after months of talk, investments of time and energy, so many words, and so little meaning, tonight is the last night of the election campaign. the circus is stopping at the boiling point, which it has been working up to gradually over days and weeks. the television program is overwhelmed by political speaches, interviews and rally footage. the same phrases repeated yet again, money spent on airtime and production. in two days we vote and then all the words are supposed to be transformed into action. long ago i stopped believing in miracles, great leaders and saviors - if i ever was a believer. i still believe in ideas, and as such i trust certain people with some of them. but this time around i have no one that i might call a bearer of light. this time it's optimization, laying down the limitations and the optimization function and looking for the maximum. my trust in the state is no greater. my belief in personal struggles - my own and those with whom i chose to share my life - is as strong as always. we do persevere, but not in accordance with the notion of democracy. this time around i find myself craving a functioning state, a system, with higher values and notions falling into the background. even this is not straight forward, and i make my choice based on yet the next derivative of logic. this time around this is my only comment and effort i've made.
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