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I feel like people might think this is figurative, or like maybe it's a simplistic story, but it's very real. In the 70s, it was never "LGBT" it was gay organizations, lesbian organizations, transsexual or transvestite organizations, gay and lesbian organizations, but not all together. It was only the threat posed by the AIDS crisis that spurred the creation of organizations like Queer Nation it was in this climate that the coalition building happened, and where things like equal marriage became a rallying cry (as many people watched their loved ones die and have their affairs revert to--often homophobic--next of kin rather than their lifelong partners)
Yes biden is a straight neoliberal, yes he has supported some bad things. He is a straight line party man. Yes he isn't progressive in any sense. Yes he isn't doing enough for the climate at all. Yes he is a strike breaker whenever he feels like it, the rat bastard.
However, the biden administration has done 4 huge things including:
Infrastructure bill: largest investment in American infrastructure in generations. Yes he broke the railroad strike, but he also continued negotiations and got the rail workers their requested sick days and then invested a massive amount of money into fixing the safety problem. (Yes, rail should be nationalized ESPECIALLY since the fucking government is fixing the problems with social money because the crooken rail companies only care about quarterly profit) Shit is getting done though
CHiPs ACT: bringing semiconductor fabrication to the US. This act will actually bring back chip fabrication into the US, making everyone less reliant on China and the threat of Chinese invasion in Taiwan. Not only that, but bringing chip fabrication there entails strictor environmental regulations on processes that will be built in any case.
omnibus bill that allows Medicare to negotiate prices again which is the single largest factor of why healthcare in the US is so expensive and it was made that way due to insurance lobbying. This is a huge step forward. This bill also capped insulin prices to actually bring the US into the western world of medicinal capabilities and has already lead to a massive increase in insulin manufacturing. Also this bill is the largest climate bill in history. It is nowhere near enough, but also a huge step forward.
These three bills plus the American rescue plan would be capstones individually for a presidency.
He isn't a good person, he isn't progressive, he isn't what the world needs, but his administratiln is getting shit done when things have been at a standstill or a regression for 20 years.
and i hate this, but it's either him or someone even worse.
every 4 four years usians can choose the form of their destructor. At least the drama is entertaining
Then what's stopping you from revolting?
ngl i can see it with a society that has no social part. My country is headed down that path as well. I look for greater suffering far away from me, like a soothing balm.
Wow, people grow and change, in direct contradiction to the old dog adage.
Note that at no point is it implied that one shouldn't feel aggrieved about past positions - only that one shouldn't overlook changes for the better...or forget what came before.
He certainly fucked that up, but gladly looks like he's fucking up less nowadays.
Haha yep, think long and hard about that one libs.