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I hesitate to say that Biden is better than Trump at this point. (lemmygrad.ml)
submitted 7 months ago by TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml
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This is not me saying at all that Trump is better than Biden; it's more of an equalization argument that I truthfully can't see a fiscal difference.

It's been well known by people like us that the two bourgeois parties are basically the same, but I never really understood how close they were until the last like, 6 months.

Maybe it's JUST Biden that's super similar. But regardless, I just don't see the difference. He spews nice words about trans rights, workers, all of these good things. But the exact same shit that happened under Trump basically happened under Biden. Funding for genocidal states, proxy war funding, funding police, loss of abortion federal protection, separation of kids and parents at the border, etc.

People keep saying Biden is marginally better, where?

I don't know. I can't bring myself to vote for any of these guys this time around.

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[-] SadArtemis@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 7 months ago

I'd generally agree with what you're saying- with the caveat that I don't think either side is overly interested in preserving institutions, at least not beyond what means those institutions serve of legitimizing their diktat and extracting further wealth and colonial plunder. That's what it all boils down to, end of the day.

Liberals care about the appearance of their institutions and laws,, but I don't think I'd even say they're particularly committed to what those laws, norms, and the purported mandates of their institutions stand for. Certainly, I'd say they're the ones lighting a torch to the (rotten, granted) institutions across the west at the moment- if only to replace what was, with something decidedly worse.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'll use the liberal attempts to remove Trump from the ballot as an example. Liberals cook up a way to use existing structures to legally sabotage Trump's electoral chances, and when the Court blocks them they will just give up because they'll respect the Court's decision. They're ideologically committed to it.

If the Court somehow finds in Colorado's favor and lets them remove Trump (they won't but let's pretend), Republicans would retaliate by removing Biden from their ballots for no legal reason. They'd just do it, they don't care about legality or the Court's legitimacy, only results.

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I see your points but I'm not sure that Republicans would have the power to do that.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They might not! But they'd definitely try because they don't care about the law and see it as the toothless obstacle it really is.

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