Editor:
This fall we have two major candidates running for president.
Donald Trump declared he intends to start his presidency being a dictator, but only for one day. The other candidate, Kamala Harris, intends to be our president every day.
Given Trump’s nature and the nature of the office, is there really any choice here?
I think not; choose Harris.
Sherman Schapiro, Eureka
This article appears in River Runs The Free.

I thank you for being active and not afraid to voice yourself, though as a compatriot I question your conclusions.
First, I’m not a Trump supporter, though I support some of his positions, the 5 or 6 he shared with Bernie Sanders.
But this does not mean I’m voting for Kamala Harris. I’m an anarchist, and the only time I’ve voted for president was in 2012, for Gary Johnson. I voted for Bernie in the 2016 Missouri Democrat primary, and, well, you know…
But in case you don’t…
A group of Bernie supporters sued the DNC for rigging the primaries, defrauding them of their donations. They argued that they believed Bernie Sanders had a legitimate chance, but this turned out to not be the case. They wanted their money back. In response, the lawyers for the DNC argued that, because the DNC is a private corporation, it can do whatever it wants with its own primaries. The judge ruled in favor of the DNC.
There is no honor in voting for the lesser of two evils. It’s still evil.
There is no choice. Though Trump is the first president in my lifetime to legitimately win. JFK may have been the last. Trump did not, and could not, but the presidency. Hillary outspent him by hundreds of millions of dollars, and “it’s her turn…”
But it wasn’t. She thought it was. Everyone thought it was. She wasn’t throwing just an after party, it was meant to be the predetermined victory bash everyone expected. Even Trump thought she won. His acceptance speech was candidly unexpected. He had been asleep. He shuffled to the podium. He looked confused, as if it still might be a joke.
And it turned out to be THE joke of all jokes of all time. The joke was on everyone. What a most awesome experience to see them squirm because WE THE FUCKING PEOPLE said hell no to their bullshit for the first time in a long time. I’m fighting back tears now just thinking of it as I’m writing. I hated Hillary, I had for a long time. I didn’t vote for Trump, but it wouldn’t have mattered, living in Missouri.
Just like your vote won’t matter here in California. You don’t have to vote to have a voice. As an anarchist, the only law I believe in is there is no law. There is no obligation to comply.
I believe the so called founding fathers were anarchists, or perhaps they favored a meritocratic anarchy. It would have been communist based, that is, individuals cooperating. The Constitution is an anarcho-capitalists’ manifesto on how to live in anarcho-communism. This is why “we the people” come first. Before the states and before they came together to form a more perfect UNION, a labor term.
We don’t need them, they need us. Without us they’d be without a job. Without them, we the people are still we the people. Stand up for yourself as a human being first, then decide who you are after that. Limit yourself as little as possible, use as few labels as needed. Living free is free, but it comes at a price. Everything else.
It is your choice.
*buy not but…