Dashiell Hammett worked as a Pinkerton Detective until he got sick of their strikebreaking. A WW1 veteran who’d been gassed he had a hard time making a living until he became a professional writer. His novels ‘The Maltese Falcon’ and ‘The Thin Man’ were made into successful movies. In his time he was as rich and famous as Stephen King is today.

He was an organizer for all sorts of Left causes, including racial justice and the Spanish Civil War.

When WW2 came around he was 4 F. He hated the Nazis so badly that he voluntarily had all his teeth pulled so he’d qualify to join the Army. The Army sent him to the worst place they could find, but he stuck it out, happy to be a tiny cog in the war.

Hammett knew all about the lousy things the US government had done, including imprisoning the Japanese-Americans. He still decided that the Nazis were the greater threat, and did his duty.

So if voting for Biden hurts your feelings, remember that there were people who were able to look past their own interests and make actual sacrifices.