I tried to copy it but interestingly the character limit here is less than reddit's and it is a long post.
Basically most of it is arguing that a Trump win is better for anti-imperialists. A position I agree with. I think they present some compelling arguments.
I’m pulling a Reddit and didn’t read the article, but I do agree that Trump is better for anti-imperialists.
It’s not that Trump is sympathetic or isolationist, he’s just too fucking lazy to do imperialism. I think if Biden were president, we’d be at war with Iran and maybe Venezuela. Don’t know if Bolivia would have gotten the opportunity for an election after the coup.
The war/imperialism machine is mostly still operating on its own, but I think it’s just not able to do quite as much without an assist from the president. Trump simply doesn’t care about it more than he can get a good moment out of it. Like killing the Iranian general was supposed to be his Obama killing Bin Laden moment, but he wasn’t interested in following through to do a whole war.
Trump is worse for people domestically (but not by a huge margin) so this election comes down to do you make things worse for people in the world to make them marginally better for yourself or the other way around.
If Trump hadn't gotten elected the Iran Nuclear Deal would probably still be followed, to protect the Dem legacy if nothing else. This is something that often gets ignored, it is the major reason that tensions are rising with Iran. While it wasn't ideal, it was a step in the path of deescalation and lifted sanctions and the main players pushing for getting rid of it were Saudi Arabia and Israel, which should tell you all you need to know.
Not like Obama invaded Pakistan after killing Bin Laden. Trump has drastically escalated drone warfare, which is something that also gets overlooked on here. Trump conducted more drone strikes in his first two years in office than Obama over his entire presidency.
We just going to ignore that the coup happened in the first place? When it comes to Latin America, there is a lot of hyping of what the dems would be able to do. Not saying that Biden would be markedly better, but there is an awful lot of downplaying of Trump.
I think it’s because a lot of how the Dems frame things is criticizing Trump for not being tough enough on Venezuela, Biden saying he would have bombed Iran after they retaliated to Trumps assassination(I might be pulling a dumb and confusing Iran and Syria), etc. They posture that he is not tough enough, implying that they would do more.
Bad things still happen under Trump, it’s not that he’s good, it’s just a lower priority for him than fucking over blue states and immigrants and enriching himself and his associates. I’m not super informed about this so willing to be wrong here, but I don’t know if we can say for sure that Trump expanded drone warfare more than another politician would have. Obama expanded it an unprecedented amount at the time and I think it’s entirely possible that we’re continuing on the same curve as the technology is “improved”.
The coup in Bolivia is something that would still happen if Hilary won. Maybe it would be someone a little less extremist than Áñez, but I think they’d have more of an interest in keeping the coup regime in power.