• sandbox@lemmy.world
      210·
      3 个月前

      Supported a genocide and just let the Supreme Court ride roughshod on women’s rights and push the country as close to fascism as it has ever been. You and I have a different definition of great.

      If I had Joe Biden’s power and platform for fifteen minutes I’d accomplish more.

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1128·
      3 个月前

      Debatable. He is certainly better than Trump, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call him great. He is mediocre at best. He’s a career politician and doesn’t really have America’s best interests at heart. He toes the line.

      Has he done good things? Yes. Are we better off than before he took office? That’s honestly such a low bar, should we give anybody credit for that? 😉 But seriously, he is not a risk taker, and being a risk taker is what separates good from great.

      • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
        34·
        3 个月前

        I think we can separate a great administration or rather great accomplishments from the president in that his administration has certainly gone above and beyond what many other presidents were able to achieve in just 1 term. Given the status-quo and chaos of the time, that is impressive. I also credit him with making deals with the progressive coalition and uniting the party significantly.

        On the other hand I do agree with the criticism that he largely leads from behind the polls instead of really being a visionary and change-maker. I think that’s what most of us respect Sanders for. He stands up for what must be done, regardless of whether it’s popular and advocates for this until it becomes popular.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    18·
    3 个月前

    I’m in a job that’s unionized for the first time in my life. It’s awesome. Get fucked, repubs.

  • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
    2311·
    3 个月前

    Yeah but something something train workers who still got almost everything they were demanding anyways because Biden personally negotiated on their behalf after stopping them from striking leading to supply chain chaos right before the holiday season, quite possibly the single worst time imagineable for supply chain chaos.

    More leftist than thou types are gonna see Biden literally mandate buyouts of productive assets for transfer to the working class and will have a hissy fit about how he’s basically the same as the American Neo-Nazi movement because he didn’t seize the assets while lining the former owners up against a wall for mass execution to be watched by their families and loved ones who’s eyelids were surgically removed for the purpose of being able to force them to watch.

    • Irremarkable@fedia.io
      353·
      3 个月前

      The issue isn’t whether or not they ended up getting it, the issue is that the government will forcibly end strikes that are too dangerous to the economy. Yknow, the entire point of strikes.

      Luckily, it worked out this time. What needs to happen is the removal of the government’s power to end rail strikes in the first place.

        • Irremarkable@fedia.io
          10·
          3 个月前

          Yes, we were lucky that Biden was actually advocating for them. That’s what the lucky comment was about.

          What happens if the next time is under a GOP government? The power to do this shouldn’t exist in the first place.

                • Irremarkable@fedia.io
                  5·
                  3 个月前

                  I never said I hated or blamed Biden for it. Ive infact said the literal opposite, that were incredibly lucky he was in office when it happened. You’re pulling shit out of your ass and putting words in my mouth, which I don’t appreciate.

                  My entire point this whole time is the power to do this shouldn’t exist. Don’t twist my words.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
        32·
        3 个月前

        Like I said, “literally the same as hitler because he intervened to prevent supply chain chaos right before it would have done nothing for rail workers but get everyone unimaginably upset with them.”

  • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
    92·
    3 个月前

    I agree with the sentiment all around, but this bar graph is fucking manipulative trash.

  • zephorah@lemm.ee
    717·
    3 个月前

    And then a real strike happened and Biden shit all over it. See: train workers.