#politics
I said that I would try not to say mean things about Joe Biden until after the election.
If I see people gushing praise at him, at this point, I'll not be able to resist saying something.
So you might as well mute or block me if you want to talk about what a great guy he is.
Look at this mess. If he did such a good job, we wouldn't be in it. He spent more time working with Republicans than for us.
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He fought against school desegregation.
He made it easy for big businesses to discharge debt, while making our student and credit card debt giant and inescapable.
He helped R's write the tough on crime laws that gave us mass incarceration and destroyed communities.
He helped blunt any initiative that leaves more money with us than with corporations. Giveaways to insurance companies.
He opposed fixing SCOTUS for decades, and now it's full of corrupt judges.
I could go on.
Fuck Joe Biden.
And in any case, who _gives a shit_ about Joe Biden? He's on his way out, and what's coming in after decades of him being in the halls of power is an autocratic regime that could destroy the country as we know it.
Maybe he should have been a little less "bipartisan" with the people trying to destroy us.
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He wrote or helped write so many bills that Republicans were proud of back in the 80s and 90s lots of people thought he was a Republican.
I don't want to hear about Joe. I wanna hear about who will help us clean up this fucking mess.
Anyway, he's old news now. Let's work on finding people who _will_ work for us, fight for us, and save our country.
@AskTheDevil it’s all a pile of shite. I’m all for voting for the lesser evil come election time because you play the hand you’re dealt.
But the system is loaded. They do not work for you. That’s a lie and always has been. Pox on all their houses. I despise tribalism.
@process By continuously allowing or even causing a situation where we're _always_ faced with having to vote the lesser evil, the Democrats have helped bring about ruin.
Lesser evil is still more evil than you had before. It's not _good_ or even "not evil". It's just a slightly smaller shit sandwich with guac, instead of a shit sandwich. You still get a decline into more evil!
We need _good_. We need active, dedicated participants in Democracy, with values and character.
@AskTheDevil yup. Greater represention. Ban political parties, local representation with a form of proportional voting, not FPTP. A citizens assembly. Mandatory voting for all 16+
No system is perfect but the goal should be as much representation as possible. May still be a shitshow but we’d own it.