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Summary

President Joe Biden’s economic achievements—lowering inflation, reducing gas prices, creating jobs, and boosting manufacturing—are largely unrecognized by the public, despite his successes.

His tenure saw landmark legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and major infrastructure investments.

However, Biden's approval ratings remain low, attributed to inflation backlash, weak communication, and a media landscape prone to misinformation.

Democrats face a “propaganda problem” rather than a policy failure, with many voters likely to credit incoming President Trump for Biden’s accomplishments due to partisan messaging and social media dynamics.

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[–] [email protected] 117 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Basically every American I personally know lives paycheque-to-paycheque as megacorps move in to bleed them dry on every front.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

So its a good thing that Biden used the SEC to break up monopolies and used the FTC to implement things like click-to-cancel, and invested 5 trillion dollars in the middle class and green energy manufacturing. Oh and he also tried to pass student debt relief but kept being stonewalled by repugnants.

Biden was the first president to turn away from neoliberalism this century and everyone is upset he didn't magically fix everything all at once.

Bidens problem has been one of messaging. He didn't know how to connect with the voters to get them to understand all the things he was doing.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I hoped that 2016 was a fluke, that Americans weren't that dumb and hateful but rather we got caught unprepared by a personality we didn't expect to run for president.

I hoped that 2020 was the true thoughts of Americans, that the insurrection represented the dying grasp of an extreme minority.

I don't think Trump stole the 2024 election. I think it proved that yes, this is America. Whether you think America has changed into this or was always this, it doesn't take away the fact that a majority of Americans will believe anything so long as it makes them hate. Good news doesn't drive votes. Fear and anger drives votes.

I've tried so much to try and be a middle of the road voice of reason and moderation with my friends and family. I didn't want to be a knee jerk conspiracy theorist, I was always patient with people, listened to them, told them the places they were right, and asked them questions hoping they would ask themselves. I'd say "be like Mr. Rogers. And if someone isn't acting like Mr. Rogers, be like Mr. Rogers."

It started to hit when a friend of mine who is very left wing told me that people with college degrees are brainwashed by the deep state. I had just told her I had a degree in political science.

I ordered another drink and changed the subject but it hurt. Now I know she is representative of a majority of Americans. I'm worried civil war is all but inevitable when facts just don't matter as much as anger.

Edit: Lord grant me the strength to be like Mr. Rogers in this comment section.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Apparently, America's economy seems to be driven only by fear or greed

Link

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm ootl, what monopolies got broken up? I tried looking it up but it's not returning results.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh so you lied.

He sued a monopoly

And (after reading) not even over being a monopoly

The user you replied to asked what monopoly got broken up. You deliberately talked past that question. You're still lying.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He could have ran on it more. Trump understands the art of putting his name on the checks.

Call Americans stupid, and we are, but I wish the party that was helping people was a bit more grandious and better about messaging then they are.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

It's also pretty hard to point to things and go "see? remember the thing we did 10 years ago? this is the effect it had!"

Many of Biden's policies will come to fruition during the next term and Trump will falsely claim responsibility because he can point to it right away.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And people with exactly that mindset voted for Trump, despite his vowing to make everything worse with every single policy stance.

  • Raise your taxes while cutting for the Rich (AGAIN)

  • Tariffing many sectors and countries, making goods more expensive and destroying US manufacturing

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Actually no, Trump deported and convicted less than Obama and Biden. Trump's removal of holding time limitations for women and children and his removal of ICE's criminal only focus meant resources were used up and almost always wasted.

Trump is ineffective at everything he claims to be good for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are we talking about what he did last time or what he said he's going to do this time?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

His plans supposedly haven't changed, just a repeat of last time but more and worse.

He even already tried to overturn the election once before when he sent 84 fake electors to 7 states in 2020.

He has repeatedly told us he is going to do everything he did before, again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Would you be willing to donate $10 to Amazon?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I mean, not really, but it’s only $10 so sure.

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