I’m not trying to Orange Man Bad, but isn’t the Republican MO all about looting the coffers and taking away healthcare and women autonomy?
I think the austerity aspect would be worse under Biden. Trump isn't any better morally or altruistically, but he's a mess. He's a big tornado of government incompetence.
They both want to fuck poor people in the ass, but Biden would step out of the way into his senility bunker and let the pros handle it. Trump thinks he's the president, and actually tries to do things, and he's fucking stupid, so it creates government gridlock and public opposition.
Whereas now, the newspapers are filled with the latest stories about Trump tweeting a rude word at Joy Behar or ranting about the superior flushing capacity of the toilets of yesteryear, under Biden there would be hagiographies daily, tuning half the country to the "everything is OK now, we live in a Democratic-created utopia where the only things wrong are Proud Boys, and Republicans trying to ban abortion" channel, as it was in 2010.
Even though libs may oppose Trump in a vapid, facile way ("he's orange! he does typoes! he's a Russian! he doesn't respect troops enough!"), at least they are taking a negative posture against the president which is a good thing. Who is going to be our ally in major media under a President Biden? Glenn Beck wheeling out his stupid paranoia blackboard again?
Anything resembling even the remotest left-leaning opposition to Biden would be banished to Twitter and BreadTube, and the only critiques of Biden that make the major papers and TV shows would be ridiculous stuff like "he's a Marxist, socialist Saul Alinsky-ite who wants to force abortions" on FOX News, and Joy Ann Reid and George Takei and Alyssa Milano then painting those critiques as the only possible critiques of Biden, then dismissing them out of hand, making him flawless (see also: Obama, mustard, tan suit).
TL;DR: Crippling austerity would happen under both, but there would be much less opposition to austerity under Biden, than under Trump.
Also please don't misconstrue this posting as an appeal to vote for Trump. On this issue, and some others like Middle East policy, Biden is worse. On lots of others Trump is worse. It's a no-win election.
I think the austerity aspect would be worse under Biden. Trump isn't any better morally or altruistically, but he's a mess. He's a big tornado of government incompetence.
They both want to fuck poor people in the ass, but Biden would step out of the way into his senility bunker and let the pros handle it. Trump thinks he's the president, and actually tries to do things, and he's fucking stupid, so it creates government gridlock and public opposition.
Whereas now, the newspapers are filled with the latest stories about Trump tweeting a rude word at Joy Behar or ranting about the superior flushing capacity of the toilets of yesteryear, under Biden there would be hagiographies daily, tuning half the country to the "everything is OK now, we live in a Democratic-created utopia where the only things wrong are Proud Boys, and Republicans trying to ban abortion" channel, as it was in 2010.
Even though libs may oppose Trump in a vapid, facile way ("he's orange! he does typoes! he's a Russian! he doesn't respect troops enough!"), at least they are taking a negative posture against the president which is a good thing. Who is going to be our ally in major media under a President Biden? Glenn Beck wheeling out his stupid paranoia blackboard again?
Anything resembling even the remotest left-leaning opposition to Biden would be banished to Twitter and BreadTube, and the only critiques of Biden that make the major papers and TV shows would be ridiculous stuff like "he's a Marxist, socialist Saul Alinsky-ite who wants to force abortions" on FOX News, and Joy Ann Reid and George Takei and Alyssa Milano then painting those critiques as the only possible critiques of Biden, then dismissing them out of hand, making him flawless (see also: Obama, mustard, tan suit).
TL;DR: Crippling austerity would happen under both, but there would be much less opposition to austerity under Biden, than under Trump.
Also please don't misconstrue this posting as an appeal to vote for Trump. On this issue, and some others like Middle East policy, Biden is worse. On lots of others Trump is worse. It's a no-win election.