• @[email protected]
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      So our options are: man who supports a genocide, or man who will support a genocide, wishes to overthrow democracy, and is best buds with Putin.

      Is Joe perfect, or even good? Fuck no. But is he the best of the two options we’ve got rn? Absolutely, by a long shot.

      Everyone should care.

    • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin
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      People who aren’t privileged enough to just ride out another 4 years of “the establishment will totally learn their lesson this time guys trust us!”

    • @[email protected]
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      You do realize that Congress is lock step along with supporting Israel with very few vocalizing opposition, right?

      Or did you just want to push the narrative that it’s only Biden?

      Your memes are bad and you should feel bad.

    • Jaysyn
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      The Palestinians that Trump will help Israel finish off for good might.

      The Muslim citizens that Trump’s ScotUS will allow him to deport might.

      The Trans citizens that will be forcibly de-transitioned might.

      Next time try thinking farther than your nose before you post, if you’re not just a stupid, shit-stirring fascist symp that is.

    • LeadersAtWork
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      He’s completed many promises to my knowledge (and a quick Google search). Which one are you referring to?

        • Jaysyn
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          It’s false. OP is either a liar or are mad because they don’t understand how our system of government works.

      • Norgoroth
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        Some that should have been easy if he cared about them: codify roe vs wade, decriminalize marijuana, forgive student loan debt.

        • LeadersAtWork
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          I’ll have to do research on whether the President has the authority to codify anything, mostly to check the rules on that. Can’t speak on marijuana because, honestly, it’s not on my personal care list so I’m a bit more ignorant. Student loan debt though, he tried…right? Got turned down and has been working towards different paths. Seems like that one is in progress. Not sure we can blame him there.

          • Norgoroth
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            The president can’t make laws but he campaigned that he would work with legislative branch (both sides of the isle) to get it done. However, he hasn’t seemed to prioritize that issue at all. He did have some bipartisan wins with $1T Infrastructure bill, CHIPS, PACT (Jon Stewart should get credit for that one) and some other wins, but the main social issues he campaigned on that touch most people’s lives directly haven’t had much success. Doesn’t help that he’s completely out of touch with economic reality for many and reluctant to take on corporate price gouging.

  • @[email protected]
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    Good, he was sitting on his ass running on the idea he would win because Trump. I’m not sure about now, but a few weeks ago his campaign page was completely empty on policies that he would run on, literally nothing.

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      Looks like that’s still the case. His website only seems to be a place where you can donate or volunteer. Guess his campaign is just focused on social media now? I get the potential value in that; it’s like old-school campaigning. But wouldn’t you still want a clear and easy place outside of videos where people can reference your values, accomplishments, and further goals?

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        wouldn’t you still want a clear and easy place outside of videos where people can reference your values, accomplishments, and further goals?

        You would if you had any that align with those of the majority of the population, sure.

        Biden’s still living in 1992 like the rest of the DNC leadership, though, and hasn’t changed since he bragged about attending more AIPAC events than any other politician in Washington, was the main proponent of that awful crime bill and advocated for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.

        Hell, I’m not even sure he’s changed his NIMBY attitude towards black people since he said of desegregation bussing that he “didn’t want his kids to grow up in a racial jungle”…

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m not talking for myself, I’m talking about a friend that pointed that out to me. And that argument wouldn’t work on him, he sees Biden not having his platform listed on his website as a total lack of respect for the voter, regardless of what the Republicans do.

  • @[email protected]
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    Thanks to the electoral college system that remains in place: Biden won 2020 narrowly. Far more narrowly for anyone to be happy or comfortable, least of all Biden.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      Thats ridiculous given that something like 8,000,000 more people voted for him but what do I know?

      • @[email protected]
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        About the electoral college?

        Popular vote does not and did not elect Biden. The margins of a select few districts have the deciding weight for the office of the presidency.

        • @[email protected]
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          71 year ago

          I’m aware of that hence my comment about how crazy it is that someone who got 8 million more votes barely won.

          • @[email protected]
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            Well that is fine, thanks for clarifying your statement. The thing is the margin of the popular vote is often referenced as a sign that Biden is popular, and when it comes to the actual election process: he isn’t. It is a common misconception that appears to extend all the way to the office of the president of the united states.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        Thats ridiculous given that something like 8,000,000 more people voted for him

        Yea, the exiatance of the electoral college is pretty ridiculous.

  • @[email protected]
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    Abolish the electoral college. Popular vote now. If Biden wins the popular vote and loses the election we’re going to have serious problems.

    • @[email protected]
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      Stop focusing on the popular vote and it’s not a problem. There’s 0 reason to vote Trump in California or New York, counting the democrat margin of victory there is disingenuous at best.

  • @[email protected]
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    Hurr durr behind the scenes Biden is “really worried” about the optics of supporting Genocide hurr durr.

    The few times Biden abuses his presidential powers it’s to throw his own election chances.

  • UnfortunateShort
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    I wonder how much support the Dems would get, if they promised to abolish the two-party-system - including some other oddities you have to endure over there. Could they even do that? It seems weird to me that there have been no reforms to fix this obviously broken system.

  • @[email protected]
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    The media would rather see a dictator be elected than be accused of not fully reporting on Biden’s age.

  • @[email protected]
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    191 year ago

    he should be anxious - a lot of folks are really unhappy about the decisions he’s made in his term - especially the last few months.

    neither of the party’s nominees are really worth voting for…

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    I’d be furious too, having such incompetent, out-of-touch advisors. This article alludes to it but others have gone more in-depth: Biden’s advisors keep telling him the economy is great, the problem is messaging: the American people just haven’t heard how great it is. Telling people struggling to pay their bills every month that they’re better off than they were four years ago isn’t messaging, it’s gaslighting. His advisors should be telling him the truth, that the economy is only good on paper, that while the “haves” are living large the “have nots” are not only struggling, their ranks are quickly growing. Don’t get me wrong, anyone who votes for Trump because they think he’ll do better at economic issues is a moron, but history shows that a lot of people are going to go this route come November at the current pace of things. And Biden’s advisors are just as moronic if they don’t understand this.

    • @[email protected]
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      I know I read somewhere that the GOP gets a boost during economic downturns because they are perceived as willing to make cuts required to fix things.

      Yes I am well aware, person angrily typing a reply, that the perception isn’t accurate.

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      Biden’s advisors keep telling him the economy is great, the problem is messaging

      That’s literally fucking true though, all the data proves it, surveys even show that individuals consider their own circumstances to be better than in previous years but they assume they’re the exception and that the economy is shit.

      No wonder he’s frustrated.

      the economy is only good on paper

      The economy is literally just paper.

    • @[email protected]
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      I would imagine that the people who voted for Trump were angry.

      Some of that angry is genuine (Washington only represents the rich, lack of social mobility, wealth inequality, etc.) Here comes someone who doesn’t talk like a politician, promises action that resonates with their anger (punish China for taking manufacturing jobs, force companies to operate in America, rip up NAFTA, put America first economically, etc.) Trump is extremely charismatic. Voting for Trump becomes a political action to send a message to everyone. A big ol’ fuck you message.

      Then are those who voted for Trump because they saw in Trump the same racist, xenophobic, anti-LGBTQ, and hate that they have.

      After four years of nothing except chaos and hate filled policies. People wanted go back to the status quo of government not being in chaos and being run competently. What people didn’t want was return to economic status quo.

      While Biden’s government has be run competently and hasn’t been a four years of a soap opera drama. The Democrats have mostly upheld the economic status quo. Any changes made to the status quo will arguably take time to manifest. It’s hard to be optimistic that the situation will get better when we’re going through a cost of living crisis, home ownership is dead, social mobility will never happen, etc. People expected changes to happen. Those changes ain’t happening now. If anything people have gotten angrier.

      I know Lemmy isn’t a major bellwether of the internet. We’re outliers. However being the outliers means we can be signs of things to come. Post anything about the rich and there will be comments about guillotines. If the more radical people are saying that, chances are more moderate people are thinking it.

      People are once again in the position of do we vote for the candidate who mostly upholds the status quo while making changes that takes time to feel or the candidate is a big, giant fuck you to the Democrats and knows how people to play on people’s anger.

      If the Democrats had did massive, radical change there’s a chance the situation would be different. Messaging isn’t going to fix this. People’s feelings do not care about facts.

      Telling me facts about wages are going up, inflation is going down, etc. Doesn’t mean diddly squat when I feel like I will never retire, own a home, take vacations, etc.

  • @[email protected]
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    “Why don’t voters see that genocide is in our nation’s best interest?”

    “Why don’t voters care more about stock prices than food prices?”

    Unlike the orange baboon, he means well. He’s just so steeped in neoliberalism that he thinks he knows better than we do what we need.

    What I want is a president who cares more about Americans than America.

    • @[email protected]
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      Unlike the orange baboon, he means well. He’s just so steeped in neoliberalism that he thinks he knows better than we do what we need.

      Probably spot on.

    • @[email protected]
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      Biden may not care more about average Americans than America, but he at least cares more about Americans than Trump does.

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        he at least cares more about Americans than Trump does

        That’s like saying “at least he’s more adamant about minimizing civilian casualties than Netanyahu is”

        While absolutely true, it’s a textbook example of damning with extremely faint praise.

    • Brokkr
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      If you want a president that cares more about Americans than America, then you’ll love Joe Biden. If we compare republican to Democrat options of the past, you’d have to go back to Bush senior before you could even find a competitor to Biden. Before that, I think you’re back to Eisenhower.

      Biden does the best he can, but the president’s powers are limited. Even when he tries to exercise them faithfully, he’s stopped by the republican supreme court.

      To reduce those complex issues to single sentence, overly simplified questions is willfully disengenous.

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        Obama was also up there, in my opinion, but I’m willing to be corrected. He passed the affordable care act, and he could have done much more if it wasn’t because of the republicans opposing him for being Obama. The GOP shut down the government not once, but TWICE, under him, and I’m still bitter about it.

        Edit: Downvoted by the GOP. Typical.

        • Brokkr
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          I wasn’t very clear, I was onky looking at past republican competitors. Pretty much any recent Democrat has done more to help the general public than republicans have in a long, long time.

          I’m not sure who’s done more, Biden or Obama. I think there’s lots to consider there and both of them have been heavily hampered by the regressive republicans.

      • @[email protected]
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        No one is stopping Biden from ending aid to Israel - not congress, not the supreme court, no one. It is only this administration’s estimation that doing so would lessen our influence in the region that is preventing it.

        Biden is angry and frustrated that the American people don’t value retaining and extending regional power in the middle east as much as he does. He cares about us, but doesn’t want us to get in the way. Henry Kissinger may be dead, but he still has a lot of influence.

        • SaltySalamander
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          Ending aid to Israel would be ending any chance he has at reelection. This is the sad reality. Online, the vocal minority is quite loud. But in reality, Israel has broad, bi-partisan support in the USA.

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            Seems it’s more likely to be the opposite of what you’ve said, based on recent polling.

        • Brokkr
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          Again, this is overly simplifying an extremely complex issue, and even in your own words you acknowledge the complexity while sweeping it under the rug.

          The choices that are presented to and decided by the president are rarely so easily evaluated and it is hard to believe that a conflict between Isreal and Palestine could be anything but extraordinarily complex.

          • @[email protected]
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            “It’s very complicated. Don’t think that way. See it the way we’d like you to.”

            Yeah, you’re really persuading me here

            • Brokkr
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              Pick a side and stop moving the goal posts please.

              Or maybe you are enjoying your life in Russia, in which case I wish you the best of luck.