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Kbin/Mbin (and possibly others?) definitely have the edge here since those platforms make votes public (only admins can see them on Lemmy). So, if you want to confirm what I'm saying here, go view some of these posts from Kbin/Mbin.

Every time one of the "usual suspects" says stuff like this in the comments, there will later be posts detailing how Biden is doing (or at least earnestly trying to do) exactly the things they're saying he needs to be doing (oR ElSe i WiLl noT voTE anD NEithER ShoULD yoU!!!11!!). 100% of the time, those posts are downvoted by these same "usual suspect" accounts.

What gives? They have very strong opinions about how he should run his administration, so you'd think they'd appreciate him doing what they've been so helpfully suggesting. Unless....it was never about the issues at all.

That thin veneer of concern they're hiding behind is not as thick as they think it is and is quite easy to see through. Now you know where to look.

Edit: Please don't name and shame any specific users. That may violate the community or LW rules. We all know who most of the "usual suspects" are.

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

Yes really. Obama promised hope and change, and with a few notable exceptions, he delivered not fucking things up for 8 years.

Biden promised to clean up Trump's mess. He's done this, and taken massive action on decarbonization, and kick started American Industry, and revitilised the Labor movement, and added protections trans people and women's healthcare. Obama's admin delived one major legislative accomplishment a year for 2 years and then putzed around with executive orders. Biden slammed the exactive order button the first month and then kept pounding it, while passing major legislative wins. He got Ukraine aid through a hostile Congress for God's sake and that war is turning around. Biden has done more good in 4 years than Obama managed in 8.

I voted for Bernie. I'm still sore that he lost that primary, but Biden has legit impressed me both with how progressive he has gone and how adroitly he manuved through the legislative process.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Alrighty.

But, as president, his job isn't to pass legislation. That's congress's job.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

As always, it's complicated.

And the courts are taking more and more power from the legislature, and the president picks the judges, so it's still critical.