No, seriously. Have any of y’all read this shit? I can feel my brain leaking out of my ears, I don’t even know where to start. To say that this is some bullshit is such an understatement. In fact, I’m getting so fucking angry even thinking about how insanely bad this shit is, I just keep typing about it while not explaining anything or adding anything meaningful to the discussion. So here, if you want to feel visceral rage, observe the immense amount of bullshit spewing out of this cursed fucking “environmentalism” page: https://joebiden.com/clean-energy/

I’m so sorry Jesus fucking Christ I’m going to blow my fucking brains out in minecraft

  • glimmer_twin [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Y'know what, I was gonna go through and pick out some dumb stuff to dunk on, but I can't be fucked. Instead I'm gonna see how many times they squeezed "china bad" into this ONE section of his platform:

    Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, he ignored public health experts, praised the Chinese government

    Note that "praising the Chinese government" is just dropped as if it's bad on its own merits - no reason is given why praising them was bad.

    [Trump] has held back American workers from leading the world on clean energy, giving China and other countries a free pass to outcompete us

    [Trump] has allowed China to race ahead in the competition to lead the auto industry of the future

    (This next one is a twofer!)

    China is on track to command more than four times the global market share compared to the U.S. in electric vehicle production, even as the Chinese government’s approach threatens to slow down or set back the long-term prospects of clean vehicle innovation.

    Biden will vigorously enforce trade rules in response to currency manipulation, overcapacity, and Chinese government abuses in this sector

    This isn't his foreign policy platform. It's his "clean energy" platform. And they managed to get six references to China being an evil enemy to be overcome, and that Trump is somehow soft on China, in there.

        • Frank [he/him, he/him]
          ·
          4 years ago

          Yeah, any way this turns out there's going to be massive instability, and for an expansionist empire having the "Sick old man" of the planet balkanizing and clawing at itself is good for you. Power vacuums are delicious.

    • Darkmatter2k [none/use name]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Jeesus thats som insane bullshit.

      even as the Chinese government’s approach threatens to slow down or set back the long-term prospects of clean vehicle innovation.

      How? explain how? is it just because china bad? they already outcompeted your insanely corrupt capitalist auto companies, how are they setting back the long term prospects? Fuck america can't even build an EV without pumping billions into some apartheid family's shitty business. And their cars keep exploding!

      These are also horrible:

      [Trump] has held back American workers from leading the world on clean energy, giving China and other countries a free pass to outcompete us

      [Trump] has allowed China to race ahead in the competition to lead the auto industry of the future

      You weren't out competed in the last 3 years, this has been going on for decades at least, US auto is constantly getting bailed out, anyone remember the obama years at all? and what less than 4 years later and all the US auto manufactures just got completely played again.

      The clean energy remark is just as bad, the entire US political system over the last 2 decades chose to start burning biomass (aka the forrests) instead of really addressing the problem and building actual clean energy like solar and wind. But it's all orange mand bad's fault.

    • callovthevoid [she/her]
      ·
      4 years ago

      I found this one funny:

      Accelerate research on battery technology and support the development of domestic production capabilities. The Chinese government, along with other countries, has used state subsidies and industrial strategies to advance its interests.

      :face screaming in fear: How could they? Using public money for renewable energy research and development, that's horrible!

    • Amorphous [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Trying to read this is like trying to grip a lubed up steel ball. My eyes just slide off it. What eldritch centrist horror is this