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And while many democracies, including the US itself, have figments of these vices, the situation is many times better there than it is every five years in my village, when we choose representatives at all cadres. [iStockphoto]

Out of my generosity, I have decided to educate my Uncle Harold on how American elections work, especially because this is the year to choose between bad and bad.

Like most of us here in Gitegi, Harold associates elections with violence, intimidation, manipulation and explosive gaslighting.

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