Kamala Harris will win the election but who will win the war?

And other happy thoughts as the US goes to the polls

The long path of crime and disappointment that has got us to this point in US political history is not going to be resolved in a single election. Both Trump and Harris are symptoms of a deeper malaise, and the problems that confound the Democrats and the Republican Party—the country in general—will remain no matter who wins or loses today (Australian time).

We rightly worry about the US descending into a state of open fascism if Trump wins, but even as we mouth our concerns, the current Democratic Administration is presiding over an actual genocide in Gaza, and the makings of a multistate regional war based in apartheid and annihilation. Harris has shown little inclination to deviate from the US’s traditional support of Israel, no matter what maniac is running that country, and reasonable people worry about throwing their support behind her for this reason alone.

Democracy would be easy if it was just a matter of choosing between right and wrong or good and bad, but it has never been th…