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He's the only person who could instill any sense of confidence in bourgeois party politics for even one second.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

His charisma is dangerous, how do we stop such a force?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

we don't, we hand him a gun and a copy of state and rev

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Counterpoint: what about gimmick candidates like a dog mayor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yes because local politics is fine yeah, just national politics is nothing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Local legislators like aldermen and local executives like mayors can change your quality of life over time.

And I know Biden gets a lot of absolutely deserved shit on here for being a genocide enabler and a neoliberal, but one of my family members who was formerly a Teamster was about to get fucked out of her pension that she earned over 30 years until Biden bailed out the Teamsters pension fund by using funds from the 2021 Covid bill (American Rescue Plan). And there are 360,000 other people who were in the same boat as her.

Info New York Times archive and here

She will have a comfortable retirement instead of losing everything she worked for. It's a difference in income of like $3000 a month.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Don't ask why the orphan crushing machine needed a 40 billion bailout though (it's financialized retirement planning).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

i love him so much. he could start a cult and i would join.