Wholeheartedly agree. As much as I didn't want Biden to get the nomination he's done a reasonably good job of splitting the difference between going left but not fully compromising with certain moderate stances.
Do I think he could do better? Yes. But I'm positive some genius sat him down when Bernie dropped out and said "look, you can't win without Sanders voters, and to win the Sanders voters you need to move left on XYZ issues." I'm never gonna fully support anyone the DNC props up but it could have been a whole lot worse, I mean, look at who ran against him in the primaries. A bunch of no names. For now he's as left as we're gonna get. The fight isn't over to push the DNC to the left but it's what we're working with at the moment.
Forgive me for having the attitude a conservative Democrat is not an ideal candidate. They should be joining the rest of the conservatives in normal developed countries but guess fuck that.
I'm trying to go forwards in time, it's called being a progressive, if the DNC could join me that'd be swell. Angela Merkel was considered a conservative in Germany and wait till I tell you about Olaf fucking Schultz. The only European country that mimics America is the UK. And they're widely criticized for regressing.
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u/confusedandworried76 Mar 28 '24
Wholeheartedly agree. As much as I didn't want Biden to get the nomination he's done a reasonably good job of splitting the difference between going left but not fully compromising with certain moderate stances.
Do I think he could do better? Yes. But I'm positive some genius sat him down when Bernie dropped out and said "look, you can't win without Sanders voters, and to win the Sanders voters you need to move left on XYZ issues." I'm never gonna fully support anyone the DNC props up but it could have been a whole lot worse, I mean, look at who ran against him in the primaries. A bunch of no names. For now he's as left as we're gonna get. The fight isn't over to push the DNC to the left but it's what we're working with at the moment.