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President Biden warns of 'oligarchy' as he bids farewell to five decades in politics
(www.usatoday.com)
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You could have spoken up about this and done something about it over the last 4 years buddy.
He said democracy was at stake more times than I can count. But he was met with laughter, old man jokes, humiliation, claims of hyperbole and fear mongering, and takes like this from media:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4198204-no-president-biden-american-democracy-isnt-at-stake/
But eggs went up 25¢ so Hitler.
I mean he should've put his money where his mouth was in Trump's prosecution. The fact that Trump is walking free right now is unequivocally the fault of Biden and Garland.
These are not related. He was met with that treatment after saying 1 thing (democracy is in danger) while being a pathetic choice for saving it yet continuing on anyway. The actual response to him claiming danger was "cool, whatcha gonna do about it?"
"Democracy is in danger! That's why I, Me. We Beat Medicare, should stay in the race until the last minute!"
"Democracy is in danger, so I'm going to run a campaign which specifically and exclusively caters to the Nazis that put us in danger rather than spend an ounce of time appealing to the base"
"Democracy is in danger, so when my internal polls show I'm going to get creamed this election, I'm going to stay in and tell the world I'm sundowning"
"Democracy is in danger, so I'm going to spend the next year sending billions to a fascist nation committing genocide despite 70% of Americans opposition and 90% of my base hating that move"
Fuck Biden and the DNC for putting us in this position. When a fascist rose, y'all spent your time jacking each other off about the importance of legacy. Your legacy is ashes and a public that despises you.
Yup. That's the job.
Maybe if he could speak with more gusto than a dying electronic greeting card, we'd actually believe that he meant it.
Haha omg this aged like milk
Before that, too. He's very much contributed to it himself, what with the bankruptcy bill, that awful crime bill that was so beneficial to the oligarchs who profit from carceral slavery, his tireless advocacy for MBNA, and much, much more.
His political NASCAR jacket would be so full that you wouldn't be able to read the individual names, but it would have an enormous Israeli flag on it.
It's only an oligarchy bc he lost
What is it that you propose he had done in the last 4 years?
The 2016 Maga tax plan doesn't expire until 2026, so that's out the window.
Executive orders can't really do much about economy or individuals.
Congress was deadlocked senate 50:50 and house majority was lost in 2022.
The FTC and other federal offices were already investigating monopolies and giving out massive record breaking billions in fines.
He cancelled billions if not trillion or more in debts for students, veterans, medical debts, etc.
The treasury and the fed controlling rates reversed the inflation that peaked in his first year as president despite it not serving the interests of hedge funds.
Seems like Biden was a good president who followed the rules and did everything that he could.
Rank choice voting.
I don't think a president can decide how elections are done, for obvious reasons. Thats definitely for Congress and individual states to decide, moreso the latter as each state decides how to alott their EC votes themselves.
Did he try? Was it even part of his agenda?
No, because he doesn't want it to change. Because he's a plutocrat.
He shouldn't try, thats what despots do. Trump can try changing how elections are done and maybe the good people fight him off or maybe this country gets what it deserves and sets an example for future generations.
Lol, no. No despot ever made elections more democratic
No, they don't, because any individual in power who changes elections is always the person you don't want changing elections.
You have to realize that any singular person cannot comprehend the relative good or bad of their actions and therefor all good moral principles come from selflessly putting that power in the hands of voters.
If people want to change how voting works, they have that option. The USA are just dumbasses who keep voting against it.
It is not and was never Biden's job to fix everything at every level of government.