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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Biden is a centrist liberal, which is the representative worldview for the majority of the party and its voting base. Cornel West is representative of a very small faction of progressive voters which has been equally small for decades. Do whatever you want, but some (most) of us actually like Biden. So really all you're doing is torpedoing your next closest ideological group in protest since yours is too small.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 3 points 1 year ago

Just the fact that we're not in WWIII and that Ruzzia hasn't taken Ukraine and moved on to start shit with Poland and Romania proves that Biden is the right President for the times, he may be old AF but his administration has navigated some really complex problems while also being handed a huge treasonous mess from the previous disaster of the Trump administration.

Also wtf is the alternative? A criminal conman mafioso wannabe who wants to end our democracy so he can become a dictator? Also this isn't just what Trump wants, DeSantis wants it to, Haley and Scott and others want to help Trump accomplish it, the whole "Republican" party doesn't deserve to be treated like a legitimate political party anymore because they have become a cult, or a "Qult".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Scare mongering to sheep people to vote for Blue not matter who is losing its momentum.

2016 and 2020 has shown many that the system is rigged and the blue/red gangs do not change anything for the wotking class, aside from crumbs. Splitting up the working class on cultural and identity politics has helped both parties by keeping us destracted and not seeing the bigger picture, which is class struggle, rich vs workers.

MLK was not afraid to talk woth the KKK, Cornel West will also be talking to Pro-Trump voters instead of writing them off.

Jim Crow Joe and Trump are not what people want, we now know how useless they were.

We shall see how it goes in 2024. 3rd party voters will keep increasing until both parties go through big changes.

The best way to start is now, for the long run and not the short term.

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