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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago
[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, this post has big "third party voter" energy.

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 25 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

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.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

What I expect from Democrats in power is spinelessness and acquiescence, and they almost always deliver.

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

They're giving us a very quiet "then perish" right now.

[–] sumguyonline@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

They are silent because the democrat party wanted all of of the power they refused to curbed. You wanna call Republicans fascists, well the leadership is, but so is Democrats leadership. We desperately need to remove both parties from all aspects of OUR government.

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They either didn't believe the things they were saying or they don't care.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 7 points 14 hours ago

Biden will expire before anything affects him and Kamala is rich enough to be unaffected. Of course they don't care.

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago
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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

they’ve said a lot of statements of caution

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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

In speech this week, Biden boasted about making the US so much stronger militarily that sets up Trump for "success".

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

In another speech, or maybe the same one, he patted himself on the back for leaving Trump the strongest economy evah!

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Civility is the highest liberal virtue.

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[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago

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.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago (13 children)

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.

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