• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I don’t like Biden. I disapprove of his job performance. And I will desperately support his candidacy for president. He must win.

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      2 years ago

      I dont like biden. I approve of some of his policies. I dig forgiving student loans. I like the updated infrastructure plan, esp that it specifically targets the state that just had issues with their roads floading and is in desperate need of more jobs (VT). And i like the Texan high speed rail idea. Texas being annoying as shit aside, a high speed rail between two massive metropolises is exactly what we need. Not to mention the big 3 cities in TX already historically vote blue in the general so trying to energize that crowd ahead of the election seems a little optimistic, but not as misplaced as some would have u believe.

      Biden is still Status Quo Joe to me. He still represents the continuation of neoliberal policies that keep us from addressing the climate crisis, but he does not represent a disruption to the democratic process but rather its continuation. With the youth being more aware of the climate situation, the draconian foreign policies we hold, and on the whole supporting a wider array of left leaning policies than any generation prior, biden is the only sane choice.

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        2 years ago

        Energizing the cities in Texas also forces the GOP to spend time and money defending their strongholds. Biden doesn’t need to win Texas, but if voters show up and elect more down-ballot representatives at state and local levels, that will be good for Texas and by extension the rest of the nation.

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          Energizing the cities in Texas also forces the GOP to spend time and money defending their strongholds.

          If you look at the primary figures in Texas right now, Dem participation has completely tanked out. Collin Alfred got less than half the votes Ted Cruz racked in during the primary. The Dem polling locations were dead while Republicans stormed to polls to support their guys.

          Its going to be a bloodbath in Texas come 2024. Again. Because Dems insist on running the most milk toast, uninspiring, “safe” hack candidates imaginable, for fear of some labor group or environmental movement accidentally forming around someone with a spine.

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        2 years ago

        He still represents the continuation of neoliberal policies that keep us from addressing the climate crisis

        Joe has done a TON for climate change. He wanted to do more (earlier versions of the infrastructure bill basically called for moving the entire grid to renewables), but he didn’t have the majorities. If we can deliver a majority in the house and Senate that doesn’t rely on Manchin and Sinema, you’ll see big climate change legislation with teeth, I can almost guarantee it.

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      2 years ago

      You are why America is about to go into conflict with Russia, China, Iran, South Africa, and most of the rest of the world, and WE will be the baddies.

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          You mean the region that got the WJC to acknowledge that genocide was occurring in Palestine at least enough for them to issue and order to provide humanitarian aid to Palestine? Which they have not done yet? As Palestinians starve?

          That happened months ago, mate.

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            Are you on crack? All of that is a far fucking cry from any sort of real conflict. Go touch grass.

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                2 years ago

                Has the US threatened any sort of military strike on South Africa at all?

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                    2 years ago

                    You specifically said:

                    America is about to go into conflict with Russia, China, Iran, South Africa, and most of the rest of the world

                    Now you’re saying it won’t be America going to war with South Africa?

                    Make up your mind.