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As Joseph Biden’s US presidency comes to an end, many on social media this week are saying that his legacy boils down to one thing: his active role in Israel’s fifteen-month war on Gaza, which has been widely defined as a "genocide" by human rights organisations, international bodies and scholars.

Biden’s last day as president, on 19 January, is also the first day of the planned Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal that was reportedly pushed to the finish line by the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, though both Biden and Trump took credit for the deal.

This has raised more significant criticism of Biden’s role in Israel’s bombing campaign on Gaza, with the US providing $17.9bn in military aid since 7 October 2023 after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel and the subsequent war.

His unfaltering support for Israel led to the infamous nickname given by pro-Palestinians and social media users: "Genocide Joe".

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[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago

i wish i know how we could bring them back to the table when they double down like republicans and refuse to admit that these two the reasons why they voted democrat was proven false in the last week or so.

Let's just consider them a lost cause, and not expect anything significantly good for economic, foreign or even cultural policy from these rabid dogs. The Democrats will only scold us, if not aid the Republicans with fucking us over.

[-] dx1@lemmy.ml 2 points 22 hours ago

Republicans are a lost cause, Democrats are a lost cause, pretty soon we're trying to win in a majority rule system with 1% of the vote.

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 4 points 21 hours ago

Gonna need at least 3% and it's not going to be voting

[-] inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago

Deep cut right there

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I suppose so. The only thing they should be good for delaying policies, but considering how they're allowign the Overton window to move further right, in regards to economic, foreign, and even cultural policy, yeah, that's uncertain

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

they outnumber all of the leftists and democrat dissenters combined; they're needed if we want to stop fascism from getting worse.

mind you, not all of them, just enough to counter the republicans who have fully embraced facism.

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I think the demographic to focus on are the people who are just falling out of liberal mainstream and who haven’t formed strong political opinions of their own. They’ve already come to realize that libs are gaslighting them, and that the system isn’t working on their interest because they see their standard of living collapsing while mainstream media keeps telling them they’re living in the best economy ever. Such people become open to new ideas and can be reasoned with. As the economic collapse continues to progress, the liberal mainstream will necessarily shrink as increasing numbers of people start becoming disillusioned with the system.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

gotta stop the whole money in politcs thing first seeing that it fuels the fascism and then eliminate fptp/electoral college but democrats candidates seem uninterested in these prospects.

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It feels unrealistic; but I think we have to remember that this system is unsustainable wo massive interventions from a welfare state; the dark money fueling the electoral system is also fueling the system's demise and we'll be here left to collect the pieces to rebuild.

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