Where is my Flux Capacitor?

After Alex saw Back to the Future, he told me he wanted to be a scientist so he could invent the Flux Capacitor and make time travel possible. I laughed at his innocence and belief in the magical, but I quickly explained that I've seen The Butterfly Effect (a movie he can watch when he is older), and I do not wan too travel back in time because changing just one thing in the past can be disastrous to the future. He kind of laughed at me and told me he won't change anything. I told him I wasn't going to take any chances.

Last year, I told Alex that I changed my mind. I said that we needed a Flux Capacitor right away. He asked why. I told him I needed to go back to 1776 and talk to the Founding Fathers about the Bill of Rights, specifically the second amendment. I explained that I'm tired of every interpreting it in crazy ways. I don't think the Founding Fathers meant what most defenders of it say they meant. Alex laughed at me and went back to his Pokemon cards.

I shared wanting to go back to speak to the Founding Fathers with a few friends.  People found a lot wrong with this. I would have to explain the 21st century to the Founding Fathers which could change a lot of things. Of course they didn't have the same interpretation, weapons/guns were different then. The Founding Fathers wouldn't have an understanding of what we have now. So, my need to discuss the second amendment with the Founding Fathers was met with a lot of opposition. Did these people not want to know they were wrong? Did they not want to me to share too much information with the drafters of the Constitution because it could have disastrous ramifications to the future?

On November 9, 2016, I wanted a time machine. I wanted to go talk to the Founding Fathers about democracy. I wanted to find out their thoughts on elections, presidential candidates, and the electoral college.  I do not think this election exemplified democracy as envisioned in 1776. I do not think it showed any form of democracy ever seen by our country.  It was fueled by hate.

Republicans hated Hillary from day one.
Democrats hated the dozen people running for the top spot in the Republican party.
Trump hated everyone who wasn't a straight, white, rich, old man.

There were wrong-doings on both sides.  I wasn't 100% behind Hillary because of some things she had done in the past. I do feel she was more qualified next to Trump because he has done nothing political. I almost voted third party, but decided to put my vote toward someone who had a chance of winning.  I bought into the hype that a third party candidate couldn't win. I know I voted for Hillary out of fear of a Trump presidency. As a woman, I couldn't vote for a man who clearly has very little respect for women. As a survivor of sexual assault, I couldn't vote for someone who encouraged rape culture. As a Jewish American who lost family in the Holocaust, I couldn't vote for a person who wants all Muslims to register and wear a symbol to identify them as Muslims.

But, how did our country get to a place where we voted out of fear (for Hillary) and out of Hate (against Hillary for Trump)? Where did democracy fall apart? How did we as a country get so wrapped up in fear and hate, put these two as our front-runner for president? That's what we should be asking. Notice, I didn't want the Flux Capacitor to go back and change the election results (tempting, yes), but I wanted to get an understanding of our Founding Father's principles and find out where they got lost.