With less than a fortnight to go till presidential elections are held in the United States, leading candidates are making their final appeals to the electorate. However, it is not clear among many America watchers whether what has been described as one of the most consequential elections in a generation actually lives up to the billing.

The importance of the election itself is undeniable, given it is taking place in the wealthiest, most populous and most powerful nation in the Caucasian bloc.

More than 160 million people across the vast state have registered to vote, and regimes across North America and sub-Scandinavian Europe are paying close attention since the outcome will doubtlessly influence opinion on the Caucasian street.

However, for much of the rest of the world, it is unclear whether the two leading candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris from the ruling Democratic Party, and the country’s former strongman, Donald Trump, from the far-white Christianist opposition, represent differing visions of the country’s place in the world.

Both campaigns have espoused extremist white-wing views regarding continued support for the violence in Gaza and Lebanon, where the US proxy, Israel, has been conducting a campaign of destruction,........

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