Personally, i’m worried that the biden administration is underestimating the electoral importance of his decision to continue supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
he’s aware of the optics of his positions and voting history; that’s why he reversed course on gay marriage; gays in the military and federal service long after it was popular and gave the barest of minimums for weed and student loans that didn’t have much of an impact on the status quo.
palestine is the one thing he won’t budge on; but he’ll (somewhat) do all of the other things that’ll get him votes like he’s always done and give the people not paying enough attention warm fuzzy feels for supporting him.
i think the worst take away from this election cycle is learning that most american’s don’t give a rat’s ass about genocide; so long as their guy wins and get to express regret over it. (i also wonder if that’s how every other genocide is/was allowed to happen).
Yup. (I was just mirroring Bernie’s verbiage and flipping the active subject)
Biden is the quintessential capital-L Liberal: he is performatively responsive to progressive issues, but only insofar as it does not alter the fundamental power structures of the western capitalistic and chauvinistic principles.
he’s aware of the optics of his positions and voting history; that’s why he reversed course on gay marriage; gays in the military and federal service long after it was popular and gave the barest of minimums for weed and student loans that didn’t have much of an impact on the status quo.
palestine is the one thing he won’t budge on; but he’ll (somewhat) do all of the other things that’ll get him votes like he’s always done and give the people not paying enough attention warm fuzzy feels for supporting him.
i think the worst take away from this election cycle is learning that most american’s don’t give a rat’s ass about genocide; so long as their guy wins and get to express regret over it. (i also wonder if that’s how every other genocide is/was allowed to happen).
Yup. (I was just mirroring Bernie’s verbiage and flipping the active subject)
Biden is the quintessential capital-L Liberal: he is performatively responsive to progressive issues, but only insofar as it does not alter the fundamental power structures of the western capitalistic and chauvinistic principles.