Why I would still vote for Hillary

I don't like Hillary Rodham Clinton. I never did. I could never understand the way she conducted herself during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. How could she not kick her husband where it really hurts and leave? How could she not show any sympathy to Monica? How could she, as someone who probably already had political aspirations at that time, cooperate with one of the most harmful cover ups in history? And then of course there is all the other stuff. The catastrophic mistakes she made as Secretary of state during the Arab Spring, this all E-mails affair, her general conduct as someone who is remote and detached, almost robotic.

Perhaps, most revealing in my mind, are the leaked correspondences between her and Lynn Forester de-Rothschild, and the BFF tone in which they are written. They show how much Mrs. Clinton do not understand the effect of these kind of things made public, and portray her as someone who sees herself as part of a patronising elite. The least she could do, if she cared at all, was not to send this kind of stuff from a non secured server, but let's face it. She didn't really care.

So I really don't like Mrs. Clinton, but if I could vote on this US. Election, I would still vote for her, and yes, it is because I think Donald Trump is much worse for America and for the world, but I’d like to tell you exactly why, because it turns out that it is not that obvious. It's not obvious in spite of the fact that Mr. Trump is just like Mrs. Clinton, only worse, in almost every aspect. If she is detached, he lives in a world of his own. If she thinks she is royalty, he thinks he is God. If she made some bad decisions as to how to deal with the women her husband hes sexually offended, he is himself a sex criminal and an avowed misogynist. Yet in spite of all of that, Mr. Trump still have a good chance of becoming the next president of the US, so no. It is not obvious apparently why he shouldn't.

So why would I still vote for Hillary? Because of one thing she wrote in her biography. She wrote, about the time of the height of Monica Lewinsky scandal, “At that moment I just wanted to sit on a chair and have a nervous breakdown, but I knew I didn't have time for it”. I can tell you that remembering this sentence have saved me from having a nervous breakdown myself several times. Now ask yourself if Mr. Trump ever said, or will say, something so personally revealing and at the same time so inspiring.

Mr. Trump promises he will make America great again. But does America have to be great? Isn't it more important that, as the leader of the free world, it will be compassionate and benevolent, first of all towards its own citizens and then towards the rest of the world? Perhaps Mrs. Clinton's conduct is socially clumsy and with lack of grace sometimes, but Mr. Trump’s is ill-intended.

Statistically, neglect and carelessness cause much more damage than malice, but we still punish more severely for malice. The reason is the message that malicious acts send to society. If one person can get away with causing intentional harm, it’s a signal to others that they can too. So think of the implications of the president of the United States, being someone like Donald Trump. Someone who has not just do some bad things because he wasn't aware of their consequences, but who says he intend to cause damage. Someone who says he intend to worsen the relationships of the US with it’s neighbouring countries, Canada and Mexico. Someone who says that it is his plan to aggravate every Muslim on earth (that’s about a third of mankind), someone who openly supports movements that promote racism and hate.

But more than anything, if you are going to vote in this elections, ask yourself what would happen if Mr. Trump, while being the supreme commander of the army of a nuclear superpower, will feel like sitting down and having a nervous breakdown? Will someone who is so full of himself care to think that he has no time for that? Will he be able to, as leaders sometimes have to do, change at the right moment, admit his own mistakes and go in a different direction instead of blaming others? Will he be able to, at a critical moment, think about his responsibilities and not about himself?

I don't like Hillary Rodham Clinton, but if I was an American citizen, I hope I would remember at the critical moment of casting my vote in this elections, that in a democracy, “we the people” are the sovereign and the power of our leaders comes from us, and that what really matters is the message we send to ourselves and to the world. Allot of the negativeness in the American politics is because so many people in the US are afraid of changes that must come. If enough of those who have the courage to change now, will show that they prefer hope over dispair, it will make all the difference in the world.