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The Biden presidency has accelerated WW3 by 4 years and has made the entire world less safe for everyone including trans people.

He also took no meaningful steps to protect trans people or even basic women’s rights like abortion in the US.

Turns out the choice was just between a competent fascist and an incompetent one.

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I’m not convinced he accelerated world war 3. The news I’ve read on international relations says the rest of the world hates Trump just as much if not more. That aligns with my own personal experiences, everyone in my country is surprised Trump hasn’t been shot yet. As for doing nothing for trans people? Good. Obviously I’d prefer something good, but doing nothing is better than doing something bad. When we’re talking about the primaries, I’m with Bernie all the way. When we’re talking about the election, I’m with whoever is going to murder all the trans people the slowest. I have a partner over there I’m trying to get out. I need more time to be able to pay for everything.

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I’m not convinced he accelerated world war 3.

US directly participate in war against Russia which is more or less existential one for Russia. Same for Palestinian genocide which is worst ever, even worse than nakba. They provoke China both directly and through their proxies. Korea situation deteriorated to the point DPRK openly claim the right to military intervention once again and in OK there are fascists again in power. EU is being cannibalised and forced to also support and participate in all those. Yemen is being bombed once again. Iran is being threatened again. There is more terror than ever in Africa after “War on terror” spreaded there.

I don’t think US has been so belligerent ever actually. If that blows then trans people are gonna die like the rest, and not only in US but everywhere.

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war against Russia which is more or less existential one for Russia

No, it’s not existential for Russia. Russia is invading Ukraine. They have the option of just going home. Their existence is not under threat.

Same for Palestinian genocide which is worst ever, even worse than nakba

We’re having a conversation about Biden as compared to Trump. Trump would be giving more military aid to Israel and listening to the people less.

They provoke China both directly and through their proxies

Again, Trump has more

You’re trying to have a conversation about whether Biden is a terrible person in a vacuum. And you’re right. But you’re also not actually participating in this conversation about whether Biden should be supported in a 2024 election against Trump.

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Personally I’m with whomever doesn’t support the murder of trans people at all, since it’s great some of them have a partner trying to help them escape, but most don’t. If neither political party supports basic human rights, I don’t think either of them should get any kind of support, even this kind of “lesser evilism” and both should be reviled.

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If Biden wins the primary, then you’re not on the side of not murdering trans people at all, because that’s not on the ballot. You’re on the side of doing nothing in the name of ideals. So I want to ask: will you choose to let my partner die by doing nothing in the name of ideals?

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When Trump was president Europe was distancing itself from the US and starting to co-operate economically more with China. The fact that Trump was hated was a good thing. Now all of that has been reversed and more. Europe is deeper than ever in the pocket of the US which is catastrophic for Europe and the world. Domestically Trump also provoked much more resistance whereas Democrat presidencies not only demobilize the masses, they lull them into actively supporting reactionary imperialist policies like the proxy war on Russia.

Trump was objectively a weaker president as he was hated by the establishment state apparatus, and a weak US in internal conflict with itself is a good thing for the world.

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So, you’re advocating accelerationism. The idea that a push towards fascism and reactionary politics will provoke revolution. A philosophy often inspired by Marx’s dialectical materialism, which claims that communism is the inevitable result of capitalist crisis. The thing is, in Marx’s time it was reasonable to assume that capitalism was incapable of ending human life on earth. Now we know twice over that it can, and once over that unabated it will. Accelerationism is fundamentally a philosophy of waiting for things to get better on their own. We don’t have that luxury anymore. We’re out of time to prevent climate collapse, and mitigating it has to start right now. Accelerationism only makes the deadline shorter, giving us less to work with. Who cares if capitalism eventually collapses under its own weight, if it brings all of us with it?

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