PS.
I would for vote Kamala. I would vote for a cactus with sunglasses if it had the Democratic nomination. You would do yourself well to consider anything that is weaking the resolve of the anti-trump sentiment straight poison to your brain. We have only one job this novemeber and that is to stop trump. The Supreme Court has given him the status of king. Quit acting like your vote is sacred and start realizing your vote is your final cry before your rights are forfeited.
It’s not about that. It’s about sleep walking into fascism. Before the debate it was metaphorical. If you keep voting for the lesser evil you still get evil. It just takes longer.
Now we’re being asked to vote for someone who clearly cannot handle the duties of the office and is nothing more than a figurehead. Rubber stamping this does not protect democracy. It proves they can manufacture consent to put whoever they want in that office and you guys will keep pulling that lever thinking, “it could be worse”.
and is nothing more than a figurehead
Fine by me.
Come November, I will not be voting for an old guy named Biden. I will be voting for the Biden administration, an administration that rejoined the Paris climate accords, has made progress wrt medical debt, has seen decreasing levels of uninsured Americans, and made progress on myriad other issues. Because the alternative is…well, you know.
I am not voting for my ideal candidate, or my ideal administration, but that’s because 1) I’m not an accelerationist, and 2) I’m smart enough to know how this works given our deeply flawed voting system.
I’m not sure you can really have it both ways — the only alternatives for someone who doesn’t want Trump but won’t vote for Biden that I see are accelerationism, or complete and utter naivety…which is functionally equivalent to accelerationism.
Ok so let’s have Trump instead?
No, thanks. Vote for Biden so that we don’t have to repeat the fallout of 2016.
Vote for anyone but Biden, Trump, and RFK.
We aren’t too close to November to replace him.
The risk of doing nothing becomes the greatest risk of all. It absolutely could be worse, we all lived through 4 years of Trump (and the aftermath re:Supreme Court appointments). We don’t need hypotheticals here, there’s a clear comparison between 4 years of Trump and 4 years of Biden, and not voting out of principal doesn’t stop anything.
In full transparency, I’m not voting for Biden in November because of the Palestinian Genocide and because I believe he’s already ineffective at protecting LGBTQ rights in red states. But I’m not here to tell you not to vote for him in November. I should have been more clear above. We have the momentum to replace him and vote for someone that isn’t just a figurehead. Biden and his allies are using the “vote blue no matter who” rhetoric as a club to stop people from talking about replacing him on the ticket. We can cross that bridge on August 23rd though, the day after the convention. Right now we need to fully and faithfully have the conversation about replacing him.
After November we need to better organize to prevent the mega donor class from steering us into a full Oligarchy. Something that’s on the plate for both old guys.
I hate to break it to you but if it’s Biden & Trump in November, regarding Palestinian Genocide and LGBTQ rights, Trump will absolutely be worse than Biden, so not voting for Biden will not change anything and just make things worse.
Yes, you can manufacture consent. That was obvious. What will you do about it? The question being asked isn’t, “how do we rebuild america.” It is what do we do in novemeber. Any thing else is purposeful obsfucation.
I’m not the guy above but I like to answer that with “Giving everyone the rights and benefits white men enjoyed in the 1960’s.”
Short term, pressure for replacing Biden. November, vote if you can stomach it. Thereafter, get involved with your state party. March. If you’re in a red state then you have a unique position of running on more progressive things that are actually people oriented. That’s what led to Democrats taking state wide offices in Arizona. You aren’t beholden to the DNC’s mega donors.
If you’re in a blue state plan to help primary an establishment Democrat.
Don’t shirk away because you can’t do it yourself, that’s an unrealistic expectation. Organize your friends, your coworkers, your commuter bus, etc.
Nothing in politics is “over” if you can get a critical mass of people to agree to change things. And it’s really the only way off this manufactured consent treadmill for corporate power and profits we’ve been on for the last 40 years.
Edit to add- Confining the question to November is a logical fallacy. We aren’t that close to the election that we can do nothing but vote. So that’s pretty much just another attempt to get people to turn their brain off, vote, and then sit around waiting for the next thing their told to do. If we don’t “activate” and start acting independently of big money then we aren’t going to have a democracy come 2028, no matter which person is elected now. Biden is a vote for an Authoritarian Oligarchy. Which isn’t “Fascism” in a technical sense, but it’s not going to feel much different for you and me.
Ah yes a figure head of the party who did all this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBidenHasDone/comments/1abyvpa/the_complete_list_what_biden_has_done/
Is just as bad as the figure head of a fascist, xenophobic, racist, authoritarian, nationalist, religious zealot party because they are both figureheads. You’re right.
I’m not even going to start with a list put together by his base. The news can’t put one together that doesn’t get ripped to shreds once you actually look at it. I doubt his base has put together anything like a list that says what the policies actually do. And no the title of the bill or the PR elevator pitch has no relation to what it actually does. For example he actually severely cut EV subsidies and you all fell on your knees to thank him for it.
Literally your best argument against this NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE REAL BECAUSE HIS SUPPORTERS COMPILED IT SO IMMA VOTE FOR A FACIST RACIST
You’re fucking wild bro
You’re right, and I’m getting real sick of the “shut up and fall in line” demand from democrats.
In this current system, EVERY election now will always be “the most important one ever”, with fascism at the front door and our democracy being at stake.
When the options are between (insert every terrible adjective that accurately describes him here) Trump, and ‘guy with obvious mental decline’ Biden, the blame doesn’t lie with the voter. If Joe Biden can’t earn people’s votes, the responsibility lies with Joe Biden and the Democrat establishment.
There are millions of leftist voters in this country who are being ignored by the two parties, and the democrats are hostile toward them and don’t want to move left to gain their votes. The leftist voters then get villainized by dems for seeking out a third party that better aligns with their values. “How dare you not fall in line! A vote for a third party is a vote for Trump!” No, it’s not. It’s exercising what little democracy we have left. The only vote for trump is an actual vote for trump.
The Democrat establishment simply doesn’t offer enough to anyone left of them. I don’t want the status quo; the status quo sucks. It’s a deregulated capitalist hellscape full of cruelty, slavery, wealth inequality, and planetary disaster.
I wish the dems could step back and realize what they are advocating for. The best and only choice for president is currently an 81-year-old man dealing with cognitive decline?! No, that’s not okay! That is not acceptable!
That’s why we’re voting for the administration, not the man. And we’re voting AGAINST Trump, not FOR Biden.
But you tell yourself whatever it is that makes you feel good about turning your back on those who’s lives are going to essentially be made illegal. Because beneath it all- knowing what’s at stake, and choosing not to vote anyway, is admitting that none of the shit you’re “concerned” about really matters.
Well they’re already being made illegal, and all of the homeless people are going to be made illegal too. Don’t be surprised when they start going into camps together, no matter whose president. Because Biden isn’t fighting for them. He’s going tooth and nail to make sure GM isn’t pressured by actual competition and to make sure Landlords can still kill you for rent. But LGBTQ rights? shit, don’t make me laugh.
At any rate my comments here are about replacing him so we have a chance. Because Biden is losing this election. The people who actually elect the president are responding to pollsters and they’re telling everyone they won’t vote for Biden. It doesn’t matter if every democrat in every other state turns out. If they don’t get the 100,000 or so undecided people in swing states, it’s over. And we have a chance to avoid that.
It’s always interesting to see what you’ll tell yourself as an excuse. Whatever makes you sleep better at night man.
The rest of us just see you not giving a shit.
nothing more than a figurehead.
That figurehead happens to be surrounded by people who aren’t fascists and support policy that I mostly agree with, so I guess I’ll take my chances with them.
Sure, if you agree with the policies of the Oligarchy then who am I to stop you?
You’re already retired though right? Because if you aren’t then I wouldn’t plan on them allowing you to ever do so.
