On the US elections
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People will decide tommorow in US who will be the next president. In the light of the four previus years of the Trump administration, the internal...

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.

  • Barabas [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think if Biden were president, we’d be at war with Iran

    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.

    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.

    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.

    Don’t know if Bolivia would have gotten the opportunity for an election after the coup.

    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.

    • MarxistHedonism [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      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.