Don’t forget (covered by “the rest of the military”) but still needs to be called out:

• P.O.W.s
• Medal of Honor recipients
• Gold Star families

My point was the timing. It wasn’t good for any other candidates but the incumbent.

Even if we did voted for Harris as VP, that was 4 years ago. Democracy is not just about a one-time voting, but having regular elections every 4 years. I may have voted for Harris as the VP as part of the ticket, but I should be allowed to change my mind 4 years later to vote for someone else.

One of my biggest gripes about our two-party system is the lack of competition within both parties. Every 4 years, we are presented with candidates from each respective party and then we’re asked choose the “lesser of the two evils”. It sucks.

I disagree a little bit. If Biden had dropped out earlier, we would have a proper Democratic primary season and to have some other politicians run and make a case for themselves. It feels like Kamala Harris was appointed to be the successor. Of course she would still need to win the general election, but I still feel uneasy that within the party, there was no democratic process.

Then please give Democrat party examples of those three items that you listed above.

• Police State: Thin blue line flag flyers all support Trump, they are all against Black Lives Matters, which is protesting about police brutality
• Making Free Speech Criminal: Republicans banning books in Texas because it doesn’t agree with their world view
• Private Interests over Public ones: Republicans wants to give school vouchers to religious schools and take away public school funding

China should just replicate Taiwan somewhere like they replicate Paris, Venice, etc. and call it a day.