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Both parties are not the same for working Americans (fedia.io)

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[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 months ago

Joe Biden is a great president.

[+] dohpaz42@lemmy.world -17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Debatable. He is certainly better than Trump, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call him great. He is mediocre at best. He’s a career politician and doesn’t really have America’s best interests at heart. He toes the line.

Has he done good things? Yes. Are we better off than before he took office? That’s honestly such a low bar, should we give anybody credit for that? 😉 But seriously, he is not a risk taker, and being a risk taker is what separates good from great.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I think we can separate a great administration or rather great accomplishments from the president in that his administration has certainly gone above and beyond what many other presidents were able to achieve in just 1 term. Given the status-quo and chaos of the time, that is impressive. I also credit him with making deals with the progressive coalition and uniting the party significantly.

On the other hand I do agree with the criticism that he largely leads from behind the polls instead of really being a visionary and change-maker. I think that's what most of us respect Sanders for. He stands up for what must be done, regardless of whether it's popular and advocates for this until it becomes popular.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 3 months ago

I'm in a job that's unionized for the first time in my life. It's awesome. Get fucked, repubs.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah but something something train workers who still got almost everything they were demanding anyways because Biden personally negotiated on their behalf after stopping them from striking leading to supply chain chaos right before the holiday season, quite possibly the single worst time imagineable for supply chain chaos.

More leftist than thou types are gonna see Biden literally mandate buyouts of productive assets for transfer to the working class and will have a hissy fit about how he's basically the same as the American Neo-Nazi movement because he didn't seize the assets while lining the former owners up against a wall for mass execution to be watched by their families and loved ones who's eyelids were surgically removed for the purpose of being able to force them to watch.

[-] Irremarkable@fedia.io 32 points 3 months ago

The issue isn't whether or not they ended up getting it, the issue is that the government will forcibly end strikes that are too dangerous to the economy. Yknow, the entire point of strikes.

Luckily, it worked out this time. What needs to happen is the removal of the government's power to end rail strikes in the first place.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Like I said, "literally the same as hitler because he intervened to prevent supply chain chaos right before it would have done nothing for rail workers but get everyone unimaginably upset with them."

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

I'm so glad unions are mandatory in Europe.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

They are stronger and more common, but unfortunately they are not mandatory, at least not everywhere.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

I'm so glad unions are much more prevalent in Europe.

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Mandatory in what way?I live in Europe and I’ve never heard of that. Which country? Which industry?

[-] redisdead@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

In France when a business reaches a certain size there's a whole host of mandatory committees and stuff they have to get going

[-] EatATaco@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I agree with the sentiment all around, but this bar graph is fucking manipulative trash.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Unless it's the rail unions I guess.

this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2024

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