How do you convince a person?

It takes some effort if you want that someone going along with your ways. In case of your lazy friends, you must convince your taking courses is absolutely necessary and more valuable than their drama making efforts. 

What of your love for your nation, if the government sending troops out and destroy a sovereign nation, on the basis -- of just about nothing? Iraq is still in chaos. The Libya war essentially is fought for the Obama's re-election campaign. 

For the love of your nation, you'd need some common grounds for your nationalistic sentiment. Education plays a good part in sharing the feelings of a member of a civilized nation. Then you'd feel proud of being a proper member of the community, playing a good part in contributing for a good cause. 

At times, he'd being in that particular situation is the only way that convinces him of the positions and feelings of the opposition. The feels of unfairness persists and often times it is the cause of unecessary political skirmishes. 

The last Presidential election left people unsatisfied of the results for many reasons. The most part, it is simply because the media touted the win of the Democratic side so much in the way that people in the United States and outside believed that Hillary Clinton could win the race. By the number of the electoral votes, it simply was not the case. It was not even a close race. 

The stifled voices, however, did not go away. The loudest complaints on the results probably is this scandal about the Russian interference. There still exist people insisting upon the election was stolen, and stolen by outer forces. Even if the Democratic party is regarded as somewhat weaker in the face of opposing Russia or its interference, there go the people riding on the accusations by the Republican hardliners being soft against the enemies. 

Is this effort constructive in forging our alliances with democratic nations? No. Now the Democrats must insist that Russia indeed is the enemy of the United States, instead of working with the allies helping the democratic forces within the nation. For instance, Hillary Clinton accused Tulsi Gabbard for insisting upon some common-sense foreign policies that Clinton accuese of benefitting Russia. Her accusations invited criticisms from Sanders, Buttigieg, and O'Rouke. 

The popular votes, indeed, went for Democrats. More people voted for Hillary Clinton, mostly in California and New York, effectively making the people there vocally opposing just about everything President Trump does even if it might mean siding with the Republican conservatives. All the while, winning is absolutely one of his favorite key phrases. Tired of winning? 

Is the electoral system fair? Should it be the mere reflection of the popular votes? 

Canada voted and elected PM Trudeau lead the nation. The ruling Liberal party won the most seats, just short of the majority. The PM must form a coalition. Here is this, however, that this time around, the popular votes went for his opposition. 

Now the media reaction is very interesting. There is no one that accuses that point anymore. Not from them, and not from their opposition. Granted, PM Trudeau is the most popular among all PM candidates. 

All's well that ends well.