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President Biden warns of 'oligarchy' as he bids farewell to five decades in politics
(www.usatoday.com)
He probably should have led with this speech.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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Joe biden lost a winnable election due to his own vanity and lack of human decency. Fuck him. He governed better than any democrat since what Lindon Johnson? But its far too little too late to pay for a lifetime of fucking people over
Biden: beware of oligarchy
Losers who didn't vote for him or Kamala: STFU OLD MAN
I certainly did vote for him and Harris.
And still say STFU OLD MAN.
I'm also donating monthly, to Represent.Us and The Forward Party.
Biden is part of the fucking oligarchy. Voting for him would not have a changed a damn thing about the oligarchy.
Well at least he's saying it. Hopefully that reflects a renewed interest in reform, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
My guess is analysts blame the misinformation campaign run against him and Kamala and are going to try and shift the message, 12 years too late. Hopefully.
Good president, did everything he could for us and we hated him for it. Lack of education has ruined the USA.
Damn, everything he could for you like checks notes funding a genocide while the number of homeless rises at double digits percent each year. If that's the best a president can do, you need a change of system NOW
I wouldn't give him straight As, but I acknowledge he tried his best. Netanyahu felt pressured enough to come over and beg US Congress directly to stop restricting weapons shipments. Biden sent a naval fleet to provide aid to Gaza directly, even going so far as to construct a pier for shipments.
Losing Israel as a strategic base of operations amid aggression from Iran allied with Russia and China amid their aggressive expansion was simply never an option.
On several occasions white house staffers gave statements that Biden would swear expletives at the Israeli administration for doing high profile attacks on civilian encampments.
The USA vetoed many ceasefire agreements in the UN but also had their own ceasefire agreements vetoed by Russia and China.
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Timely.
I no longer have any charity for these outgoing presidential remarks. What he is saying makes sense, but given that he didn’t bring this up or do anything about it when he had power, these sentiments are hollow pandering at best. Fuck you Joe Biden, your legacy is that you presided over the dissolution of American democracy and did genocide. No hollow words on your way out will change that.
Crazy he didn't notice the USA has been an oligarchy the whole time lmao.
This warning would not have happened if Harris had won but the oligarchy would still exist. Bit too late to notice it now.
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