864, on the eve of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln addressed the people gathered in front of the White House with the words: "If the uprising will force us to give up the election, or postpone it, it can be said that the insurgents have won and annihilated us ”. At that time, starting from the precedent of Pennsylvania, from the war against the British in 1812, in twelve states of the Union laws were passed according to which soldiers were allowed to vote in absentia. One hundred and fifty thousand out of one million Union soldiers then voted, symbolically speaking, by mail. It was this first great precedent, which would significantly mark the history and tradition of absentee voting.
Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln won the election.
In the next one hundred and fifty years, the rules were amended, clarified, and adopted with lifestyle changes. It was customary to send in addition to the vote the justification why the voter could not appear at the polling station. It was usually about illness, or what the citizen was away from home. Then came the mythical 1944 election. America had been at war for three years, the largest in history, to which President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt had introduced three years earlier. At that time, about three million two hundred thousand soldiers voted in absentia, mostly stationed in Europe, and as a result, the Democratic candidate Roosevelt had won.
After all this, again after eighty years, in the spirit of the conservative spirit, of respecting the traditions, the voting in absentia has continued, whether for cases of war or for other reasons. Sometimes, in the spirit of general alienation and contactless democracy, the principle of the electoral process has been devised which can be carried out completely at a distance, so no one will need to go to the polls, but everything will be done by mail. Understood electronically. But until then it will take a long time, or that time will probably never come. Does democracy without contact make sense? Or the society in which everything works remotely and virtually? If there is, then its meaning for us who live today is elusive.
Donald Trump is one of those people, as there are all around us, who use the advancement of science and technological advancement against knowledge and advancement. In the spirit of general awareness, surveillance cameras and the ocean of information for everyone and everything, they more or less skillfully manage, not only to promote ignorance, myth and legend, but to present everything that is against them as a great conspiracy. and fraud. Trump is a great master of such works, the leader and leader of all the ignorant of this world, who also worship, respect and elevate him to heaven, as one who is able to annihilate all laws, and rules, including here even the law of gravity. He has a perfect instinct that helps him pursue his interests by rejecting everything normal, to declare unreasonable all that human reason has achieved, to turn every truth into a lie, and consequently to declare the post office 'the house of the devil'. Although in his homeland he is followed and believed in, around the world he is worshiped mainly by those who consider themselves conservatives and nationalists, believers of all religious and secular faiths, followers of traditions written on stone tablets. Donald Trump in the manner and type of his activity is a miner of every tradition and every conservative point of view and ideal. In his value system, not only is there no place for God and the religious system, with prayers, confessions and beliefs, but there is no place for the post and postmen either. and consequently to declare the post office 'the house of the devil'. Although in his homeland he is followed and believed in, around the world he is worshiped mainly by those who consider themselves conservatives and nationalists, believers of all religious and secular faiths, followers of traditions written on stone tablets. Donald Trump in the manner and type of his activity is a miner of every tradition and every conservative point of view and ideal. In his value system, not only is there no place for God and the religious system, with prayers, confessions and beliefs, but there is no place for mail and postmen either. and consequently to declare the post office 'the house of the devil'. Although in his homeland he is followed and believed in, around the world he is worshiped mainly by those who consider themselves conservatives and nationalists, believers of all religious and secular faiths, followers of traditions written on stone tablets. Donald Trump in the manner and type of his activity is a subversive of every tradition and every conservative point of view and ideal. In his value system, not only is there no place for God and the religious system, with prayers, confessions and beliefs, but there is no place for the post and postmen either. followers of traditions written on stone tablets. Donald Trump in the manner and type of his activity is a subversive of every tradition and every conservative point of view and ideal. In his value system, not only is there no place for God and the religious system, with prayers, confessions and beliefs, but there is no place for the post and postmen either. followers of traditions written on stone tablets. Donald Trump in the manner and type of his activity is a subversive of every tradition and every conservative point of view and ideal. In his value system, not only is there no place for God and the religious system, with prayers, confessions and beliefs, but there is no place for the post and postmen either.
He is a man of the time when writing had not yet been invented.
* Translated for Politiko.al: Xhelal Fejza