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Ah Bernie, what could have been... (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Biden did what most Democrats do in a close election and leaned left

In a close election, and when running against an incumbent, Dems go to the center. Because that's where the voters are.

You're the first person I've ever heard say Biden leaned left.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

I think you might just be a time traveler from the 90s. Everyone expected Biden to run further to the center but he did the opposite. Here is a partial list of his left leaning promises.

Free community college
Universal Pre-K
Student debt forgiveness
Double Pell Grants
Expand Social Security
Increase refugee admissions
Expand path to citizenship
Raise taxes on the wealthy
Raise corporate tax rate
Strengthen unions
Bring back manufacturing
Expand broadband access
Voting rights for felons
Eliminate mandatory minimums
Eliminate cash bail
End private detention centers
Decriminalize Marijuana
Lower cost of prescription drugs
$15 federal minimum wage
12 weeks paid medical leave
7 days paid vacation
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Green energy assistance for disadvantaged communities
Block new fracking
Offer a public option
Create public health jobs corps
Restore engagement with Cuba
Constitutional amendment to eliminate private funding of elections
Reverse transgender military ban

The thing is, that the left-right spectrum isn't the only axis that voters use to evaluate politicians anymore. A mich more important axis is now pro/anti establishment. Americans almost universally despise the DC establishment. Hillary represented that establishment, while Trump mocked it. Trump was a message in the form of a molotov cocktail.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He certainly paid lip service to the left.

Still waiting on any semblance of substantive policy regarding healthcare, student debt, income inequality, or labour rights.

Remember when the rail workers tried to strike and R̶e̶a̶g̶a̶n̶ Biden told them to get back to work?

Of course, this all pales in comparison to the giant genocide elephant in the room...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Rail union https://youtu.be/EM6jMtG_MB8

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

If you are unaware of the massive changes the department of labor has made under Biden, then you don't care all that much about unions. Biden has been great on labor issues.

He has been forgiving student debt piecemeal to get around Republican obstruction, so far forgiving around 10%. It's not what we want, but it's also targeted to the people needing it most.

Biden isn't the leftist firebrand I want him to be, but he's been way better than I anticipated. He is easily the furthest left president since at least Carter, though that's a low bar.

Unfortunately the most I can say on Palestine is that Trump would be a whole lot worse. Biden has been putting a lot more pressure on Netanyaho than he gets credit for, but that's understandable given the rhetoric he uses publicly.