Except Biden is a an imperialist warmonger, has not even slightly lessened the abuse of asylum seekers , has expanded police power to kill people and is general inactive in anything else to the point where no you shouldn’t sign up. You should build dual powers structures organize outside of the capitalist system.
Normally, I don’t respond to “bOtH sIdEs” comments, but I was worried that other people might listen to you and won’t show up to vote, or will throw it away on a 3rd party candidate when our country unfortunately isn’t set up for that to work. We’d have to reform how voting works and campaign finance laws to even possibly make what you’re suggesting a tiny bit workable.
Things Biden has gotten done that are important to me in no particular order:
Ukraine response
Bipartisan (barely - 13 Rs in House, 19 Rs in Senate) Infrastructure Law (spending on fixing bridges, roads, etc.)
CHIPS and Science Act (semiconductor chip manufacturing)
Inflation Reduction Act (capped Medicare drug costs at $2k out of pocket, capped insulin prices for Medicare to $35 per month, increased funding for IRS to modernize and audit the wealthy, increased corporate taxes, investment in green energy)
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (strengthened background checks on guns, incentives red flag laws)
Paused federal executions after Trump undid the previous freeze
Repealed Trump’s ban on trans troops in the military
Attempting student loan debt relief
Released oil from the National Reserve to make gas prices less painful
Signed bill for veteran burn pit care
Postal Service Reform Act (modernize and fix the USPS)
Respect for Marriage Act (forces ALL states to recognize same-sex marriage and interracial marriage rights)
Renewed Violence Against Women Act after Trump let it expire
Declared Juneteenth a holiday
Pardoned federal convictions of marijuana possession
Spent over $10.7 billion on federal, state, local, and tribal land conservation and has protected over 12 million acres of national public land (some of which had their protections removed by Trump)
This is just word salad. You want to blame him for shit only a dictator could do. He has appointed a lot of federal judges bro, but he can just remake SCOTUS. Get off your unrealistic podium. At best you’re an idiot and at worst you’re just a republican trying to spew propaganda.
I’m an anarcho-communist so no not a republican. It’s not word salad its refuting the word salad above praising biden for minor performative things or blatantly bad things. I’m not for the united states or supreme court existing but if he wanted to he could try to expand it but no he won’t do that, he could pardon all non violent drug offenders, all political prisoners, he could do many things and every second he isn’t he is guilty of unimaginable suffering.
You should build power structures and organise outside of the system, but that doesn’t mean you should also vote. It has a much more immediate impact and even if Biden isn’t exactly great, he’s still drastically better than any republican.
I think the best proof that third parties aren’t worth your vote is that they aren’t remotely interested in building these independent power structures. They just run a grift where they say a bunch of buzzwords, put up a candidate, and ask for your donations to fund their yachts.
The US is undoubtedly imperialist I don’t see how you can deny that. What was the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan and the 50 foreign governments overthrown if they don’t align up exactly to American elites business interests. What do you call predatory loans, the station of military bases, the constant drone attacks and much more if not imperialism. The US isn’t a net good in any way expect to their own and closely allied elites the trade is used to enforce brutal neo liberal austerity metric to benefit American business interests at the expense of immense local suffering, the influence and military presence does the same in different often more violent ways. The US supports not opposes 73% of the worlds current dictatorships. It backed Pinochet as he murdered his way to power. it backed Suharto on his genocide; today it backs Saudi Arabia as it crushes and oppresses the Yemenis and Israel as it is currently genocides the Palestinian people. To claim American imperialism as not imperialism and worse than that as a net good is to deny basic reality.
Except Biden is a an imperialist warmonger, has not even slightly lessened the abuse of asylum seekers , has expanded police power to kill people and is general inactive in anything else to the point where no you shouldn’t sign up. You should build dual powers structures organize outside of the capitalist system.
Normally, I don’t respond to “bOtH sIdEs” comments, but I was worried that other people might listen to you and won’t show up to vote, or will throw it away on a 3rd party candidate when our country unfortunately isn’t set up for that to work. We’d have to reform how voting works and campaign finance laws to even possibly make what you’re suggesting a tiny bit workable.
Things Biden has gotten done that are important to me in no particular order:
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This is just word salad. You want to blame him for shit only a dictator could do. He has appointed a lot of federal judges bro, but he can just remake SCOTUS. Get off your unrealistic podium. At best you’re an idiot and at worst you’re just a republican trying to spew propaganda.
I’m an anarcho-communist so no not a republican. It’s not word salad its refuting the word salad above praising biden for minor performative things or blatantly bad things. I’m not for the united states or supreme court existing but if he wanted to he could try to expand it but no he won’t do that, he could pardon all non violent drug offenders, all political prisoners, he could do many things and every second he isn’t he is guilty of unimaginable suffering.
You couldve just said “yeah”
Nice nuanced argument against me.
It wasn’t an argument, but rather a joke at your expense.
Oh yes calling me an idiot because you don’t have an argument is such high brow humor.
If you’re saying someone you don’t like should be killed…. You probably need to re-examine your values.
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You should build power structures and organise outside of the system, but that doesn’t mean you should also vote. It has a much more immediate impact and even if Biden isn’t exactly great, he’s still drastically better than any republican.
I think the best proof that third parties aren’t worth your vote is that they aren’t remotely interested in building these independent power structures. They just run a grift where they say a bunch of buzzwords, put up a candidate, and ask for your donations to fund their yachts.
Lmao if Biden is making the crazy pacifist leftists mad, that’s just more support he gets from me
There is a difference between pacifism and opposition to American imperialism.
Not a significant one. It isn’t 2005 any more.
America is a net negative worldwide for anyone not an upper class citizen of the west to claim otherwise is delusion.
Lmao ok bud
How do you justify American imperialism?
Well to start with, America doesn’t engage in anything approaching imperialism. Hegemony is not imperialism. Words have actual meanings.
After that, I look at the longest period of sustained global peace in human history, caused entirely by US hegemony.
Then when I’m tired of that, I look at the ludicrous amount of net good the US provides the world through trade, influence, and military presence
Shit like that mostly.
The US is undoubtedly imperialist I don’t see how you can deny that. What was the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan and the 50 foreign governments overthrown if they don’t align up exactly to American elites business interests. What do you call predatory loans, the station of military bases, the constant drone attacks and much more if not imperialism. The US isn’t a net good in any way expect to their own and closely allied elites the trade is used to enforce brutal neo liberal austerity metric to benefit American business interests at the expense of immense local suffering, the influence and military presence does the same in different often more violent ways. The US supports not opposes 73% of the worlds current dictatorships. It backed Pinochet as he murdered his way to power. it backed Suharto on his genocide; today it backs Saudi Arabia as it crushes and oppresses the Yemenis and Israel as it is currently genocides the Palestinian people. To claim American imperialism as not imperialism and worse than that as a net good is to deny basic reality.