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The people have spoken. The last duty of the outgoing administration is the orderly hand-off to the incoming admin.
What about this is hard to understand? They're doing what we ask of them; even if you, me and they fear the next 2 years and then 2 more.
But I suspect this is just trolling.
They're doing what ~~we ask of them~~ the people they talk to expect from them.
I asked for nothing. I wanted Bernie or just anyone with a moral backbone. The howling of the people remained unheard
... as always.
No, Biden has a duty to protect the constitution, so letting the fascists take over is a dereliction of duty.
It's a fine line to tread. Biden and Harris have a Constitutional duty to step aside on January 20, and let Trump and Vance take over, but there's no duty to acquiesce so quietly and cooperatively. They could be leading pro-civil rights rallies and delivering speeches on national TV, but of course, if they did they wouldn't be Biden and Harris.
We invision leaders who have moral fortitude, believe in justice, want to make the world better, and have a plan to do so.
What we actually have are people who showed up, people who sold out, people who can navigate petty social interactions, and people who cling to power because it's their ticket to an easy life.
Never should anyone be surprised when they let us down. It's all theatre and the few who might fit the bill get isolated and rejected because they threaten the rests existence.
Explain precisely what you want him to do. Should he refuse to hand over power in "defense of the constitution"? Be specific.
They will be fine. With their millions of dollars, book sales, philanthropic foundations, speech engagements, fundraising… The changing of the guard doesn’t mean shit to them except they’re not on the government dime anymore.
The rest of the (sane) country? Watching them row away from the Titanic in a half-empty lifeboat.
Exactly.
What are they supposed to do?
The majority voted for Trump. What more is there to discuss?
The majority didn't vote at all.
Like in the Trolley problem, not making a choice is itself a choice.
They could at least stand behind the messaging from the campaign.
If you call someone a dangerous threat to democracy for a year, and then when they get elected you wish them well and act civil, it really undermines your point about the whole threat to democracy thing.
Exactly. I believe Trump truly is an existential threat to the world and American democracy. To Biden and Harris, it was just campaign jargon.
The majority voted for Trump in a country with voter suppression, gerrymandering, and even terrorist threats against voters / poll workers. I don't know what to think of that statistic in light of... many exhausting decades of bullshit.
Good thing we didn't vote! We might have changed this!
If enough people voted, the Democrats would have given people free health care, stopped financing wars, torture and genocide, close Guantanamo, improve public transit, boost public education, and lowered the cost of groceries. If only enough people voted for the Democrats, they could be in power and bring change. Of course!
Assuming you meant it sarcastically, this is brilliant.
It is. I'm not American but we are facing similar issues where I live and it's a bit insulting to be told that simply voting would change anything.
We (and the US) have alternated between two major parties for decades. They have had ample time to show us how they run things. And from what we've seen, it's difficult to assume that anything would be different the next time they are in power.
That's my perspective. The two parties take turns steering the Titanic. Democrats seek compromise with the icebergs. Republicans look for more and bigger icebergs, full speed ahead.
Just pointing out that the last time Democrats had a filibuster-proof majority and the Presidency, it was for 73 days in 2009 and Obamacare was passed.
I mean Americans oversaw the transfer of power to fascists.
Sure Biden/Kamala should be issuing a warning, although they already have, many times. But the situation we find ourselves in is squarely on Americans.
Yeah, this post has big "third party voter" energy.
They held a vote over if you wanted them to do something, and democrat voters stayed home while republicans showed up. We have literally no one to blame but ourselves. Vote if you get another chance, fight for that chance if you don't.
Edit: Please don't respond with your pathetic excuses for supporting fascism, I'm not reading them. I don't care how you justified it.
The fuck are they supposed to do!? We as Americans voted Trump or didn't vote at all. Therefore, the fascists won.
Trump got the same votes as last time basically.
Democrats didn't show up. Again.
Remember, the Democrats aren't allowed to call the Republicans fascists. It might hurt their feelings, and the Dem's corporate masters don't want any Republicans to have their feelings hurt. That's why "weird" got tossed to the wayside despite being effective, that's why Biden was chastised for calling Trump garbage, and that's why even though Trump was "an enormous threat to our democracy," the Dems refused to call a spade a spade. Meanwhile, Republicans are allowed to scrape the shit from their ass and sling it wherever they want.
What did you really expect the controlled opposition to do? Give a rousing speech about the tough times ahead? Inspire worker solidarity? The DNC is the poster child for corrupt old boomers, they do not give a fuck. They made millions of dollars off this election and will see zero consequence.
Yeah Trump won the election. That is how democracy works.
Reporter: "Would you ceded the election if you lose?"
Trump: "If it's a fair election."
The reds prepped for MONTHS if not longer to fight democracy if Trump lost. They had loads of active cases up until the election on loads of bullshit interference. Which all promptly disappeared when Trump won.
Democracy isn't the issue. It's the corruption of these rich assholes.
how it should work. we saw 4 years ago how that is not how it works under said fascism
Don't blame them, blame the people who didn't vote
But also blame the DNC for running a de-energizing campaign yet again.
If the US had Defensive Democracy, then maybe they could do something.
But instead, we have whoever wins (aka: gets the most rich doners) gets to become president, even if they want to violate the very oath they are about to take.
People who hate democrats calling for the democrats to overthrow the US government to save them after voting third party. Lol.
Didn't Eisenhower or some president warn about the dangers of the burgeoning military indistrial complex in his farewell address?
They spent their admin continuing many of Trump’s worst policies. Even put his deportation and fossil fuel extraction numbers to shame.
They’re not worried about it.
Statement of caution? Americans are about to get what they asked for and if I was Biden, I’d steal half the shit on my way out and pardon all my family and friends. It’s clear that those are the rules now, so may as well take advantage of it before giving up the presidency. But American voters and those who stayed home can fuck right off and enjoy the next 4 years and keep their mouth shut.
Yeah, it sucks, but no one got out and fucking voted. Also, it's fucking Joe's fault. It is 1000% Joe's fault. He should have stepped down before the primary.