Why I Hate Voting for Biden (But Will)
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2024
- I need to vent my fear, anger and frustration at the 2024 US election.
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disagree with you on the "saying biden is too old for office is ageist" point. there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that biden has deteriorated in the past four years, just compare footage of him even in 2020 to now. no one is saying he shouldn't run just because his age is too high, they're saying that as a result of his age and deteriorating health, he may not have the strength to continue running as president. i agree that taking clips of his gaffs out of context is bad faith though, and i understand how you could come to that conclusion.
Oh if I wasn’t clear, I’m not saying saying Biden being too old is ageist, I’m saying there are criticisms of Biden that people point to that are ageist, such as pointing to small gaffs and such. But it’s not ageist to say there are clear indications of mental decline and acuity.
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I think using age as a metric isn't the way to go. Most of the leftists (myself included) were ready to vote for Bernie Sanders, a man older than both candidates. Despite his age, he still has his mental acuity, which is what is important.
@@DamonBrazzellUkesploitation that's exactly what we were both saying if i'm reading this correctly-- the number itself isn't the problem but when health becomes a glaring issue as a result of age, that's when people should be concerned. i would have voted bernie myself if i was registered in 2020, probably still would just because i believe his platform is too important to play the age game with.
@@DamonBrazzellUkesploitation I'd still worry about Sanders' longevity, though, at this point.
If Biden loses he gets to retire. The stakes are nothing to him personally.
He will likely have to retire in exile, though.
@@britzkrieg2 "He will likely have to retire in exile": I sure hope so, after him putting all of our lives at stake...
He is still a citizen right? The stakes for him are the same as us. He has kids and grandkids, you don't think he cares about the country they inherit.
@@sjb9277 "The stakes for him are the same as us": He's a rich, old white cis-het christian. He's on top of the food chain. This "we're all in the same boat"-talk is just false.
Which is why I believe we should vote 3rd party.
One of the best and most concise ways of saying this that I've seen was "I'm sick and tired of only having someone to vote AGAINST and not having anyone I want to vote FOR."
That is an inevitable result of first past the post voting and requires constitutional amendments to get around.
This is why I don't believe in democracy
That's their goal. Democrats know that Republicans will put up the most absolute evil person they can find, so they can put up someone who will give their corporate owners whatever they want, as long as that person is pro-choice and pro-lgbtq+. Biden is conducting a literal Holocaust and people are ok with it because "Trump is worse".
It's always: "You criticize Biden so you must love Trump!"
And never: "You criticize Biden, what can he do to change your mind?"
Every time
Because there is nothing that can change their minds. Biden has been a genuinely progressive President and hasn't gotten any reward from the left. If Gaza had never happened, the left would just come up with another excuse based on a buzzword like student loans, M4A, Green New Deal, etc. Like an emotionally abusive parent, the left is deliberately impossible to please in the hopes that liberals will just chase their approval forever. But, like a child recovering from that abuse, liberals just stop caring what leftists think.
Stop. Youre being too rational about this. How dare you employ nuance to the disgution.
Stop funding genocide, for a start. How low the bar has fallen in this country....
Well, why would Biden change? You're gonna vote for him no matter what so save the faux outrage
I believe that if Biden truly cared, he would drop out and let another democratic candidate run.
I feel that if he did that now, it would guarantee Trump's victory and everyone who thinks otherwise wants to ignore the damage that would do to the Democratic side or public perception.
@@CT_Phipps But if he stays it garantees Trump's victory. In my opinion, thinking Biden have a chance to win is delusional.
@@Nitenshi 1/3rd of Democrats want Biden to drop out according to polls. Which means that 2/3rds want him to stay in. There was a time to not support Biden, it was the primary.
@@CT_PhippsIf Biden doesn’t drop out, Trump’s chances of winning are 100%
Most average voters vote off feeling. If another Dem candidate comes in you'll have to build their image to the average voter. 5 months is not enough time. You'll create increasing apathy with average Dem voters who will sit this election out, which would guarantee a Trump win.
“Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics doesn’t have an interest in you” people need to understand that it’s vote AND not vote OR.
When he described the country being at an inflection point and said “who can keep this country together like me”. His examples are keeping nato together, and keeping china in “checkmate”. Those are his examples of positively influencing the next 6-7 decades. Nothing about climate change, nothing about people getting their rights stripped away, nothing about the housing crisis. His way of influencing the next 6-7 decades is to maintain the status quo, and American supremacy, not make peoples lives better in any way. Good job Joe🙃👍🏾.
Edit: (btw don’t take this as me telling you not to vote, or how to vote. I’m just venting about how spineless and out of touch Joe Biden is)
Better to maintain what we have now than have everything taken back 60 years in the near future. At that point who knows how long it might take (if ever) to get back to where we even are now.
Maintaining the US´s number 1 power status is not good.
His reciting Yellow Peril which has been in the Anglo world for centuries at this point is just confirming he is an old racist hack, the same hack that supported the crime bill and resisted desegregation. Now he got tan and made Hunter Biden his advisor. Joe is literally turning into Trump.
@@PixelatedH2O “better than a descent into collapse/fascism” is not exactly a high bar-especially when no gains are made to actually pull as back from the brink of collapse/fascism
@@puffena9013 not a high bar but still better
@@PixelatedH2O but not something to settle with or be uncritical of
If a 40 year old were having the same trouble thinking as Biden I would also want them to step down.
.... Has the US ever had a 40 year old president? I mean, I'm down. I support this, even if that person had the same health challenges as Biden.
@@wen6519 Theodore Roosevelt was 42 when he was elected. Of course that was also back in a time when Presidents did stuff like campaign for national parks and the like
@@TheStarSquid I mean, Trump took major chunks out of at least two national parks and climate change is a big deal to many folks. You arguably COULD still campaign on national parks today.
Just let you know, immigrating to another country, even one thats more LGBTQ+ friendly, is way easier said than done, especially when you're already poor. There's no other choice for me other than to fight or die trying.
yeah, me too.
Facts. Even if you had money, many of the safe countries are the ones who hate your people and would do anything to keep you out.
Same. I feel like a rat on a sinking ship, I don’t like hurting people, I am so traumatized and tired and I just want peace. But I have no choice or escape hatch, so I have to do what I can here.
It's absolutely insane to me that politics in the US, over here in the UK and so many other countries right now, is simply down to "how do we get hurt the least?" and not "what improves our lives the most?"
That is a consequence of the de-facto two party/coalition system.
This is patently nonsense, given that the UK just voted in a government whose first acts were to begin immediately reversing a ton of right wing reforms, and has begun the process before the government has even sat down.
This is opposed to the 2019 Labour party who spent a year pretending they won an argument but some how lost an election to a guy so vacuous he can be used to store food.
Hope you voted Reform!
Would be nice to not have a "lesser of two evils" election
When has America or any liberal democracy has not had that. It’s unfortunately a feature of a system unable to provide worthy candidates.
@@Ironcorgi2 2008 wasn't THAT long ago. People were excited to vote for Barack Obama.
@@Alty-Soulspeople forget how relatively begin politics were in 2008 compared to this constant ever-escalating shit-show.
@@Alty-Souls
You mean the one where people elected the person who proceeded to carry out mass*cres and t*rt*re?
@@mzaite
In what way were politics 'more benign' in 2008? Do you forget what the winner of that election proceeded to do?
I'm terrified for my Sister who is part of the LGBTQ+ Community. I feel a Trump victory will embolden conservative local and state governments to start coming after the children of LGBTQ+ couples like her and my Sister-in-Law. As someone living in a deep red state, it won't matter who I vote for. The outcome here has already been determined. I find it troubling and extremely sad our country's future hinges on the handful of swing states to determine who will win. Sadly, our country is so divided amongst our selves that the popular vote shows an almost evenly split electorate amongst the front candidates with Biden having the slight edge. That in and of itself is telling.
This. I'm sick of people telling me to vote for biden when my vote doesn't even count in my state its just a waste of my time a day potentially going to get me hate crimed even attempting it
Well you say that, but in 2020 when everyone was fired up to oust Trump a number of places were looking a lot less red than their image. Maybe it won't matter if you vote. But it definitely won't matter if you don't vote. But yeah, there are a lot of troubling things about the system.
From Down Under y'all I'm wishing you the best. Seems like a real tough time ahead.
@@lexihopesThis. I get immensely frustrated with the "my vote doesn't matter" excuse when all that kept Texas from flipping "blue" was approximately 1-2k votes *statewide* (that's less than how many locals go to the grocery store here daily).
*Also* a vast majority of states still have mail-in voting as an option if you have safety concerns. You just have to do your research and vote early.
I'm visibly disabled, obviously left-leaning, queer, have indigenous heritage, live in the barrio and have advocated for marginalized groups for decades (including my current work on a non-profit).
One of my closest friends here is trans and only went social v.s medical (travel and safety *are* concerns - certain areas have all 32 flavors of backwards people in this 'dem' city) but she still voted in every election after coming out. She just did her homework first.
I’m in a blue state but I’m still voting for Biden.
I feel like we're mostly on the same page here. The choices are both bad. One is clearly better. Make the best choice given the options available, then do additional stuff within or outside of the standard electoral system to improve the situation.
The problem is there are alot of Centrists, or center Right voters who will happily choose Trump over a Biden who doesn't appear competent.
A competent healthy Biden would have gotten a decent chunk of these votes especially with Trumps flaws.
But now they have to weigh Bidens mental state vs Trumps criminality, brashness, racist, and sexist views. Alot of America unfortunately don't have much issues with Trumps weak points.
Democracy is at stake. Problem is though this is a talking point the right can use to energize their voters.
"One is clearly better."
To whom?
As a disabled person from birth. I'll vote for Biden. I can't stand him for many of the reasons you articulated here. I also know life won't change for me much. The disability system is still going to keep me in poverty because healthcare is tied to income. Regular insurance doesn't cover disability related care like personal care.
These programs don't allow you to work and actively punish you for doing that. (Even for part-time work.) Politicians on both sides have no interest in changing the laws that regulate our lives as disabled people to a draconian degree. That said, there will be less of likelihood that I'll be kicked off the programs I need to survive under a democratic administration. It's always a threat that you live under when a republican is in office and Trump is worse than most.
Trump 2024!
Voting won’t change my circumstances and voting for the lesser of the two evils makes me feel yucky. So I think about those I love who cannot legally vote and how our elections impact them. That’s the fuel I use to suck it up and participate in this nonsense.
And how has that reduced harm for those people?
Or do you deny that things have gotten worse under Biden ?
Thank you. I wish people in my life thought that way too
The dems are doing a 2016 again.
cast an invalid vote or vote third party if that is an option in the us.
If you refuse to vote for the lesser of 2 evils, you're basically saying you're fine with the GREATER of 2 evils winning. If Hitler himself were running, I swear there would be people saying, "As horrible as Hitler is, I just can't totally get behind the other guy either, so I just won't vote" Makes me SOOOOO ANGRY that mentally, that you REFUSE to vote against fascism just because the opposing guy doesn't line up 100% for your values.
If hearing that they shouldn't play Hogwarts legacy was all it took to get someone to hate trans people, those people were waiting for an excuse.
you should read what Trump said in the agenda 47, his own screed, and the heritage foundation's 2025 mandate that labels us as "child predators". It's very worrisome.
100% this
Literally some people can’t even bothered not to play a VIDEO GAME. Beyond ridiculous. These people do not value our lives
You are not being reasonable
Imagine becoming bigoted because you didn't like the moral implications of one of the most mid games to come out that year.
Or well, revealing that bigotry rather.
I had someone jump down my throat claiming that any criticism of Biden helps Trump. I'd like to hold politicians accountable and keep demanding they do better.
How are you gonna hold them accountable if you're gonna vote for them no matter what?
@@bothi00 You know there are other elections? Primaries? There is also communication. Calling out. Letters. Donating to causes. There are a myriad of ways that don't include allowing fascists to do away with every piece of infrastructure our nation has.
@@angiep2229 so you've seen biden been the way he is, and especially the last 10 months, and chose not to hold him accountable via all these other checks and communications and elections?
what good piece of infrastructure does the nation have, exactly?
are you wealthy or an owner of property and capital? if not, how do the dnc serve your interests?
i will ask you again: how is biden to be held accountable?
@@bothi00 This is not a good faith conversation and you know it.
What good piece of infrastructure? How about public schools. Mail. Being allowed to vote at all. Roads. This isn't about rich people. They'll be fine. The rest of us are effed.
@@angiep2229 right, so anyone who disagrees with you is just acting in bad faith. sure kid.
ah yes, amerikan public schools. famed for their quality and good outcomes.
ya, you freaks deserve trump.
As a Canadian, what scares me also is that we are also dealing with our own upcoming federal election next year in 2025, where our own Conservative Party is projected to have a landslide win after 3 terms of Liberal government (our centrist/slightly left of center party). The current leader of the Conservative Party has also spouted a lot of anti-trans nonsense among other things. That could mean a united right-wing government in both Canada AND the US, which we haven’t seen in decades.
The Liberals and their NDP lapdogs are centre-right.
See, Americans? The whole world is at stake. Pay tf attention.
How bad is Pierre Poilievre compared to the Trumps, Boris Johnsons and Nigel Farages of the world?
I know so many trans ppl including myself here in American that were and some still are planning to flee to Canada if trump wins
Well, as a fellow Canadian, I'm not as worried. I studied government in university. Our constitution and political system makes a lot of things different, such as our Supreme Court. Our politics is interesting, eh. (1) People are getting tired of Trudeau, who has been PM for at least 10 years now. Maybe a new leadership race is required to rescue the Liberal Party. (2) Maybe we need to see Pierre Poilievre become the next PM, just so people can begin to hate the Conservative party again. For the record, his shadow cabinet has openly gay members, though not often talked about. (3) Alberta's Smith and Ontario's Ford governments are conservatives, we see even those governments are vulnerable to following conservative ideas (e.g. Albertan voters want dental and pharma care). (4) Premiers like the ones in Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia who favour parental rights over the trans rights issue can only change laws for temporary periods, given the Supreme Court only allows the 'not-withstanding clause' to be used in 4 year periods. (6) Our Supreme Court has term limits and is appointed in a non-politicized way. Canada's courts were the first in the world to recognize same-sex marriage. Canada is among the most LGBTQ+ welcoming countries in the world (maybe the best one looking at the data), and we have many people who will fight (and who have fought) for a better Canada for all of us.
This captures so much of my own anxiety and emotional turmoil. As a queer disabled woman, I *have* to vote for Biden. I *have* to for myself and my communities.
But God, I still don't know how to face my friends who are Muslim, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and survivers of/children of victims of genocide. Or anyone who is legitimately concerned about his mental capacity. Unless he drops off, this will be the hardest presidential vote of my life.
Same here. Every word of this.
Pray tell, how has Biden reduced harm for queer and disabled communities?
Or do you deny that things got worse under Biden? And not "not as worse as what trump would've been", but actively accelerated things getting worse?
Dude yes. I can’t stomach voting for him when I look at the Muslim people I know who have family in Gaza. It feels like a betrayal, it feels like telling him there’s a point where I can excuse genocide and I can’t. But they’ve put us all in a corner
@@jazwhoaskedforthis ...but you literally are. it "feels like telling him there’s a point where I can excuse genocide" because there is and you are currently at that point. it makes you sad but not sad enough to care
As a Brit, i had to vote tactically last week. Damage reduction is the first thing. Good luck all
Same here. You have to recognise the biggest threat and vote accordingly.
Which is why it's not the ideal system.
Here's hoping starmer and his lackeys aren't as bad as I fear
And from what I, an American, can tell from news coverage, your tactical voting seems to have worked and the conservatives got their teeth kicked in. I know your choices weren't ideal but good on you for what you did accomplish.
@@TeleportRush They are outright superb.
Pretending they are in any way Tories is absolutely ridiculous, and given that at present the Greens (the only left wing party) are currently nimbying over basic infrastructure, they're the leftest party we have now.
"Trying your best is what matters" is what you tell a 9 year old before going on to lose a fucking Little League game. What astounding arrogance.
Arrogance is how you end up believing you deserve to be POTUS in the first place, so it tracks.
The White House is an asylum for the worst of us.
Looking in from the outside, it's not surprising it has come this far.
The surprising part is how long it took
well said about voting being harm reduction.
What is disturbing to me about Biden with this statement he made about "well as long as I tried my best...." it shows a severe lack of empathy. And while I do not stan him and have so many criticisms of him, one of his strengths as a politician is his ability to empathize with others, especially because of his own personal tragedies. I feel like he has lost that ability in the past months with that comment and other recent global events and that is so alarming to me. He's not the same person - and that's not a good thing.
What harm reduction though?
Or do you deny that Biden has said minors cannot transition? Or deported more people? Or déstabilised Europe and the middle east with his ear mongering?
You're in a cult
This level of nuance is why I follow your content.
Two things can be true at once: voting blue is (sadly) the best thing we can do to avoid fascism right now, as well as getting involved locally. AND democrats are making the same bad choices as republicans by prioritizing party over people. And if democrats want to win voters’ trust back, they have to take our concerns more seriously. Because “we’re not fascists” is not a good enough platform to run on.
I would argue that mutual aid and direct action is the best we can do to combat fascism more than voting in a system that is designed to be complicit in the exploitation. The U.S. government was designed to be this garbage because it was specifically designed for the rich.
Fascism is reduced when we collaborate and build self-reliable communities because it lowers the demand for the state and corporate.
I’m not saying that voting blue is bad, I’m saying that it’s like fighting an evil samurai with the spoon that he gave you.
No matter what happens its sad honestly. A vote blue is an endorsement of genocide, not voting is sealing our end and thus the false dilemma ahead of us means were screwed either way. If the Democratic party forsake trans people for political favor and cast them aside would you still vote for them because they were still the lesser of two evils. You have to draw the line somewhere. Granted I don't think not voting is the answer either, if you live in a safe state vote your conscience like green or 3rd party. If you live in a swing state that's up to you to decide but I think the outcome looks grim either way. Voting blue locally has done wonders for the mid west and I think local blue voting is still worth your time, but voting blue nationally is a lost cause. The plan can't be to win every election until the end of time and really if I were the democratic party I'd do everything in my power to block voting reform, fund trump and keep things as they are now as facism on the doorstep keeps liberals in power thus making no real change in sight.
Unfortunately liberals forced a bad candidate onto us and paved the way for facists like trump to take over. If it's any consolation regardless of outcome we'll do the best we can to safe guard trans people, queer people, people of color and our neighbors but from my point of view the inevitable has only been delayed. This isn't to be a doomer here because we can't give up but we cant just do the same thing over and over and expect anything to change, let's pull a Ceaser and create a 3rd option please. Replace Biden, keep Biden, kill a couple thousand more Palestinians the future is bleak and the best efforts we really have is local and ground roots building.
Except, why would/should the Democrats change their platform if you're gonna vote for them no matter what? And that they know that?
Literally, you are saying to them "don't take me seriously. You don't have to. You have ,y vote no matter what"
P.s. Biden has been way more fascistic than trump. He has deported more people, spent more on police and military, cracked down more violently on more peaceful protests, legislated strike breaking and union busting, banned entire social media platforms, and is now legislating against criticising things you disagree with him on. And has now come out saying minors cannot transition
Lmao what harm reduction
Having to decide between an old evil person, and an old deteriorating person. Sad politics
Biden certainly seems capable of governing for the past three years. He had a bad debate and I believe that 90% him being stunned at the diarrhea flowing from Trump's mouth.
They're both evil.
Both evil, both deteriorating
To everyone complaining about how "they're both evil", fine. Fine. Biden is evil. But we're better off with him in the White House than Drumpf. It's like trying to cross the lake in a boat that's leaking, and you have the choice of sailing with a captain who's ignoring the leaks, or a captain who's actively drilling more holes into the boat.
Just to be clear, in this scenario, Drumpf is the guy putting more holes in the boat.
Still, this may be the last time anyone gets to decide if th old evil person is allowed to win who will declare open season on LGVT people like me!!!!!!! BIDEN & HARRIS 2024!!!!
I'm an European and this upcoming election scares me. You all have my sympathy, this is a shitty election.
They're all shitty elections
I agree with this point on individualism. I am in academia and I see professors in their 80s continue to stay on even as younger scholars cannot find any jobs, but they do it because they think nobody else can teach or provide their knowledge. It's all about me, not the community or the wellbeing of the students
I often wonder, how in the hell we reached the point where the only choice we get is between two horrid bastards who have no qualms about screwing over the people they're supposed to serve?
Most Americans are apathetic. That's how.
A consistent 'lesser evil' voting strategy. Every time you vote 'lesser evil' you lower the standards a bit until you get this.
@@britzkrieg2 Yep. I know correlation does not equal causation, but it really does seem as voter turnout goes down the quality of politicians get worse. Not that they were exactly saints when it was higher, but it's fair to say that if we had even like a 70% turnout the Republicans could never legitimately win an election again. Frankly, they already haven't won a legitimate Presidential election since Eisenhower but that's a whole other can of worms.
@@gurusmurf5921 Never vote for the lesser evil: Cthulu 2024!
@@britzkrieg2Most Americans have been TRAINED to be apathetic. Keeping people insecure about basic health, food, and a home for decades was a calculated action that has paid off with wholesale universal apathy.
Oh my gosh, yes privilege people take politics as such a sports like thing not recognizing that it actually risking actual peoples lives. It’s such a hard thing for myself. I tried to explain it to my mom like the fact that the court is actively trying to destroy OSHA is a thing to be worried worried about. I don’t want to think well that would be for a lot of people who would typically after years of work get disabilities because we recognize the danger that certain workplace have. I don’t wanna imagine that, but that’s gonna leave so many people in the street that are disabled or disabled
I also notice that a lot of people that are jaded can have a real privileged attitude about it because it doesn't really hurt them or, seemingly on the outset that nothing will change with a trump presidency. Some I understand because historically the us has been pretty authoritarian to black, brown and indigenous people, but it's the white middle class ones that have nothing really on the line that get under my skin. Just read the wikipedia for project 2025 ffs and scare yourself into holding your nose and voting for the "bad" one and not the "worse" one. It also blows me away when someone has watermelon or Palestinian flag in their name and they're voting for RFK jr? The anti-vaxxer, zionist, transphobe? like?
Trans person here as well. There is no possible way to vote for Trump and the ushering in of project 2025 - full stop. I'm a pragmatist, whomever the Dems run: Biden, Harris, a plate of beans - I'm voting for them, because Trump and the rest of the conservatives want to cause real and documented harm. And while I do care about our foreign policy, I'm more concerned *right now* with what is happening here, at home. No one else is going to swoop in and save us from ourselves.
Okay, but as a pragmatist, you have to recognize that Biden is not going to win against Trump, and act pragmatically in the face of that fact. You cannot support Biden as the nominee if the intent is to pragmatically oppose Trump.
I have genuine concerns that B-den will esc alate to ww3. Ideologue vs Opportunist, the opportunist is less committed to esc alation. P2025 is the lesser evil compared to that, terrible as it is. Voting Jill Stein unless they swap.
"I know not with what weapons WW3 will be fought, but WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein
@@gurusmurf5921please explain how a fascist takeover of the government is somehow a good thing.
@@LexYeen Please explain how WW3 isn't worse.
@@HeyLetsDoAThing Unfortunately its who you are stuck with at this point & I draw your attention to France where the local MAGA equivalent made a good showing but the left and centre united to thwart them, the same in the UK
Ageism is only ever brought up (as a problem) in politics. In every other venue or topic, it's just a given. While I feel that age is genuinely a handicap the older one gets, the problem isn't people pointing out infirmity or incapacity. It's the utter lack of provision for that reality. Aging in the US is harrowing.
I seriously hope that Biden can listen to other world leaders and support Palestine. I also wish he could take a more active response regarding what Trump is doing.
Why would he?
He has your vote no matter what
There are plenty of parallels and similarities between America and Britain, but the specific one would be our recent election. A lot of people weren't voting Labour to get Starmer in, they were voting Labour to keep the Tories out because Tory policy was wrecking this country as much as Republican policy wrecks America. Doesn't mean I like Starmer or Biden, but the alternatives are far worse.
I understand your points. I'm scared what will happen and I will be voting. Trump is not going to do any good for anyone, but himself, the rich and republicans. This is scary, but we have to make a change. Please vote
I really like the comment you made on Twitter earlier about how voting being a way to pick your enemy. It would be much easier to "fight" Biden than Trump especially in terms of trans people just being able to exist.
University students would disagree with you
this is what people said before the 2020 election too.
Exactly.
I'm not American but have family who are so I keep an eye on your politics. Just two points: debates don't predict who wins the election and I find claims that Biden has dementia a bit offensive having had my Mum and Dad die with dementia. Biden seems frail at times and forgetful but that isn't sufficient to count as dementia.
I lost a friend last night.
Last year her oldest daughter reposted a Facebook link leading to Matt Walsh. There are two American personalities named Matt Walsh. The one in question is an anti-trans commentator. When I saw her link, I silently noped out of that friendship.
Last night, I saw her posts on Facebook and decided to ask how she'd been, and I truthfully told her I'm scared about the election. And from there it very-fast devolved into an argument about trans people. She called me sick and mentally ill.
She had been there for me in 2012 at the griup home i was living at when i was 16. I'd spent nights at her house, hunted on her land with her daughters, given them Christmas gifts. It was like i never knew her, like she was a completely different person.
I'm so scared that I'll never be able to express myself as a woman. I don't like this body and i dont wnat to live like this forever.
My deepest condolences, I can’t imagine such a betrayal. On the trans front, would it help to look towards “non-passing” trans women? I’m non-binary and not able to access the surgeries I want to mold my ideal body, and seeing proud non-androgynous looking enbies helps. A bit.
I love you and hope you find a light to help you keep going.
@@Nerdish-o6o- I do know a few non-passing trans women, and I live with two trams women who do pass very well.
Thank you for this. 🥲🥲
The most frustrating part of all this is that, regardless of who wins, we all know the stakes aren’t going to be any lower next election. We know the threat of fascism won’t be any less. It’s just going to be like this every time.
the 12th doctor said it best Sometimes that's only bad choices but you still have to choose Jessie Try your best keep yourself safe
I share your anxieties. Sadly, the President is who we got. I'm trying not to be flippant here. There were better candidates back in 2016 and 2020, but the Democratic electorate didn't choose them. In both cases the Democrats primaried 90s nostalgia. Now we have an incumbent in Joe and the "political wisdom" we are still following says that the party supports its incumbent. The debate had very unbalanced expectations. We who vote in opposition to Trump expect him to be a Clown and a Showman. We wanted President Biden to be an Elder Statesman. There is a gulf of difference between those expectations. Trump is free to lie and contradict himself so long as he does it with confidence. Biden has to be accountable for his words, facial expressions, and even his hesitations. Both men are ancient. They are displaying that age in different ways. Biden is showing the rambling of a papaw who has decades of experiences that all demand expression at once. Trump displays the unhinged ranting of a mind blissfully detached from reality. But the Republicans are not going to call out Trump. Everyone who has done so is now out of the Republican Party or simply ignored. One solution would be to have more parties with greater than 2% of the vote. But for the past 40 years "compromise" has been a death sentence in Federal Politics. In the reality of 2024, the choice is binary and clear. Trump has to lose, else there won't be elections in 2028 or even possibly 2026.
It took the Republican party 60 years of effort to bring themselves to this point of Trumpism. There's been 4 generations of authoritarian conservatism working on this. Any similar change in Democracy will take at least as long. We have to do the work now. Knowing full well it's our children's children's children who will enjoy the result.
That prospect of building something that won't be ready till long after many of us have passed is anathema to where our culture is. This is a Hard Sell. But I gain hope by what a close friend told me back in 2016 after Trump was elected. He was raised by lesbian mothers. He reminded me that we've never seen the power of Queer political organization. How a Lesbian will stare down a Police Dog on the protest line. How a band of Proud Gay activists can motivate a city. How a Trans woman can shine like a beacon and a Trans man can out butch the hardest crewcut bigot in a button down. We survived AIDS when the Reagan Government hoped we would just die quietly. We have been defying the Trumps and Bidens and Clinton's and Bushes for as long as there has been a Untied States.
Keep speaking out Jessie. Its your voice and the voices like yours that will grind Trump and the MAGA movement into dust. Preach to the choir. The Choir needs to sing it out. We will get to fight at the polling place under a second Biden administration. I really fear that we'll be fighting in the street for our lives under a Trump dictatorship.
You miss one vitally important detail - Biden has a 100% chance of losing to Trump in November. There is 0% chance of a Biden second term, no matter how much you scream “vote blue no matter who.” If we want to beat Trump, we have to come to terms with that and put forth a nominee who can win, or else we’ve condemned ourselves to a second Trump term.
Powerful and poetic words!
@@superpheemy If Biden remains the nominee, Trump will become President. We, as a party, have to come together and nominate someone who can win. Joe has to step down or else Trump is going to win.
@@HeyLetsDoAThing Who do you suggest? Who are we gonna vote for? Hmmm? Do you think, honestly, that a Single Republican is gonna look at this mystery Unicorn Democrat and vote for them over Trump? Biden is the presumptive nominee. It's four more years of him or Trump for the rest of his orange life.
The Republicans ran LIZ Gods DAMNED CHENEY out of office. The daughter of Dick Cheney. Shown the door because she sat on the panel of a Democrat led hearing. There is no one on the fence, no independent looking for a new choice. There is President Biden. End of Line.
Get your head out of the sand, hold your nose and vote for the President and get everyone else that you can to vote for Biden as well.
for a second i thought you were saying that trump was raised by lesbian mothers but then i realized you were talking about your friend
I hate going through my Gender Dysphoria, and having to do it again after being off for 7 months being off. I'm poor, and yet I still fight for my life. Also, living in Jacksonville, Florida a place still filled with Transphobic racist problems. Plus, I've got deal with civil rights being bashed here.
As a german viewer. Please don't fuck this up, it might be your last democratic election for a long time.
Yeps. The rest of the world will truly suffer as well. Dumptruck hates us Germans especially. It won't be fun.
He would totally hand over Ukraine to Putin, he would actually turn the rubble of Gaza into dust. Taiwan is in danger.
Project 2025 has to be mentioned everywhere, people need to be aware of what Orange Mussolini from Mar a Lardo plans with the Rethugs. It's not just trans and gay rights at risk, women will just be turned into Handmaids in the US. And it will embolden all the forking rightwingers outside of the US to follow suit.
It isntruly terrifying. I am sorry that the US voters only really have Biden as an option. The brainworm guy is as shitty of an option as voting for Fanta Menace. But for now, at least with another four yeara of Biden administration, human rights are kinda safe. For now that needs to be enough. And during those four years rhen, the Dems or Progressives need to build up a proper candidate.
We will get Trump back to office
As a leftist Hungarian viewer - please don't fuck this up, while I don't think it would destroy American democracy, it would definitely be the last kick for what little democracy remained for us, and many others. A Trump win would embolden ghouls like Orbán, Putin, etc. to no end. :/
We don’t have democratic elections now. When the choice is between two unpopular candidates who fully support a rightwing genocidal ethnostate, democracy isn’t available.
@@petervizzini8239you really want a bigoted orange muppet in charge? _really?_
" I would rather vote for what I want and not get it than vote for what I don't want and get it." -Eugene Debs.
Sending thoughts and prayers to the US. Also, history will not be kind to SCOTUS
People in the present need to not be kind to SCOTUS.
Hello there, from France. Trust me when I say we french people got you. Centrists doing whatever they can to privilege the far right in positions of power instead of the moderate left (insulted as an antisemitist far left that promotes terrorism and disorder).
Also, ageism works there too, but they prefer young fascists to old humanists...
Which parent are y'all voting for this election? The one that beats you or the one that drinks in the corner until it's their turn?
I have felt this way for pretty much every presidential election I've been involved in. I also hate the tribal nature that comes out. I want better is NOT the same as wanting the opposition. It's recognizing what side is SOMEWHAT closest to what I believe and COULD BE pushed closer.
American individualism is malignant
I'm terrified for the election, I haven't been able to start transitioning in earnest due to a possible blood clot disorder that needs to be spotted first, so I'm terrified I'll lose my chance
The only upshot for me is that I live in Pennsylvania, where our deadlock has kept any anti-LGBTQ legislation from even reaching the state Senate, so as long as I stay here I'll hopefully be able to transition relatively safely (I hope)
Jessie, thank you so much. These are my exact feelings on this; I'm glad I'm not alone.
Individual ego is part of the issue, but one reason politicians stay in office too long is that their States don't want to lose power / influence at the national level. And yes, they want to keep those relationships developed over years or decades with other politicians (U.S. and foreign) and industry leaders. I'm not saying that's right, but it's reality. Maybe term limits are the solution, though good luck getting lawmakers to voluntarily limit their own power and influence (or that of their States). As for whether Biden should step aside, I'm really torn. Realistically, who would be most likely to win Pennsylvania? Or Michigan? Or Arizona? I don't know, but the battleground States are really the only States that matter in any modern U.S. election. I don't like that, either, but there's so much political inertia in the U.S., I don't see us doing away with the antiquated Electoral College.
Better to take a chance and lose with someone other than Biden, than the alternative, which is running Biden with 100% certainty that he will not win. If Biden is our nominee in November, Trump is guaranteed to win. We can at least try someone who actually has a shot at winning.
Excellent video as usual, thanks so much for putting this in the world. As a straight, white, CIS male I recognize that I have less to fear in this election than many. However, as a son, husband, brother of sisters, and father of a bi daughter I am incredibly anxious and depressed about everything that has happened in the last few weeks specifically. It's been too long since there has been an actual "left" in the US. There are the republicans who have an organized agenda and have been working towards it for decades, and then there are the democrats who are basically just running on a platform of "we're not as bad as republicans". Then you look at the supreme court decisions that have legalized gerrymandering, corruption, and "immunity" while undermining voting rights and regulatory agencies and it all starts to seem overwhelmingly hopeless. I really wanted to find something positive to end with, but the best I can come up with is trying to get to San Fransisco in time to meet up with Sisko and Bashir to kick off the Bell Riots.
Thank you for saying all this. I kept thinking of additional points to add, but then you would cover them as the video played.
I'm watching he handmaids tail to prep.
Is that the porn parody of the Handmaid’s Tale?
Assuming a typo and you meant “Tale” not “tail”…..but I’m also thinking Man in the High Castle as predictive of what a Trump win would look like.
Voting is harm reduction and not voting throws the most vulnerable people under the bus. Not voting is not the same as boycotting a business; it's choosing to stay silent in a shouting contest.
What harm reduction though?
Or do you deny that Biden has just said minors cannot transition? Or deported more people? Or spent more on police and military? Or weaponised Congress to break a strike and union bust ? Or cracked down more violently on more peaceful protests ? Or legislated against criticising things you disagree with him on? Or looking to ban tiktok?
Not to mention the enthusiastic unconditional military financial and diplomatic support for a genocide; a genocide that would NOT be taking place but for Joe Biden and the DNC
You're in a cult.
To be clear- regardless on your opinion on Biden, go vote down ballot. There are many reasons not to approve of Biden and I won’t judge anyone for doing what they think is best, but there are other elections which matter a great deal and where your vote really *matters* even in deep red or blue states.
im not voting for biden, im voting against trump. the box is just labeled funny!
Note: I’m addressing a very specific group of people with this comment. Not you or anyone here Jess. We love you!
To be clear, voting blue is still the best we can do for now. I know I know, I get it, “sleepy genocide dementia Joe”, but for Gods sake, hold your nose if you have to! Don’t throw away our future and especially the future of queer people over a moral high horse!
Biden is a less popular president than Trump was. Trump's former base has only grown, and Biden, after a profoundly unsuccessful first term that has protected and helped no one, has 0 means to convince anyone other than middle class liberal white people to vote for him. At this point, Biden isn't winning. It isn't happening. Whats option B?
This is a common liberal fallacy in electoral politics. But no. Trump isn't a gun to our head that Dems can use to coerce us. They need to fully apprehend the cost of their political impotence. Let em lose. - Signed, your neighborhood anarchocommunist
@@darkienescariot9361Ohhh I see, you’re one of those accelerationists who have zero clue what they’re talking about! Project 2025 and all the other crap the republicans have been leading up to ring a bell?
I’m a socialist, a Syndicalist even! (Not anarcho, just regular), but I’m not out here preaching what you are.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 what?? The system is the accelerationist factor here, lmao. Kinda wild you project that on to everyday people. You sound like a newer socialist. I suggest you read some Kropotkin and Bakunin. Neoliberal capitalism and the gerontocracy that rules us form the actual accelerationists you refer to. 🤦♂️
I agree but I am also a realist. Shaming people into voting may work on people who always vote, but it's not going to motivate the people who are generally non voters. The only reason Biden beat Trump in 2020 is because of a massive turn out from young people and others who don't usually vote. Your not going to shame them into it, and honestly it just makes things worse. Remember 2016? They need to be excited to vote. Voting for Trump is like going to the Doctor for Viagra and voting for Biden is like going for your flu shot. One is a visit your excited for and the other is the responsible thing to do. Now how often do people actually get their flu shot? See the problem?
I am going to vote blue of course but I am engaged, and most people aren't.
I wish I could find the primary source, but I remember someone pointing out that, historically, Obama should have been the least of the Boomer presidents. But all of the United States’ political parties chose the put more older candidates forward because they don’t want to give up power. There are so few GenX or Millennial sitting politicians because we’ve chosen to let the Boomers hold on to power.
Well, idk about “we”
“I’ll feel, as long as I gave it my all and I did [as] good a job as I know I can do, that’s what this is about,” Biden said.
We thought it was the most important election ever and biden feels, oh, i gave it a go!
We want a winner not some Weekend at Bidens candidate we have to elect to slow fascism. Should have voted for me i guess. Soooo tone deaf.
Bernie Sanders last chance...he is old, but can definitely stay on message.
While I don't necessarily perfectly align with you on politics, I 100% agree with you on this issue. It's a sad state of affairs when voting for Biden is the least bad option. It's just....uuugggghghhhghh.
I feel your anger and frustration, things aren't much better up here and we also have an election coming up where the right wing party is projected to win :(
We'll get through this by supporting each other. Love ya friend, talk soon
❤🩹🌈🏳⚧
Many Democrats don't apparently believe that if Biden becomes incapable, they'll remove him for Kamala. I do. Certainly, more than I believe the GOP won't prop up Trump's deranged corpse Weekend at Bernie's style while outlawing gay people.
There’s no chance for third party candidates in the US, anyone who states otherwise is just wrong. If the choice was between Trump and anyone anything else, my vote will never go to Trump.
Truthfully, I’ve been considering a Jill Stein vote for a while now, but it’s only because I live in South Carolina, a state that is unlikely to ever flip blue, at least not in my lifetime. She’s become increasingly popular with several of Biden’s key demographics, particularly Arab Americans, and I believe she has an actual fighting chance, if not for the presidency itself, then to finally push the needle for federal funding of a 3rd party.
All that being said, I do encourage swing state voters to absolutely choose Biden and, as a very anxious lady, I’ll probably lose my nerve in the booth 😅
Don't throw your vote away by voting 3rd party
No offense meant by this, but personally... it seems to me if a third party doesn't start trying to build themselves by winning local and state elections, and just go straight for the Big One, they're really never going to make any progress even WITH some level of federal funding? If you believe in Stein and the Greens, encourage them to focus on smaller offices! Run for one yourself, and build them up from there so they have a real chance! Just a thought.
@@NATE-op9tqI'm not going to say it like _this._ That's a butthole take, I'm afraid.
What I will say is that it's hard to tell others to vote for Biden when you, yourself, don't vote for him. Technically, no one individual's vote matters. Even in most swing states. But if we're advocating for others to cast a vote they feel awful about for "the greater good," we should also take on that emotional grossness of voting for that person too.
As for third parties, I think the work to get 3rd party candidates has to start at the local level. These candidates need to be state representatives and governors and mayors _first_ with a record of successes and with government experience to know the system and begin to understand how to disrupt the system once in office.
I don't think the presidential election is the time to act towards third-parties...just yet.
We need a really good, really thoughtful, really charismatic candidate who can show the public at-large they really can do the job.
And unfortunately, even Jill Stein (I like the Green party, but she, herself, is not ideal with some of her less than demonstrative takes on medicine) has to be far better than either of the red/blue candidates and be perceived as such to at least 25% of voters.
If I see a third party candidate with 15% in polling early or 25% later in polling, I'd consider voting for them. Until then, the time to advocate for those candidates begins...the day after the presidential elections.
@@Socioromanticism your first point is entirely fair and I gladly take that as criticism, but ‘the day after the election’ rhetoric is something I’ve been told my entire voting life and I just don’t believe it anymore, because so many Dem voters just go ‘good enough’
The math says the vast majority of states don’t swing blue because of people who say “my vote doesn’t count in my state” the margins the gop wins are pretty much always a very low percentage vs of those who didn’t vote
As usual you provided a well thought out point of view that SHOULD help people understand major issues better. You are probably right that the reception for this will not be positive but you are reaching some people so hold on to that.
I think the larger conversation around competence to be president is a debate we should've had a long time ago. I've felt concerned since the caucus round when it felt like everything was already figured out. There was no pushback then and we're living with that result. It's honestly what has made this year a fairly anxious one with me because how everyone felt after that debate is how I've felt since the election cycle started. Beyond age, I feel like the subtext of Biden ushering in the next generation of politicians without helping a viable candidate is unfortunate. My first election was in 2008 and part of me remains bright-eyed about voting for Obama. I have no issue with Biden as a personality. However, I've come to realize in 2024 that beyond any age concerns (which yes, are valid), I'm less sympathetic to him keeping the job because he's been vice president for eight years and president for four. He's been around the oval office for 12 years. This move feels misguided and greedy in some respect on top of the sense that old people are insecure letting go of power.
Also, as you've pointed out, I just don't know that what he's done counterbalances things enough. Something about watching his state of the unions turn into comedy club crowd work while he recycles half a line about helping trans people doesn't fill me with confidence. I'm worried if he loses and greater bigotry takes hold, but I'm also not sure him winning will be moving the country in the right direction. I don't know. I'm trying to have a good year but the news even in its mundanity makes me nauseous.
he needs to step aside
Thank you for this video, like your many others, that bring in the necessary nuance. In my own journey to wrestle with my privileges in society, I remember wondering if one of my defining positive traits other people see me as having, patience, serves as a asset or impediment to addressing societal systems of oppression. As an individual, it does mean I am willing to allow other voices (less heard voices) go first and give them the space they need. On the other hand, it can also mean that, especially considering the lifetime of encouragement in thinking individually, that I don’t automatically think about how my “patience” might also be negatively impacting others as well. While I don’t think I have figured it all out yet, I think I have found space to at least separate my concept of patience from supporting cultural inertia, through developing professional development opportunities for my peers, interns and building systems that don’t require me to operate efficiently…Our current situation is not great, and our country needs big, audacious ideas to move us truly forward but in reference to (my interpretation of) your message, it will be significantly harder to bring these ideas to the table in one scenario, especially in the context of the greater amount of harm that scenario can bring. Recognizing my lack of control in this, I hope you get a little shit as possible from this video.
I hate to be this way, especially after criticizing my republican dad for always voting party first, but I'm going to vote for Biden strictly for party reasons. This country does have a weird, screwed up way of seeing old people. I know a lot of people under the age of 50 who've spent zero time with the elderly (they only visited grandma a few times their whole life or never knew their grandparents or what have you). They're getting exposed to REAL aging through their parents now and they have no idea how to handle it. Sometimes they're blind to their cognitive decline; sometimes they're acutely aware of it because there's a personality change in their parent. But either way, it's their first exposure to what an old person is really like. Call it sheltered, idk. Biden *is* too old. He was too old the first time around. And so is Trump. Cognitive impairments or not, neither one of them will live long enough to be affected by their own presidential/party's choices. If anything, they'll be the least affected--It's not like they'll be drawing social security or worrying how/if medicare will cover their nursing home bill. It's all about legacy when you're that old. Trump wants to plant a tree from which only his family will get fruit. Biden wants to plant a tree to provide shade for everyone, if even a short while.
I am feeling such grief over this election. There's a lot that could be said, but mostly I just need to say this all feels really bad.
I just don't believe that a federal-level Democrat vote is truly harm reduction anymore. Not just the situation in Gaza, but we've seen Biden tacking HARD right on immigration, taking stances even Reagan wouldn't have dared. Yeah, it might be better for Americans to have Biden but that's dependent on what state one lives in. Don't see this administration doing a lot to help secure access to abortion rights, or trans healthcare.
You’ve done such a good job articulating something I’ve been saying only maybe half as coherently. Not only do I get criticism for being not as supportive of Biden as I “should be”, I also get criticism from leftists for voting in the first place, but I’ve been calling it damage control. I live down the street from my polling place and I’m almost always even off on Tuesdays; there’s no reason not to do the one small thing I can do to prevent theocratic autocracy. I can’t even ever remember an election where I wasn’t wishing I had a better option, and the last time I remember feeling hopeful about the system’s ability to evolve to better serve the people was the 90s. 9/11 changed the political environment into what it is to day, and if less than 8000 people in new Hampshire had decided to vote with damage control in mind instead of voting for Nader, Florida would not have mattered, and we might be having a different conversation right now. My state is not going to Trump any more than yours, but I will do my part, small though it is. I can’t summon the energy to drive to PA in October and November to knock on doors for Biden, as I partly feel I should do, but the one small thing, I can do.
6:49 (USA's gerintocracy problem)
this reminds me of this spitting image sketch I saw from the 1980s.
there was this parody of duracelI believe that talked about how its batteries outlasted the leading brand or something like that, but it was applied to US Presidents vs Soviet Premiers. I think it referred to how Ronald Regan outlasted 4 or 5 different presidents that the USSR had. I think they were all either older or the same roundabout age as him. I think the tagline was something about how the US outlasting the leading brand as some parody of the durraell tagline. I can't rembmer it exactly.
I've no idea of the episode number or the name of the sketch. I can't find it. Spitting Image cleared out all the episodes from the 1980s that have been on RUclips for years in this massive copyright strike in 2020 roundabout when their new series got started. I recall it was a means to drive people to subscribe to this streaming service they joined called Britbox.
I think the main point that I was attempting to say with this was, I think this is a bit of a problem that has been around with governments of different countries for quite some time and for different reasons. Something about not wanting to give up power or something or not knowing how to.
The irony being that Ronald Reagan, while alive, was verifiably senile.
Not sure there's a video in it, but I also feel like we need to have a talk about all the Leftists who say they're going to vote Third Party but clearly know nothing about the people they'd say they'll be voting for. I have seen people who say they will be voting for RFK Jr. because of Biden supporting Israel. RFK SUPPORTS ISRAEL! The man has called Palestinians "coddled!" What the hell?!
Personally, I think Biden should deicde to not run for a 2nd term, Vice President Kamala Harris should replace him as the Democratic candidate for President, & she should pick Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan to be her Vice President.
I think Kamala should pick Gavin Newsome. Unfortunately, the US is racist and misogynistic so that would be my best bet.
I feel that would have been great....during the primary. Not a couple of months before the election.
@@CT_PhippsBetter late than never. Trying to win with Kamala is better than guaranteeing a loss with Biden.
@@HeyLetsDoAThing Exactly. Althought the real answer to all of our problems is all powerful corpo elites of politics drop dead at the same time but hey, baby steps. Maybe someone will find a way to make that happen one day haha.
I do wonder if Harris being not only pro-cop but a cop herself will lose some voters. Ngl the idea of having one of the Copiest Cops to Ever Cop as basically GodKing of a global superpower is scary! But I do unfortunately think that’s the Dems best plan 😵💫
Not sure I agree with some of your points here. The harm reduction argument has been bludgeoned beyond belief from where I sit over these last four years.
Regardless, I respect the position. Would like to comment to help bolster this in the algorithm. Think it is a well articulated discussion of the dilemma.
Here’s a hopefully positive message to balance out the trash.
I don’t every Americas situation here and wish you all the best possible outcome. ❤
Vote dem, and you only need to deal with Biden just a little bit longer... vote GOP, and its a lifelong package deal with Gilead...
Violence is the only language that state understands which is why it has the greatest capacity for it
My biggest problem with older people is that they (on average) tend to lean conservative. They grew up when the economy was great and the American Dream was more than a fantasy. Tue older folks in potitions of power also tend to be richer, which also causes a person to lean more conservative.
The end result is that my choices as a leftist are... non existant.
The American government leans overhwelmingly right-wing. The Democrats (overall) leans center-right. The Republican party (overall) leans far right. We need some younger progressives to bring some semblance of balance to this clown fiesta.
For now, I have to vote for Biden, yet another center-right winger who's policies I disagree with, because AT LEAST he's not as bad as the other guy.
You live in Calfornia. We have the luxury here of being able to vote out conscience and vote for Jill Stein and against the constant wars. Now, I agree I would suck it up in a swing state, but the electoral college means a vote for Biden or Trump doesn’t matter here.
Hang in there. Remember- the smart money says you will outlive both of these geezers.
Im voting for Biden even though I’d prefer another candidate that was more left leaning. I remember Trump’s presidency and I’m glad I was able to get my citizenship. I felt very anxious as a gay Latino while I had a green card I just didn’t feel safe. In fact with this Supreme Court we have thanks to Trump … there is still a lot of uncertainty up in the air what future we in the LGBTQIA+ Community. People that feels nothing will change under Trump or Biden can only say that if they don’t feel like their lives won’t be ruined or affected. Trump can make things worse and those times around the Supreme Court will gift him with a crown.
Why would the Democrats ever lean left if they know they have your vote no matter what?
RFK
Also as someone who lives in CT my vote is utterly meaningless as CT doesn't have enough electorial to matter.
He's only doing his best, goodest job.
And that is a *sad* commentary on both the man, and the society around him.
Everything that has an impact on our daily lives should be subject to scrutiny. Nothing should be beyond reproach.
When people talk about tactical voting, why isn't the conversation more focused on the electoral college? The fact is, due to the electoral college, not all votes for President are equal. (It does tend to be far more equal for local elections and down ballot elections, but it flatly is not true for the federal Presidential election). If I didn't live in a swing state there is no chance I would vote for Biden (unfortunately it appears I am going to be in one, which in and of itself is evidence of how bad a situation the Biden campaign is in). What is the purpose of pleading with (or when it comes to liberal centrists, gaslighting) people in deep blue or deep red states to vote for a specific candidate? Anyway other than that, lots of good points raised in this video. People should be able to vote for a candidate and still hold them accountable and criticize them. Also I found it amusing that you (rightfully) criticize America with a Captain America shield in the background, lol.
I agree with your perspective
I really hated having to admit this to myself, but you’re right i fear
thanks for being a sane person
Your videos remind me that I'm not insane.
My husband and I came into a small windfall a year or so ago (payout from a pretty bad car accident) so if Trump gets re-elected (or the Supreme Court makes banning trans healthcare legal), we're leaving the country. I cannot believe all the marketing mistakes the Democrats have made during this election cycle. I'm not really interested in voting for Biden, but there weren't really any good alternatives (I actually ended up voting Rep in the primaries to vote against Trump). The fact that they looked at his approval numbers, they looked at the state of his health and they didn't even think "Let's make Harris the for-runner. All the benefits of being incumbent without the concerns facing Biden" is baffling. Now we're four months out from the final election and they're thinking about replacing him? Openly talking about it? The optics are *awful*, it makes the party look incompetent and disorganized (which they are, but still). I'm so tired of voting exclusively because "If I vote for democrats my rights will be stripped *slightly* slower than if I vote for republicans"....
I think this is the time we shouldnt support him. We may have a chance at another candidate. If he is the nominee though as a trans woman i have no choice but him
Violence is ALREADY HAPPENING JESSIE
Can't you guys use the vice president instead?
Yes if Biden stepped down, his VP Kamala Harris could lead his campaign and select a popular running mate.
@@philipsharp-garcia4448is she popular in the US? Just asking as from a European point of view, she’s very invisible. Unlike many previous VP’s, haven’t heard of here since the election
@@Isengardtom The person matters like the person filling the fox news 8pm outlet matters. It doesn't really lolz. Blue lovers will vote blue. Red lovers will vote red. The candidate could be a metal bar or a shoe and still get as much support as a living old wind bag who's about to die lol.
@@Isengardtom Complicated question needs a complicated answer. MAGA voters hate Harris. So, a nomination of Harris means going after the undecided (center and center-left) voters while shoring up the base. Most polls right now show that she would get a bit higher percentage against Trump than Biden but she's far from a lock to win, it would be a very close election. She has been critiqued (appropriately) for her role as an Attorney General in California when it comes to sentencing guidelines and not standing up strongly enough to the prison-industrial complex, but those people who are the most concerned about this issue are still likely to vote for Harris given that the choice is Trump. There are many Democrats who would prefer Senator Bernie Sanders or California Governor Gavin Newsom. But I suspect these voters would in the end vote for Harris if she is nominated.
It really comes down to undecided voters.
Many Democrats are worried about whether the US is prepared to elect a woman who has a Mixed-Race background such as Harris, and this concern strikes me as an excuse not to support her that points a mirror at the person raising the concern. I do get the impression that some of the antipathy about Harris is grounded in misogyny and racism. Something I find interesting though I don't know of any data on this is that there seems to be antipathy for Harris among many white feminists in the Democratic Party, cue the long-running discussions about white feminism and corporatized feminism. That's not to say Harris would satisfy those on a site like this who lean left; let's not mistake her for that. Harris is a highly skilled attorney and can stand up in a debate. She's sharp and has a strong backbone. I think she'd have a real shot at winning. Is she a perfect candidate from a leftist point of view? No. Absolutely not. But in my view she'd have a better chance than Biden.
@@Isengardtom I'm from California, and she was not well loved when she was in office here. She's got an approval rating of around 37-40 percent.
I know this is a very conscientious topic, Jessie but thank you for posting about it. Also, congrats on your engagement.
On a positive note congrats on the film I LOVE that for you ! GG !!
34:30 - 35:30 On a negative note however : Too real ! The lack of access to info and the frustrations AKA "Still processing a lot of my own" was just wall to wall facts. I think it might be (undiagnosed) autism but I struggle with not feeling like I'm anywhere close to this ideal wherein I am 24/7 a walking encyclopedia on multiple topics. It's a Thing TM ...
I too am scared tbh. I've been putting off this video for example. lmao
Jessie I am and believe I will be a fan for a very long time. Your content speaks to me as a trans woman and I get that spark of excitement every time I see a notification for an upload (especially the long ones). I think you are criminally underrated as a creator and I try to recommend your content to anyone I know who I think can benefit from it.
Unfortunately though I must respectfully hard disagree with voting for Biden under any circumstances. I am an organizer in North Texas and I work closely with comrades in the local PYM chapter. They are some of the most ferociously dedicated, relentlessly hopeful, warm and inspiring people that I have ever met. I have learned so much from them not just about politics but about humanity itself and my place in it. I can not in good conscience sign my name under a vote for Biden and have to face my Palestinian comrades in the movement that I talk to almost daily. Whose vigils I attend, whose rallies I promote, whose trust I have gained through months of showing up when they've required it of me. Am I personally at risk of losing access to my HRT under Trump? Yes. Though I would say under Biden trans people have already sustained immense repression and attack. Is that a risk I am willing to take versus going to the grave knowing that I voted affirmatively to empower one of the most sociopathic murderers modern in history? Yes. I choose to put myself at risk rather than sign my name on that ballot.
"I can not in good conscious sign my name under a vote for Biden and have to face my Palestinian comrades.."
What exactly do you think Trump is going to change about it either way? The guy flagrantly called Biden a "weak Palestinian" as an insult, they're nothing to him. At least under Biden, Gaza received about $9 billion in humanitarian aid. I'm not saying that makes up for or justifies anything, but what exactly do you think Trump is going to other exacerbate the butchering of the Palestinian people in order to wash our hands of it and move on to the next? What difference do you really think you'd be making other than contributing to fucking over EVERYONE instead of attempting to reduce as much harm that your ballot could possibly cast? To me, it sounds more like your sucking your own dick.
"yes, I choose to put myself at risk rather than sign my name on the ballot"
Except it's not just you that's in danger, honey. It's everyone who has transitioned, married within the same sex, are in need of medical care due to complications related to their pregnancies, immigrants who've built a life here and are at risk of literally being snatched from their families by the government. The list goes on and on.
I'm not saying Biden is even a good answer. Someone else put it aptly in these comments "Trump is the firing squad and Biden is the wall that they are backing us into" but he is our only answer, he is the only way we get time to empower and put up our upcoming leaders, to organize, and start to get this country to walk the path we want it to.
Seriously. Palestine is a hundred year conflict between two groups of people with almost unlimited hate crimes between them against both populations. Just go and read about Mandatory Palestine and the shitshow that took place there over nearly two thousand years now. It's the centrepiece for three different major religions and has had wars fought over it for most of the thousand.
Gaza is not important to you right now. Do you think Palestine will give you asylum if Trump comes after you?
You have been manipulated. Get your head straight. It is way more important for you to protect yourself than to virtue signal for Gaza right now, besides the obvious problem that Gaza is going to get a hundred times worse if Trump does get in.
Do you think when they write your epitaph after the persecution starts, it will go "Panegelsaya, stuck to their guns on a foreign conflict that escalated after they didn't vote against the candidate who escalated, and we salute them for enabling this"?
Wake up! Fucking hell. You're voting away your damn democracy because you disagree about a foreign conflict that was probably started by the guys who fed you the propaganda! Gaza is a shitshow. It's a horrible, horrible crime against humanity. But its the latest in a long goddamn series of them there, and it ain't be stopped because you didn't vote.
Do your damn duty. Fuck. Saving you people from yourselves must be a full time fucking job. You might not want to survive the next five years but a lot of people around you do.
I agree with many of your points here, but I do want to defend Biden in one respect: the people he's appointed are some of the most progressive people in the executive branch. We've got an FTC cracking down on monopolistic practices, a Department of Labor that's actually pro-Union, a FCC that reinstated net neutrality, and an IRS more interested in collecting back taxes from multimillionaires than auditing the middle class. That's all Biden's influence, and all positive reasons to vote for Biden specifically and not just "whatever Democrat that's opposing Trump".
Would I prefer a candidate that was more progressive? Absolutely! But until such a time as a candidate to the left of Biden can win a primary, I think Biden's more than good enough.
Thank you, I think Biden has actually done quite a lot of good by appointing capable people to positions of power.
I'm so voting for Biden just like I did four years ago. #HailDarkBrandon! In other words: #BlessJoeBiden!
At this point fleeing to Cuba with all of your money does not seem like a bad idea.