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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough.

reads article

Biden’s awful record on Gaza and decades of political baggage are more than enough reason to swap him for a real progressive

Yeah. Point stands. Shit on Biden. Claim to hate trump. Limit voter turnout. Mission Accomplished. Thanks Grauniad. Cheers.

[–] solo 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why blame an article and not the Democrats for keeping this unfit for any job - to say the least - candidate? Especially if we take into consideration Trump's popularity. There is still time to remove Biden, the problem is that I don't see the will. Under these circumstances, I would say that if Trump gets reelected it's on the Democrats, not the press. And the whole world will suffer the consequences.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

keeping this unfit for any job - to say the least - candidate?

First of all, Biden is ten times the President trump could ever be. Secondly, politics does not exist in a vacuum, it exists in media. Trump’s “popularity” is a media creation. Yes, people believe it, but it wouldn’t exist without the right-wing media in all its sleaziest forms. And that includes the “both sides” bent of ‘mainstream’ media.

I blame an article because that’s ground zero for the worldview of everyone. I also blame the Democratic Party, trump, etc., etc.