• Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Don’t forget, Biden also has to get the independent vote. And if Biden takes a strong anti-genocide position, the GOP will bash him for it, and use it as ammunition to call him antisemitic just as they have with the college students.

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      6 months ago

      Smart politics would say GOP bashing Biden is a good thing in this context. Adopting GOP talking points is what gave us our current immigration policy, and that is another liability in his campaign, though much smaller than giving arms to an active genocide.

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      6 months ago

      “you don’t understand! biden has to pander to fascists or else he wont get elected to save us!”

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        5 months ago

        Re-replying since you deleted your original comment:

        I’m not saying he should pander to fascists. I’m saying “here is his motivations, here is what his opponents will do, thus influencing his motivations”.

        Biden is a piece of shit, that’s well established. I’m saying that he will never listen to progressives, and efforts to get him to listen aren’t going to result in anything.

        Our efforts are better used on election reform.

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        I’m not saying he should pander to fascists. I’m saying “here is his motivations, here is what his opponents will do, thus influencing his motivations”.

        Biden is a piece of shit, that’s well established. I’m saying that he will never listen to progressives, and efforts to get him to listen aren’t going to result in anything.

        Our efforts are better used on election reform.

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          election reform would be a good thing worldwide, but we’d need more than just wanting it.