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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also, many of the things you listed here are basically just "not Trump/not Republicans" in their own way.

  • substitutes everything the candidate runs on to "I'm not the other guy", because the other guy doesn't run on those things

  • accuses candidate of running on "I'm not the other guy"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My point was "he appointed competent people to run some departments and gives them enough resources to do their jobs" isn't a point in his favour. It's only a neutral point. It's the baseline that should be expected from someone in his office. You're saying "Biden doesn't actively strip the government for parts". It only makes sense as a point in his favour if you assume that the alternative is "starve the beast" tactics (which TBF it definitely is). It can only be considered a positive as compared to his opponent.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I disagree with you first statement. It is definitely a point in his favor because the election doesn't happen in a vacuum, you must take into account who the alternatives are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Seriously. An election is a single event where people decide between some options they are presented with. It is not some kind of wide-reaching manifesto or affirmation of faith/loyalty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The point is that you should hold the Democrats and Biden accountable for being evil and not doing good things that make people's lives better (which they absolutely have the power to do). They sit back and watch the world burn, then when election time comes they say "at least we didn't start any of these fires" (they just don't bother extinguishing them)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Again I disagree. They are not doing enough maybe, but they are doing something. Rescheduling pot, insulin prices, student debt cancelation... (I'm over in Europe so I only know about some things, I'm sure there's more that I don't know).

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