Well, to be fair, 1/2 of a two party system abandoning democracy is an exceptional situation… even if it was easy to see coming. I’m probably a bit older than most people on here, but this really has only been an issue since electing a POC broke the Republican Party. That was 16 years ago. We’ve had 4 presidential elections since then, and the last 3 of those have involved Trump, who is uniquely awful due to the cult-like behavior of his devotees.
I fully support folks voting for the best option during the primaries and at the local level…in fact, starting local is, I believe, the only way we’ll ever break the current duopoly. But if we aren’t willing to accept the most progressive presidential platform we’ve seen in the US in DECADES because the man running on that platform is old and still supports a bunch of neolib garbage personally then we really do deserve what the fascists do to us because we’re behaving in a manner that denies the reality of the world around us…just like the Republicans.
Biden feels like a shit candidate…he doesn’t publicly confront issues like we want, and he usually acts like he thinks he’s living in the political landscape of the 90s.
That being said, he’s doing more progressive shit for progressive clauses than he gets credit for… even if it’s not enough by itself.
On police: he’s not defunding police across the country, but he’s fighting against qualified immunity, tying federal police funding to DEI and deescalation training
On social safety nets: he’s trying to increase housing assistance funding 4x, increase funding to struggling schools 3x, and setting aside funding to increase public transportation is low-income communities and working towards a . It’s not UBI, free houses, free healthcare, and banning cars, but it’s a start.
On Gaza…I won’t defend anything. I do think he’s privately pressuring Israel… and I suspect that Bebe is maybe being especially brutal in Palestine partially to enrage leftists in the US because he would prefer another Trump term while he finishes his genocide. For me, this is the most flavorful bit of that shit sandwich. He does support Ukraine, which is great, even if congress is keeping him from helping them as much as they need. Yes, I know… he’s shipping weapons to Israel without Congress, so why not Ukraine? It’s not impossible, but it is complicated…ad most things in today’s world are.
As long as Republicans and “democrats” like Manchin and Sinema (now an independent) hold large pluralities in Congress, his only options are to 1) work with them, 2) accomplish nothing, and 3) go full authoritarian…“Day 1 dictator” if you will. I don’t want to live in a tankie country any more than I want to live in a fascist one. Congress should make the rules, the President should execute them. It might feel good to give the right a taste of their own medicine in the short-term, but it won’t end well.
Fair enough, buddy. Look, I do hear where you are coming from, and I respect that. I appreciate you took the time to write this.
My point is that it is a bit of a trap, but you do seems aware of that. My other point is that we can do without the berating. It’s a personal decision. People who vote for Trump are the ones responsible for Trump getting elected, and nobody else.
Well, to be fair, 1/2 of a two party system abandoning democracy is an exceptional situation… even if it was easy to see coming. I’m probably a bit older than most people on here, but this really has only been an issue since electing a POC broke the Republican Party. That was 16 years ago. We’ve had 4 presidential elections since then, and the last 3 of those have involved Trump, who is uniquely awful due to the cult-like behavior of his devotees.
I fully support folks voting for the best option during the primaries and at the local level…in fact, starting local is, I believe, the only way we’ll ever break the current duopoly. But if we aren’t willing to accept the most progressive presidential platform we’ve seen in the US in DECADES because the man running on that platform is old and still supports a bunch of neolib garbage personally then we really do deserve what the fascists do to us because we’re behaving in a manner that denies the reality of the world around us…just like the Republicans.
Biden feels like a shit candidate…he doesn’t publicly confront issues like we want, and he usually acts like he thinks he’s living in the political landscape of the 90s.
That being said, he’s doing more progressive shit for progressive clauses than he gets credit for… even if it’s not enough by itself.
On police: he’s not defunding police across the country, but he’s fighting against qualified immunity, tying federal police funding to DEI and deescalation training
On social safety nets: he’s trying to increase housing assistance funding 4x, increase funding to struggling schools 3x, and setting aside funding to increase public transportation is low-income communities and working towards a . It’s not UBI, free houses, free healthcare, and banning cars, but it’s a start.
On Gaza…I won’t defend anything. I do think he’s privately pressuring Israel… and I suspect that Bebe is maybe being especially brutal in Palestine partially to enrage leftists in the US because he would prefer another Trump term while he finishes his genocide. For me, this is the most flavorful bit of that shit sandwich. He does support Ukraine, which is great, even if congress is keeping him from helping them as much as they need. Yes, I know… he’s shipping weapons to Israel without Congress, so why not Ukraine? It’s not impossible, but it is complicated…ad most things in today’s world are.
As long as Republicans and “democrats” like Manchin and Sinema (now an independent) hold large pluralities in Congress, his only options are to 1) work with them, 2) accomplish nothing, and 3) go full authoritarian…“Day 1 dictator” if you will. I don’t want to live in a tankie country any more than I want to live in a fascist one. Congress should make the rules, the President should execute them. It might feel good to give the right a taste of their own medicine in the short-term, but it won’t end well.
Fair enough, buddy. Look, I do hear where you are coming from, and I respect that. I appreciate you took the time to write this.
My point is that it is a bit of a trap, but you do seems aware of that. My other point is that we can do without the berating. It’s a personal decision. People who vote for Trump are the ones responsible for Trump getting elected, and nobody else.