The one coherent harm reduction argument for Biden is that he will be worse at mobilizing non state violence against minorities. The proud boys and whoever else aren't going to be as quick to hit the streets to defend the system when the president is someone they're convinced is a Communist.
I don't think this weighs more than how much damage will be done by Biden starting a bunch of new imperialist projects. I'm not that comfortable with betting on Trump's lack of attention span to prevent that though, and could imagine someone not willing to accept that as a difference between them.
I think most harm reduction libs are worried about damage to norms and the "respectability" of the office, though.
The one coherent harm reduction argument for Biden is that he will be worse at mobilizing non state violence against minorities. The proud boys and whoever else aren’t going to be as quick to hit the streets to defend the system when the president is someone they’re convinced is a Communist.
The phenomena of far right militia-types on the streets is related to the erosion of the base which filtiers into the Superstructure of society due to the US economy failing due to neoliberal economics
"Proud boys" and class consciousness are now a permanent phenomena now due to the systematic impoverishment of the American working classes.
Just as BLM became popular under Obama due to those same policies hitting the more marginalised black community first.
Street violence against minorities will continue whether Biden or Trump gets into power.
The one coherent harm reduction argument for Biden is that he will be worse at mobilizing non state violence against minorities. The proud boys and whoever else aren't going to be as quick to hit the streets to defend the system when the president is someone they're convinced is a Communist.
I don't think this weighs more than how much damage will be done by Biden starting a bunch of new imperialist projects. I'm not that comfortable with betting on Trump's lack of attention span to prevent that though, and could imagine someone not willing to accept that as a difference between them.
I think most harm reduction libs are worried about damage to norms and the "respectability" of the office, though.
The phenomena of far right militia-types on the streets is related to the erosion of the base which filtiers into the Superstructure of society due to the US economy failing due to neoliberal economics
"Proud boys" and class consciousness are now a permanent phenomena now due to the systematic impoverishment of the American working classes.
Just as BLM became popular under Obama due to those same policies hitting the more marginalised black community first.
Street violence against minorities will continue whether Biden or Trump gets into power.