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[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 102 points 1 year ago

Let this be a reminder to anyone who hasn't liked Biden's handling of the Gaza situation that this is the alternative.

[-] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 29 points 1 year ago

Bro, just because Trump is worse than Biden doesn't make Biden immune to criticism

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 89 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, criticize away, and you absolutely should. It's just important to not get so carried away that you wind up contributing to an outcome that you openly know to be objectively worse at the ballot box.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but my man ain’t said shit about not criticizing Biden.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

Sometimes though, you even do so much as lightly criticize Biden and you get called a Trumper. It's like there's only two extremes and if you're not one, you're the other.

Everyone criticizes Biden and calling him extreme is ridiculously out of touch.

That’s probably why you get called a Trumper.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

Biden isn't "extreme"

[-] spark947@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Poster is pretty much saying that there is no difference between him and trump. Just super incorrect and arrogant.

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why are either of them choices?

[-] pensa@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago

Because we have a first-past-the-post voting system that all but guarantees only two parties are ever real contenders. We must to move toward ranked-choice voting if we ever want to have more options.

[-] nicetriangle@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

First past the post voting, Citizens United, and the Electoral College, among other reasons.

[-] PigsInClover@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Toss in all the barriers to even get a third party candidate on the ballot

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Why can someone collect social security and enact policy that takes it away from people paying into it?

No senior citizen should be allowed to hold office.

[-] knacht1@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Step right up dude, what have you got to loose?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Are you under the impression that it costs 0 dollars to make an earnest run for president?

I have my life's savings to lose. And I'd lose it, because the presidency is a game of connectedness and reach ($), not 'governing chops.'

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm running for president. Please write in aviationeast@lemmy.world next year. I swear I am legally eligible....

[-] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I guess that's the best USA had to offer.

[-] aviationeast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Tiger king would have been better.

this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2023
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