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I haven't heard a good argument for why Biden is "way better than Trump." Biden has spent a lifetime undermining egalitarian, pro-social, pro-environmental policies. He has been involved in virtually every action to roll back progressive policies of the past 30 years:
+ voted for welfare reform & WTW, which destroyed or diminished basic social services like unemployment coverage,
+ attempted to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security four times in Congress (by his own admission) https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-joe-biden-worried-about-welfare-mothers-driving-luxury-cars
+ attempted to cut Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security four times in Congress (by his own admission) https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-joe-biden-worried-about-welfare-mothers-driving-luxury-cars
+ helped write 1994 Crime Bill which fortified the current draconian carceral state & more aggressive police imprisoning more black men, who make up 37% of the prison population,
+ voted to repeal Glass-Steagall, which directly led to Great Recession https://theintercept.com/2019/09/17/the-untold-story-joe-biden-pushed-ronald-reagan-to-ramp-up-incarceration-not-the-other-way-around/
+ voted to repeal Glass-Steagall, which directly led to Great Recession https://theintercept.com/2019/09/17/the-untold-story-joe-biden-pushed-ronald-reagan-to-ramp-up-incarceration-not-the-other-way-around/
+ VP for Wall St. bailouts, costing $14 trillion taxpayer dollars, much of which went to corporations that caused the crisis,
+ voted for a bill making student loan debt non-dischargeable through bankruptcy & almost impossible to escape https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020
+ voted for a bill making student loan debt non-dischargeable through bankruptcy & almost impossible to escape https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/02/joe-biden-student-loan-debt-2005-act-2020
+ supported Iraq War in which half a million or more civilians were murdered and uncounted trillions in public $$ funneled to wealthy defense contractors,
+ under Obama lifted the 40-year oil export ban which flooded the global energy market with US oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-18/house-votes-to-repeal-u-s-oil-export-limits-senate-vote-next
+ under Obama lifted the 40-year oil export ban which flooded the global energy market with US oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-18/house-votes-to-repeal-u-s-oil-export-limits-senate-vote-next
+ VP during expanded fracking & oil extraction nationwide, not only causing public health crises but dramatically increased carbon emissions ("the nation's biggest oil/gas boom")
+ voted to approve Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/21/investing/trump-energy-plan-obama-oil-boom/index.html
+ voted to approve Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court https://money.cnn.com/2016/07/21/investing/trump-energy-plan-obama-oil-boom/index.html
+ defends and legitimizes white supremacists like Strom Thurmond,
+ many women credibly accused him of sexual harassment/assault,
+ has "no empathy" for young people https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/19/joe-biden-james-eastland-herman-talmadge-segregationists-civility/
+ many women credibly accused him of sexual harassment/assault,
+ has "no empathy" for young people https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/19/joe-biden-james-eastland-herman-talmadge-segregationists-civility/
+ Defends Obama's border camps and deportations, built the "kid cages". https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-biden-use-cages-during-obama-adminis/
+ Is a foreign policy hawk who backs Israel and has a long history of supporting military incursions throughout the world, and recently defended Obama's anti-terrorism tactics https://jacobinmag.com/2018/08/joe-biden-democratic-party-military-hawk
He's every bit as corrupt and nepotistic as Trump. See: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/27/joe-biden-brother-business-promises-executives-claim
and: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-investigation-hunter-brother-hedge-fund-money-2020-campaign-227407
and: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-investigation-hunter-brother-hedge-fund-money-2020-campaign-227407
The real danger with Biden, as with Obama, as with all centrist Dems, is they substantively produce practically the same results as Republicans, but instead of being vilified as Republicans rightly are, they're worshipped by mainstream liberals and media
The Democrats and Republicans have a mutualistic relationship, a good-cop-bad-cop routine, in which the GOP pursues extreme policies and Dems launder it. The idea that Biden is on our side against Trump is really stunningly credulous
Even if Biden were marginally better, with climate & ecological crises, being marginally better functionally does not matter. Incremental progress is not progress at all. Small improvements are equivalent to no improvements. But all this is academic since Biden will probably lose
