• WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]English
    70•1 year ago

    I don’t think Biden being a pragmatic choice is a settled matter. I haven’t seen anything that implies he is a meaningful distinction on things I care about.

    Israel? Nope

    Student debt? Nope

    Abortion? Nope

    Unions? Nope

    Climate change? Nope

    The border? Nope

    Homelessness? Nope

    War on drugs? Nope

    Inflation? Nope

    Tax lobbying? Nope

    Healthcare? Nope

    LGBT protection? Maybe if you squint your eyes

    Campaign finance? Nope

    Difference between productivity and purchasing power? Nope

    Copyright? Nope

    Breaking up big business monopolies? Nope

    Oh yeah…

    And…

    WAR??? FUCKING NO

    The worst most hawkish fascist military might that has ever existed and continues to constrict the entire planet? Nope

    The only difference is whether fascists get radicalized or they get emboldened

      • beef_curds [she/her]English
        29•1 year ago

        They weren’t even saving the issue to cynically run on in 2024, which would be an obvious way to get votes.

        Turns out he’s just a shitbag who agrees with the decision on some level, so he won’t even campaign on it without mincing words.

        What a fucking joke. I just can’t hear libs complain about how important this election is when the man himself is throwing.

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]English
        27•1 year ago

        Thank you I feel like I’m the only one in the country willing to blame him for that. I don’t understand why people solely blame Trump and the republicans for a decision that happened under Biden. Yes Trump set the stage for it, but Biden was the one that let it happen.

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]English
    54•1 year ago

    Never let these people put this on you. It’s on them. If Trump wins, it’s their fault for not advocating against genocide and for a different candidate.

    They’re the ones not making a pragmatic choice. The only thing they’re choosing to do is scold people, which doesn’t work.

    And if we are irrational, if we aren’t being pragmatic, then why do they think they could reason with us? If we’re unreasonable and Biden is reasonable, then they should be directing their talk to him if they actually want to stop Trump.

  • DragonBallZinn [he/him]English
    30•1 year ago

    Ok, let’s flip the script. Republicans have been winning culture war after culture war for the past…50 years. You see real demand for some push back against the GOP and for your supposed values, and you’re just wiling to take the risk to lose the election because you think enough concessions will appease the GOP? Biden literally had a golden opportunity to support Palestine and run on Trump being a zionist. Look at the rallies the so-called “normies” aren’t all zionists, and anti-war is a historically winning strategy.

    From an electoral standpoint, at least republicans found their winning strategy. Democrats are too pig-headed to try anything new, Minnesota dems have been on a roll when they were insecure in whether or not they’d even be around next election. New York democrats are so complacent they’re twiddling their thumbs into irrelevance as the GOP gains ground. They’re too scared of fitting the “SJW” stereotype perfectly.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]English
    34•1 year ago

    Yeah…Trumps foreign policy was incoherent, and this automatically better than Bidens, so make the pragmatic choice for the whole world

  • Wheaties [she/her]English
    41•1 year ago

    “I’m not going to be blackmailed into saying that I’m enabling Trump to win. The Democrats did that to themselves.” – Bassem Youssef

  • BeamBrain [he/him]English
    58•1 year ago

    punish the entire world for not giving you exactly what you wanted

    But enough about American foreign policy