Yes, Trump is the bigger evil.
There is a straight choice in November because realistically only one of 2 candidates can win: Biden or Trump. Some people who claim to be liberal want Trump to win because (1) they want to be able to say "I told you so, Biden could never win" or (2) they think a Biden victory will make it more difficult for a candidate on the left of the Democratic Party (which is still quite right wing by UK standards) to come through in 2024. I find this attitude to be extraordinarily short-sighted because it effectively sacrifices the rights and services of some of the most vulnerable people in America and the wider world to Trump who is determined to roll back any of the gains achieved by progressive politics in recent years.
And Biden will restore those rights and services? The same guy who said he wanted to cut every social program in the government, supported the Iraq War and the Patriot Act, crafted the 1994 crime bill, worked with segregationists, argued that integration was racist, and has vowed to veto Medicare for all during a pandemic? He's also shown contempt towards members of the public who have criticized his policies, and he's even told them to vote for Trump. Combine all of that with Biden's own statement that "nothing will fundamentally change," and it becomes quite clear that Biden's just as evil as Trump at a bare minimum. The people who didn't do their due diligence during the primaries effectively screwed over those of us who did.
And for the record, this isn't coming from a place of privilege. I happen to be one of those vulnerable people, but I'm not fooling myself into believing Biden will improve anything.
When Trump abolishes access to healthcare for many people, those that die as a result will not be able to wait 4 years for a more progressive President to implement fairer healthcare provision.
Tell that to the 29 million people left uninsured under Obamacare and the millions more who can't afford their premiums. Biden's loyalty is to big pharma, not the people.
The fact that millions more became uninsured under Trump is obviously a travesty, but I'm not going to pretend that millions weren't already suffering and dying under Obamacare.
When Trump refuses to take action against climate change and extreme weather conditions ravage the planet those that die will not be interested in "I told you so". When children are separated from their families and left alone because of Trump's harsh immigration policies they won't be thinking it's great that Biden was stopped. When public services are cut to fund tax cuts for the rich those left in poverty will not be thinking it would have been worse under Biden. When there is another mass shooting that kills many innocent Americans their families won't be thinking it was great that their President doesn't support stronger gun controls.
Climate change is one of the few issues where Biden is minimally better than Trump, but of course his plan still protects the fossil fuel industry and doesn't include a ban on fracking.
There's also a video of Biden saying he wanted to cut social programs, and when an activist asked him about the deportations that took place during the Obama Administration, Biden told him to vote for Trump. Mass shootings were happening during the Obama Administration, and didn't end there. The whole "2nd amendment rights" is just too ingrained in both parties.
This isn't about saying "I told you so," it's about empirical facts that don't support Biden being a champion of people. When Biden says "nothing will fundamentally change," I believe him.
People who want Biden to lose are effectively saying they want Trump to be President and when people suffer as a result, those that wanted Biden to lose will have to own that.
If Biden wins the general election and continues to support policies that cause minorities and poor folks to suffer, while the corporations and the military industrial complex thrive, the people who supported him in the primaries will have to
own that. It's amazing how Democrats can recognize how thoroughly evil Trump is, and yet they think Biden is merely "flawed."
By voting for the Green Party, I can at least vote for a platform I believe in. A vote for Biden is a vote for the conditions that gave us Trump as far as I'm concerned. Incrementalism is killing us. Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about the moderates when he said they care more about order than justice. He also talked about how they express their support for a particular goal, while also opposing direct action to achieve it. We see that happening today. Many Democrats have expressed their support for single payer, criminal justice reform, immigration reform, and the Green New Deal, yet they're never willing to take the necessary action to achieve them. Of course, it's because the people pulling their strings won't let them.
