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Kbin/Mbin (and possibly others?) definitely have the edge here since those platforms make votes public (only admins can see them on Lemmy). So, if you want to confirm what I'm saying here, go view some of these posts from Kbin/Mbin.

Every time one of the "usual suspects" says stuff like this in the comments, there will later be posts detailing how Biden is doing (or at least earnestly trying to do) exactly the things they're saying he needs to be doing (oR ElSe i WiLl noT voTE anD NEithER ShoULD yoU!!!11!!). 100% of the time, those posts are downvoted by these same "usual suspect" accounts.

What gives? They have very strong opinions about how he should run his administration, so you'd think they'd appreciate him doing what they've been so helpfully suggesting. Unless....it was never about the issues at all.

That thin veneer of concern they're hiding behind is not as thick as they think it is and is quite easy to see through. Now you know where to look.

Edit: Please don't name and shame any specific users. That may violate the community or LW rules. We all know who most of the "usual suspects" are.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have not been so sure in my vote in any prior election. 2020 I had no doubts, but then trump launched a coup and Biden turned out to actually have a few progressive bones in his body. Biden has straight up impressed me with his accomplishments with the inflation reduction act, chips act, infrastructure bill, and various other accomplishments.

Trump is scarier now than he was in the last 2 elections. He has a roadmap to dismantle our democracy and leave us rocking from crisis to crisis like Argentina or Brazil. I think there would still be elections, but the corruption would blow off the charts and millions will suffer needlessly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

SCOTUS has been making sure we can have corruption for nearly 3 decades. Trump's taking advantage of a feature, not a bug.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Biden has straight up impressed me with his accomplishments with the inflation reduction act, chips act, infrastructure bill, and various other accomplishments.

Really?

It seemed to me that the general reaction to all of those was a bit… muted.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes really. Obama promised hope and change, and with a few notable exceptions, he delivered not fucking things up for 8 years.

Biden promised to clean up Trump's mess. He's done this, and taken massive action on decarbonization, and kick started American Industry, and revitilised the Labor movement, and added protections trans people and women's healthcare. Obama's admin delived one major legislative accomplishment a year for 2 years and then putzed around with executive orders. Biden slammed the exactive order button the first month and then kept pounding it, while passing major legislative wins. He got Ukraine aid through a hostile Congress for God's sake and that war is turning around. Biden has done more good in 4 years than Obama managed in 8.

I voted for Bernie. I'm still sore that he lost that primary, but Biden has legit impressed me both with how progressive he has gone and how adroitly he manuved through the legislative process.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Alrighty.

But, as president, his job isn't to pass legislation. That's congress's job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

As always, it's complicated.

And the courts are taking more and more power from the legislature, and the president picks the judges, so it's still critical.