Every superpower falls. Just look at the past.

Tuesday was the day I started to believe the United States as a superpower is falling. The country is divided beyond repair. The gap between the have and have-nots is growing. Extremism is replacing moderation, and what is good for all is being replaced with what is good for me. The “me” being the people with the most power or money.

Remember 9/11, the country came together as a whole. We were one, we believed in each other to protect our country. Today, we believe in protecting what we think, not what is right. If people do not think like I do, they should not be protected. That is where we are today.

We hear every vote counts, yet we still have an electoral college.

We are all free, yet racism and antisemitism run rampant.

We have choices, yet women’s health care is being limited, while almost anyone can carry a firearm that can kill a human.

We have government officials who get health care paid for by the American people for life, yet we have people that must choose between health care, food and/or heat/cooling every day.

We have people who are homeless because there is not enough affordable housing, yet billions were spent on political ads. Most of which tore down the opponent rather than saying what the candidate could do for us.

History has a way of repeating itself. People think it cannot happen again, we have learned. I believe we have forgotten.

Laura Charloff, Auburn