Thread by @AmericasCousin, Four Reasons I'm #NeverBiden1. Corporate PsychopathyMuch as it would be nice to [...]

Four Reasons I'm #NeverBiden

1. Corporate Psychopathy

Much as it would be nice to end this era of chaos, voting for Joe Biden sanctions the transition of the Democratic Party from a people's party into a permanent upscale white collar fist. The infantile antics of
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the current president have nothing on the dead-cold conscious indifference and/or sadism it takes to knowingly orchestrate mass immiseration for profit. This is what actually runs the show behind the Democratic façade of decency and inclusiveness.

Corporate Democrats ran a
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multimillion dollar marketing campaign against Medicare for All and cynically tried to convince voters that tuition-free college is a giveway to the rich. Unlike Donald Trump, who gives not a second thought to ideology, these professionals are fully aware of the
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unmitigated hardship and death that result from their parasitic finance and insurance industries but knowingly advance those interests because portfolio > human life in their morally and mentally unwell calculations. It's worth considering that Democratic darling
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McKinsey proposed cuts to food and medicine for immigrant detainees that were so severe, Donald Trump's own immigration agency rejected them on grounds that they were so heartless, they made actual ICE workers "uncomfortable."
(5/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/mckinsey-suggested-ice-cut-food-medical-spending-detained-illegal-migrants.html

McKinsey Proposed ICE Cut Spending on Food and Medical Care for Detained Migrants to Reduce Costs

This is a story where McKinsey somehow manages to make ICE the good guy.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/mckinsey-suggested-ice-cut-food-medical-spending-detained-illegal-migrants.html

Corporations are designed, by law, to adopt the behavior of the human psychopath--gratuitous pursuit of self-interest with willful disregard if not outright contempt for the rights, safety, property, environment, and lives of others. The business model is so unhealthy for
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any society that earlier generations knew it was imperative to keep them tightly restrained or outright disallowed. Lobbying, for instance, was a felony in California and criminalized in Georgia and other states. By contrast, today
(7/ https://priceonomics.com/when-lobbying-was-illegal/

When Lobbying was Illegal

Although lobbyists' influence seems inevitable, in the 1800s, several states banned lobbying outright.

https://priceonomics.com/when-lobbying-was-illegal/

the institutional form has been normalized and shamelessly purchases our nominal representatives.

Joe Biden is owned and operated by Comcast, Goldman Sachs, Aetna and other malefactors invested in the current Les Misérables status quo. We can't pretend otherwise.
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Supporting him cements and endorses their take-over of the Democratic Party. A hundred thousand MAGA fans waving flags or barking on Twitter may vex someone to no end but in terms of actual efficient material harm, they are no match for a single "polite society" profiteer
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in the board room.

2. Party of George W. Bush

Dovetailing with the above, the Democratic Party has not only become the more dedicated party for white collar depredations but also the more hawkish pro-war apparatus of the two. This is a stunning reversal from only
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slightly more than a decade ago when opposition to the Iraq War was its lynchpin. I'm not amused by the turning of liberals' antipathy for Donald Trump against them, seducing them into McCarthyism (a right wing tool), saber-rattling, and a whitewashed rehabilitation of
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the George W. Bush administration that intentionally damaged the fundamentals of American society more than any other in our lifetimes. Compare Donald Trump's banal childish outpourings to the cold, deliberate, and arrogant monstrosity below:
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The administration outright murdered millions, instituted torture, normalized secret prisons, abolished habeas corpus, and knowingly lied us into war. Perhaps this isn't considered noteworthy to Biden's idle rich investor-class supporters because they've always taken for
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granted that wars are fought for profit and sold with lies to deceive American families into sacrificing their young for their betters' portfolios. But for the rest of us with a conscience or any trace of moral compass, it's abominable and unforgivable. I didn't support it
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then and I won't support it now.

3. Self-Respect

There's only so much offense one can endure in any relationship before acknowledging it's crossed the line. Without standing up for one's self, abuse continues with no deterrent. Due to the popularity of Senator Sanders's
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policies and his personal appeal, the Clinton campaign made a bizarre and unprecedented decision in 2016 to malign his voters directly, both in public statements and covert social media operations. It was an inflammatory and counterproductive tactic and she ultimately lost
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to a game show host, having bled millions of voters to third parties, blank ticket tops, and no-shows. Having learned nothing, Corporate Democrats reprised these attacks ad nauseam in 2020:
(17/ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/6/21167830/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-rachel-maddow-bernie-bros

Elizabeth Warren’s exit interview is a warning for the dirtbag left

Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders supporters, and how online meanness backfires.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/3/6/21167830/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-rachel-maddow-bernie-bros

We were supporting the most human candidate in modern history with a platform that would do the most for justice and dignity for all Americans, but perversely misportrayed as bigoted misbehaved undesirables. When our coalition became undeniably diverse, CNN, using racist
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code, suggested we were "too urban." It would be one thing if the attacks were generated by randoms online where occasional garbage is negligible and to be expected. But this was engineered top-down by the party and its allies in corporate media.
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I have tolerance for mistakes and temper tantrums, but no one should be a doormat. Insults and infighting are peripheral compared to larger issues we face, but the friction further indicates this party is a misfit with our core values. The contempt shown by Democrats for
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supporting Senator Sanders was worse than what I experienced from the GOP as a gay man in the 2000's. It would betray a total lack of self-respect to applaud them after receiving that cornucopia of abuse. The relationship is over.

4. Cheating in Primaries

The DNC
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meddled in its last three competitive primaries. This time they were even more cavalier, brazenly naming their Iowa fixing app "Shadow" to impress upon us that we're so powerless and disposable in their estimation, we're not even worth a pretense of honesty. In March,
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Barack Obama ejected candidates from the race in a last ditch coup against Senator Sanders so that his legacy of symbolic progress with no substance would't be threatened by demands for real change. We don't even need to get into their illegal
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Looking for Obama's hidden hand in candidates coalescing around Biden

Pressure increases on Mike Bloomberg as candidates exit the race and back Joe Biden.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/looking-obama-s-hidden-hand-candidate-coalescing-around-biden-n1147471

voter purges or other irregularities. I said I would vote for the Democratic nominee if it were Senator Sanders or someone who won fairly. Unfortunately, that did not happen. Actions have consequences and this misbehavior can't be rewarded with a general election vote.
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I respect the Senator for honoring his promise to support the nominee even though I'm not following there. I have no disrespect for those who reach a different conclusion; there is no easy choice. This is how I've reached mine. Hopefully, the respect is mutual.

-Brian
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