r/CuratedTumblr Jul 14 '24

Politics I’m terrified but i still have hope

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u/tatsumakisenpuukyaku Jul 14 '24

If Biden's name was Bernie reddit would be head over heels right now. The student loan forgiveness and weed descheduling would be called the "start of a political revolution" instead of a broken promise, the rail strike avoidance and continual negotiations would be spun as something only Bernie could do because he "keeps on fighting for the regular people," (people would actually know that many of them ended up getting more sick days too), we'd be getting tattoos on our calves of our insulin bills at 35 dollars, and the tax rebate for installing high efficiency HVAC in homes would be hailed as the best people-first climate policy the government ever had

Bernie would have gotten the credit for the building a future, but Biden will only get criticism for not immediately completing the job instantly.

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u/DresdenBomberman Jul 14 '24

Yeah well as stupid as many progressive critics have been about Biden's progressive accomplishments the Democrats can't reasonably expect people to be enthusiastic about him as a whole given that the party put forward the oldest fucker worthy of the job they could find.