So the one thing I have to say regarding Bernie vs Biden and getting things done is that Bernie wanted shit to happen. One of the things about his campaign I was impressed by is that he had an entire legal team dedicated to figuring how to get things done via executive order and what they could have gotten away with. Which is to say, they would have killed him eventually.
But, he would've declared a climate emergency, he would've forgiven student loans, and we'd probably see some sort of coherent covid policy, maybe evn UBI. He probably would have attempted to pack the courts, possibly even ignore them in some cases as much of his EO's would have led to legal battles. He would've been very supportive of labor actions. His foreign policy would have been all over the place as he seems to recognize US Imperialism in South America but has a stroke and develops a blind spot when it comes to the rest of the world. But ultimately heart attack gun or stroke.
Bernie's plans with EOs was so exciting, seeing someone who actually planned to do the things they said they would without having to go through a hostile Congress or to use it as the reason nothing could be accomplished and that's exactly why he would have gotten the heart attack gun again
Indeed. How that might've affected the radicalization of the populace, who's to say? But his presidency would've been great for building class consciousness and possibly steered us away from the overwhelmingly fashy place we're heading towards.
So the one thing I have to say regarding Bernie vs Biden and getting things done is that Bernie wanted shit to happen. One of the things about his campaign I was impressed by is that he had an entire legal team dedicated to figuring how to get things done via executive order and what they could have gotten away with. Which is to say, they would have killed him eventually.
But, he would've declared a climate emergency, he would've forgiven student loans, and we'd probably see some sort of coherent covid policy, maybe evn UBI. He probably would have attempted to pack the courts, possibly even ignore them in some cases as much of his EO's would have led to legal battles. He would've been very supportive of labor actions. His foreign policy would have been all over the place as he seems to recognize US Imperialism in South America but has a stroke and develops a blind spot when it comes to the rest of the world. But ultimately heart attack gun or stroke.
Bernie's plans with EOs was so exciting, seeing someone who actually planned to do the things they said they would without having to go through a hostile Congress or to use it as the reason nothing could be accomplished and that's exactly why he would have gotten the heart attack gun again
Indeed. How that might've affected the radicalization of the populace, who's to say? But his presidency would've been great for building class consciousness and possibly steered us away from the overwhelmingly fashy place we're heading towards.