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US President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of ultra-wealthy individuals and a “tech-industrial complex” that infringes on Americans’ rights and threatens the future of democracy in the nation.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250116073204/https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/16/biden-warns-of-ultra-wealthy-oligarchy-threatening-us-democracy-in-farewell-address-to-the

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The whole speech was here's everything I was aware of but didn't address

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

"Here's all the cool stuff we politicians can do. Suck it. Bye!"

[–] SoftTeeth 1 points 2 weeks ago

This was Biden announcing to his rich donors that he followed through on his promise that "nothing will fundamentally change"

[–] TallonMetroid 52 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If Biden really was worried about democracy he had 6 months of Roberts approved blanket immunity to actually do something about it.

[–] itsathursday 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Can’t burn those sweet appearance fee bridges that await him by ruffling too many people the wrong way.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He's only got a couple of years left, he could just live off an advance on a memoir if he was broke (which he isn't).

[–] SoftTeeth 5 points 2 weeks ago

He supported the rich because he is one of them, not because he is being extorted.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yep go Luigi on all those CEOs with that immunity.

[–] Weslee 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Shame he didn't do anything about it while he had the chance. What is it with us presidents and doing nothing about the important issues, and only bringing them up on their last day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you fix a problem, you can't campaign on it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Big Pharma strategy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty much all of capitalism really.

[–] WhatAmLemmy 5 points 2 weeks ago

Just a heavily self propagandized corporate dictatorship, doing corporate dictatorship things, because it's a corporate dictatorship.

No politician can topple the power of hundreds of corporations, and the armies they employ, backed by trillions of dollars in capital... no matter how hard they want to, even if they wanted to. All they can do is virtue signal.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

"And I did nothing about it. Worse, I helped get more into office!"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We didn't listen to Eisenhower; I don't think we're going to listen to Biden.

[–] chaogomu 16 points 2 weeks ago

Eisenhower, like Biden, actually helped create the problem.

Biden could have, and should have, gone hard against Trump and his fellow insurrectionists.

Instead he chose to appoint Merrick Garland, a man whose legacy was turning a blind eye to Timothy McVeigh's accomplices in the wider Militia Movement.

[–] CptInsane0 7 points 2 weeks ago

We're all trying to find the guy who did this.