Sorry this is kinda political. Is there an asklemmypolitics group this would be better for? I’m hoping not to get into the libs vs progressives political debate we see everywhere on here… Just want to know what people are actually looking for.

  • dariusj18@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    What makes it clear that Biden isn’t a great option? It really annoys me that such a progressive administration in a very divided government is somehow not measuring up to the ever changing goal posts. The only perfect candidate to vote for is yourself, everyone else is a compromise.

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      6 months ago

      The goalposts aren’t changing, for Leftists Capitalism itself is unacceptable and genocide is off the table. Biden meaningfully moving against either would garner more leftist support.

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      6 months ago

      For real, we’ve got the first openly pro-union president, we expanded NATO, student loan forgiveness, actual infrastructure funding, the first administration to openly push back against Israel during war time, all of that in only 4 years. He is the most effective president of my lifetime and I am happy to vote for him again.

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      Tens of thousands of dead kids, and he’s sending more bombs.

      Mass graves of people buried alive with their hands bound, and he’s vetoing resolutions against Israel in the UN.

      Bombing food trucks and the crowds surrounding them, and he’s making excuses for them.

      Famine set to kill most if not all people in Gaza, and he keeps sending bombs.

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        6 months ago

        Ok, so to be clear you only started opposition to Biden since the Israeli invasion of Gaza after October 7th?

        I can understand the belief that Biden has been deficient in his response, despite the innumerable competing interests any administration would need to juggling. I had similar issues with Obama’s handling of ISIL, however I also had no better idea of how it could be handled better.