In American presidential elections we only get to choose from 2 shitty candidates. Many well intentioned voters view it as a zero-sum game; thus any criticism of Biden is seen as pro-Trump rhetoric.
I agree that Trump is worse than Biden, bit this politics-as-teamsports mentality is a race to the bottom.
Judging by policy, I believe the last left-of-center president was Nixon. He finalized the Civil Rights Act and created the Environmental Protection Agency. He didn’t do it because he was a leftist (he wasnt) or because he was a good guy (he wasnt). He did it because he was afraid of the massive protest movement happening at the time.
I wish we could apply this same broad based, mass protest energy to every president including Biden. But America(and Israel) has written the modern anti-protest playbook, and it’s super effective. Anti-Iraq war, Occupy Wall Street, George Floyd, etc. were all marginalized and crushed.
It sure feels like things will have to get much worse before they start getting better.
In American presidential elections we only get to choose from 2 shitty candidates. Many well intentioned voters view it as a zero-sum game; thus any criticism of Biden is seen as pro-Trump rhetoric.
I agree that Trump is worse than Biden, bit this politics-as-teamsports mentality is a race to the bottom.
Judging by policy, I believe the last left-of-center president was Nixon. He finalized the Civil Rights Act and created the Environmental Protection Agency. He didn’t do it because he was a leftist (he wasnt) or because he was a good guy (he wasnt). He did it because he was afraid of the massive protest movement happening at the time.
I wish we could apply this same broad based, mass protest energy to every president including Biden. But America(and Israel) has written the modern anti-protest playbook, and it’s super effective. Anti-Iraq war, Occupy Wall Street, George Floyd, etc. were all marginalized and crushed.
It sure feels like things will have to get much worse before they start getting better.