SnowLabrador
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« on: May 01, 2024, 07:05:49 AM » |
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A few months ago I had a conversation with my sister via text, during which she sent me a TikTok claiming that Democrats intentionally lose elections so that they don't have to pass progressive policies. This carried the implication that she agreed with it.
I am not yet convinced that Biden's trying to lose. However, it's also immensely frustrating to me that Biden doesn't seem to care much about winning. He needs to go scorched-Earth on Trump, and not just on the issue of abortion. He also needs to stop vetoing the ceasefire proposal (assuming that all the pro-Palestinian protestors are acting in good faith, which is far from guaranteed). When I voted in the primary, even one of my progressive IRL friends asked me "Did you vote for someone complicit in genocide?", and I had to admit that yes, I did. I remain skeptical that the difference between Biden and downballot Democrats is this vast (since most Congressional Dems are just as pro-Israel as Biden is), but if their numbers converge, I find it more likely they converge on Biden's numbers than those of Congressional Democrats.
The bottom line is this: Trump isn't the only nominee who's running to stay out of jail, so Biden needs to realize the stakes of this election. The fact that he hasn't is unconscionable.
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