• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Because he’s old. Any other country, he’d be a conservative, but the Overton window in the US is so fucked, we have to choose between a conservative and a fascist.

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      1 month ago

      I agree that he’s a conservative, but I don’t think it’s down to age. Bernie Sanders is one year older and is not like that.

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        1 month ago

        Bernie Sanders has always been ahead of the cultural curve. It’s the difference between “knowing” progress and “understanding” progress. Sanders understands what equality means. Biden just says things that are popular at the time. While Sanders was getting arrested for protesting for equal rights, Biden was attending the same types of parties as Trump.

        disclaimer: I AM NOT IMPLING THAT TRUMP AND BIDEN ARE THE SAME. Vote for Biden if for no other reason that we already know Trump would be far worse. Just saying that when you line up the three, it’s harder to spot the differences between Trump and Biden.