TRUMP WON THE ELECTION AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. That sentence is enough to provoke the following emotions: Anger, fear, and disappointment or excitement and content. I'm just going to put this out there that I was one of those in denial and upset people. Mostly everyone who opposes Trump can just sit down alone and have a pity party but that won't change a thing. Trump still won and unfortunately, there is nothing we can do a bout it. Then I realized that Emerson wouldn't just want us here being upset we could speak up about it and learn about this experience. He would also think we're stupid for reacting this way and we're obviously far from self reliance and the whole election was just a big mess.
Most of the people who are reading this are upset with the election results, and believe me I am as well. However, being upset doesn't really change a thing. Lets look at the qualities Donald Trump possesses. We despise him for blurting out his outrages opinions, how he spoke out of his turn, how he treats other humans or talks about them, how racist he is, how rude he is, etc. I can write so many reasons why I don't like him but essentially all of the things we hate him for caused him to win. He used Emerson's recipe for success. He spoke his mind without filter or thinking of the consequences, he most definitely was himself, and did not even listen to what society/the world said about him this past year. Like Emerson said, "Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members". To be successful we must do the same. What we can learn is to be successful in life, we must do the same thing Trump did: become self reliant and follow Emerson's advice.
Emerson would look at us(the non Trump supporters) and think we're reacting stupidly to the results of the election! Everyone is acting as if Trump is causing the end of the world. A lot of our reactions are because of society. Admit it, we had a political meme overload all throughout the social media platforms and there was no escaping it. Society wants us all to believe what they want us to believe. Emerson would like that we branch away from society, form our own opinions, and be independent. "Society is a wave". I think we can agree with what other people has to stay but it's important to not go with the flow. Emerson thinks we each have something unique to say so we should speak up. "Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another." Most people don't want Trump as our next president and part of the mistake that was made was just thinking about not wanting him but not doing much about it. A lot of people kept that to themselves and didn't speak up about it. A lot of people who are able to vote didn't even vote or promote the other candidate but they are one of the biggest complainers right now. They waited for something else to happen in order to start speaking up and I can just feel Emerson frowning at us right now.
Emerson would want us all to move on and make big changes for the better. That means self-reliance. This election is proof that you have to be self reliant in order to get what you want in life. He would like individuals to speak up without hesitation and say what they truly believe. We didn't so now we have someone we don't think is fit to become president is becoming president. "Do not think the youth has no force". In that quote he is talking about infants and such but I think it applies in this topic to people who aren't old enough to vote yet. We all have a voice and just because we can't vote doesn't mean we can't influence the election in any way. If you wanted Hillary, I think we could of all promoted her more by starting friendly conversations and spreading the word any where we can. As a country, he would like us to not do crazy things, set aside our political differences and unite but still have freedom to believe different things and to not conform to society. What I'm saying is he would just want us to move on and give Trump a chance because life goes on and there's nothing we could do about it but we can make changes as individuals. If everyone makes changes s individuals(become self reliant), then society will change as well.
Overall, I think we can all learn something from the election and the candidates involved. We learned what we can do better in the future and we can truly do whatever we want in life if we just trust ourselves and become self reliant. What we can take away from this was if you are self reliant you get anything you want in life either that is achieving a goal, getting a job, or even participating some way in the election and I think that is what Emerson wants us all to do.
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