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[–] TropicalDingdong 37 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

The 2016 to 2021 leftist protest movements were effective not because they worked on Trump, but because they worked on Democratic law makers to show they had support for visibly resisting Trumps policies. As a result of resistance from the minority/ opposition party, along with internal incompetencies, Trump got basically almost nothing in that first term.

Since then the opposition party has shown that they did not value or prioritize litterally anything the protest movements were focusing on, instead prioritizing corporate donor priorities and a diet Republican approach to change. The core of the Democratic party were abandoned by Democrats in the period of 2020 to 2024.

[–] MutilationWave 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Three Supreme Court justices. Massive tax cuts for the rich and corporations. I'd say he got plenty done, though luckily not everything for the reasons you point out (and others). Next four years are going to be rough.

[–] Jordan117 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

This would be a compelling argument if the Biden administration hadn't been the most economically progressive since LBJ.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago

Yup, and this is why Democrats lose. They are allergic to actually supporting the party's real accomplishments and prefer to throw stones and circle the firing squad. Democrats need to learn how to play the game. There is too much of this fart sniffing on the left these days.

[–] Maggoty 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Oh God that was a good laugh. Do another joke!

[–] Jordan117 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Democratic presidents since LBJ:

  • Jimmy Carter
  • Bill Clinton
  • Barack Obama

Which ones had a bigger record of progressive economic accomplishments than Biden? Closest one is Obama, but his Recovery Act was less than half the size of Biden's Rescue/Infra/IRA/CHIPS packages. Biden was also more strongly pro-union and pro-regulation, and accomplished his many wins in half the time and with far narrower majorities in both houses.

[–] Maggoty 1 points 6 hours ago

Yup Biden sure was great for Billionaires. No argument there.