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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

tl;dr - None of those were on offer during the election by harris (or the democrats) platform. If you thought they were you're grossly misinformed. If you're going to spout nonsense make sure you have a leg to stand on. If they were and harris wasnt a genocidal ass she might have won.

but I shall address each in turn:

  1. working class reform? and pray tell what reforms have they put bills forward at the federal level in the last 8 years? I'm honestly not even sure what you mean here besides maybe things about unions? AFIAK the democrats havent put forward any bills around these in my life time. Maybe you're referring to the biden admin and democrats strike breaking the very unions they claimed to support?
  2. buying a home is already easy. the problem isnt buying the house, the problem is the lack of living wages/housing supply. the only thing on offer the last election was a 50k no interest loan for a very small and very specific demographic. if you weren't in that group tough titties. Now shall I inform you that 50k does not buy anything for the demographics it was offered to?
  3. eliminating student loan debt: democrats had 4 years to put this issue to rest and they didnt even put forward a bill. biden slow walked as much as he could on forgiveness an restarted the loan payments. the legislature did jack shit to address the actual problems.
  4. etc. okay.

Now let see what the left has been asking for:

  1. do not supply weapons to a fucking genocidal regime.
  2. regulations on corporate property hoarding.
  3. minimum wage adjustment and tying it to inflation.
  4. allow student loans to be discharged via bankruptcy.
  5. free college tuition for state run institutions.
  6. legal minimums for PTO/paternity leave/sick leave.
  7. immigration reforms that treat people as fucking people.
  8. health care reform that actually makes it easier to get the medical care you need. have you tried getting meds for any mental health issues? how about an MRI for that spinal pain you've been having?

See the difference? its pretty stark. The student loan is the only example you gave that is even remotely aligned with left interests and honestly its mainly because of the inability to claim bankruptcy and the lack of living wages causing the issues. we dont care about forgiveness per say and forgiveness was never on offer anyways biden only offered 50k and walked that back to 10k.

Now lets see the major accomplishments during biden admin:

  1. infrastructure act
  2. chips act

Both were corporate give aways. (AKA: kick backs to the oligarchs for their donations to both parties sold as 'job creation')

If the democrats were 1% as effective as trump and the republicans are at passing left wing initiatives they'd never lose an election.