It’s a really simple idea but, to be honest, I needed to hear Masha Gessen, of all people, on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee reminding us that there are people in autocracies around the world who simply don’t have the opportunity we still have before us.

We have this amazing chance to just vote the motherfucker out of office. It is still possible. It’s almost miraculous, you know? Other people living in autocracies have no hope of being able to use their voice and their vote to change their lives fundamentally — and we still have that option. If enough of us show up at the polls or mail in our ballots, we’re going to get rid of him, and we’re going to have a chance at reinventing this country.