Statement on US Elections

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Seeing no other official acknowledgement (from a Government quite willing to make them normally) I wanted to acknowledge the positive development in the United States. We have seen government pronouncements, well-deserved, when the US commits some kind of negative action but one thing I think is needed to understand here in Talossa is that positive action must be recognized as well to build the feedback for the actor in question. If you reward negative actions only with your attention then you create perverse incentives not conducive to the goal you claim to be after.

The American people voted against Trumpism in resounding fashion on November 3 and made history in ways affirming of diversity all across the country. As an American-Talossan and as a Black American it was one of the first days of pride since Obama's election in 2008.

In Georgia, the first Black woman governor was elected. She poignantly noted the enslavement of her ancestor just miles away from governor's mansion she and her family will soon inhabit.
In Florida, Nevada, and Wisconsin they elected their first Black governors.
In Michigan, the first Muslim is being sent to the Senate.
In New Mexico, the first Indigenous woman governor was elected.
In Minnesota and Alaska, the first Indigenous women are being sent to the Senate.
In New Hampshire, the first openly gay man is being sent to the Senate.
In California, their first Hispanic governor was elected.
In Texas, their first Hispanic woman governor was elected.
In Mississippi, they may soon be electing their first Black senator since the mid-1800s.

The hope is that the audacity shown in 2008 is here to stay. And that the United States will move towards being a true, reliable, and supportive participant in the global order.

[Sir Ian Plätschisch]

Respectfully, "affirming of diversity" had little to nothing to do with Tuesday's results.

Donald Trump made numerous very specific promises to the American people, resoundingly failed to deliver on them, and was in turn resoundingly rejected .

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

Respectfully, "affirming of diversity" had little to nothing to do with Tuesday's results.

Donald Trump made numerous very specific promises to the American people, resoundingly failed to deliver on them, and was in turn resoundingly rejected .

I think both are true.