• Synthead@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You know, it’s kind of fascinating that this is happening. I fully believe they we should investigate wrongdoings, but Biden didn’t storm the capitol, withhold supplies from Ukraine, store secret documents in his bathroom, etc. There’s a bunch of Biden conspiracy theories that seem to never lose attention, but the things Trump is under scrutiny for is on public record.

    Perhaps the “he did nothing wrong” rhetoric is so ingrained in some folks that they really think he was impeached and indicted for “no reason,” therefore its just as legitimate to go after Biden for loose claims, too. Like maybe they simply can’t flip on the switch that that lets them believe anything Trump has ever done was bad.

    In my personal opinion, if you can’t find 10 things you don’t like about a politician, even ones you agree with, then you need to practice nuance and cognitive thought.

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      1 year ago

      It’s populism. Donald Trump everytime he speaks, speaks to his constituents. Joe Biden addresses the whole room. Donald gets to say “these people on this side, with the blue name tag, those folks are bring our society to its knees” where Joe has to play “some of those red-tagged folk don’t like change.” It’s a lack of historical context that makes the same event repeat over and over again, and societies repeat the cycle over and over again.

      Many prominent Greek philosophers, then Roman philosophers, then French philosophers (and in-between) thought that the power structure naturally drifted from Monarchy->Republic->Anarchy->Monarchy ad infinitum. But I think that the only true constant here is lack of context. This type of soft-balling, easy to chew bs that dems propogate isn’t popular, it isn’t compelling, it isn’t dramatic. It is mostly geniune, even if geniuenly worthless. And that doesn’t play to a crowd filled with people who are willing to accept the first idea that drift into their hearing range.

      The only thing that wins is fighting fire with fire. And after a certain point, was it worth it? Wouldn’t things just be better if it wasn’t so damn complicated? Let us return to the Earth that we so desparately categorize ourself as without.