Frank Underwood
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Without deep structural changes, the conditions that led to the presidency of a demagogue like Trump remain the same. The fact that Biden's own supporters recognize his strengths are staying hidden and quiet shows that even they realize what a liability he is. Not to mention how they clutch their pearls every time a third party candidate comes out of the wood work.
Telling people they can't have healthcare in the middle of a pandemic shows what an abject failure our government is. Also, the evidence points in the opposite direction when it comes to Democrats defending democracy and the Republic. They didn't defend them when they meddled in the primaries during the last two election cycles. They didn't defend them when they supported the Patriot Act under Bush or the continued illegal spying of Americans under Trump. They refused to impeach Bush over war crimes to "spare the country" after Clinton's impeachment. In reality, it was because they were complicit in them. And yet these grifters were able create the faux "resistance" to Trump, despite giving him exactly what he wants.
Dangerous precedents have already been set, and the Democrats have their fingerprints on them along with the GOP. People are literally rioting over police brutality and mass incarcerations, and Biden's bragged about crafting/supporting legislation that have contributed to both. Biden and his surrogates are trying to bullshit people into believing he'll be the most progressive president since FDR. However, Biden's promise to his donors that "nothing will fundamentally change" is the actual outcome we can expect. I find it fascinating that Biden supporters/voters generally acknowledge how awful he is, which speaks to his indefensible record. However, I don't believe replacing evil with a different evil is the "solution."
I saw someone comment on Twitter "When they say 'Vote Biden bc Trump bad,' I hear 'Put the mask back on the capitalist death cult so we can go back to brunch.'" Honestly, that's what I hear too. Let racial and economic inequality continue to thrive, let the corporations loot from the public, and let bombs continue to be dropped. Just as long as life goes back to "normal."
The fact that Biden wants people to choose him to "fix" the messes he helped create is almost as precious as the people who believe he will actually follow through on that.
Telling people they can't have healthcare in the middle of a pandemic shows what an abject failure our government is. Also, the evidence points in the opposite direction when it comes to Democrats defending democracy and the Republic. They didn't defend them when they meddled in the primaries during the last two election cycles. They didn't defend them when they supported the Patriot Act under Bush or the continued illegal spying of Americans under Trump. They refused to impeach Bush over war crimes to "spare the country" after Clinton's impeachment. In reality, it was because they were complicit in them. And yet these grifters were able create the faux "resistance" to Trump, despite giving him exactly what he wants.
Dangerous precedents have already been set, and the Democrats have their fingerprints on them along with the GOP. People are literally rioting over police brutality and mass incarcerations, and Biden's bragged about crafting/supporting legislation that have contributed to both. Biden and his surrogates are trying to bullshit people into believing he'll be the most progressive president since FDR. However, Biden's promise to his donors that "nothing will fundamentally change" is the actual outcome we can expect. I find it fascinating that Biden supporters/voters generally acknowledge how awful he is, which speaks to his indefensible record. However, I don't believe replacing evil with a different evil is the "solution."
I saw someone comment on Twitter "When they say 'Vote Biden bc Trump bad,' I hear 'Put the mask back on the capitalist death cult so we can go back to brunch.'" Honestly, that's what I hear too. Let racial and economic inequality continue to thrive, let the corporations loot from the public, and let bombs continue to be dropped. Just as long as life goes back to "normal."
The fact that Biden wants people to choose him to "fix" the messes he helped create is almost as precious as the people who believe he will actually follow through on that.
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