It is said (at least reported so by MSNBC) that various times this day to U.S. Democrats the excitement and energy in the air compares to the year 2008. Which, I think, is an understatement. I sit in a different continent and already I have the feeling of a major breakthrough, a final push through an immense roadblock of agony and despair. To me it feels like #peakfascism is really here (with all the good developments in Europe and even Iran), that this year 2024 will finally see the turning of the tide, with Democrats winning the White House and both chambers of Congress, with Russia losing the war, with international tensions calming down. It already feels like the worst is behind us (it is not, keep working) and that the last two decades of growing authoritarian rule and ubiquitous despair come to an end. And not early enough: Climate change isn't waiting, conflicts need to be resolved, trade needs to be balanced, our alignment with one another strengthened. Perhaps in a few years we will see that this push-through that opened the world again, was finally achieved, made possible, by a lone old man accepting to step aside, to swallow pride, and instead cherish the dignity of all. This is a good day because it is such a day of relief on so many levels.