US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[Iceland Heavy]

Can you imagine the riots and general pants-shitting among the general public if we had gone to bed Election Night with Biden in the lead, and then every critical swing state started breaking 80+ for Trump as we waited 5 days for final results?

'And here's why mail-in voting is white supremacy, as studies show that requiring ballots to be mailed or dropped off has a disparate impact on marginalized communities of color'

 

[Absurdist Laughter]

From what I've read, American corporations that try to do business in China often don't do well. The Chinese aren't shy about royally fucking over American businesses.

Yeah, that is what I've heard. Apparently, Shake Shack was/is opening franchises in China. I shorted their stock the day it came on my radar. Makin bank ever since. Honestly, I'm fine with that, I don't mind Nationalism as long as it doesn't go too far. American culture and Chinese culture doesn't work, just like the Middle East and Afghanistan.

 

[StevieLasVegas]

Never forget — 900k+ lead for Trump in Pennsylvania, gets cut to 700k+, then evaporates in the middle of night, days after Election Day. And we're supposed to shrug at that like it's some foreseeable anticlimactic finish?

God, I hated listening to my family and anti-Trump coworkers post election turning a blind eye to that kind of shit. All they did was praise Joepedo but couldn't have been arsed to bring up massive poll changes like Pennsylvania or Arizona.

 

[King Dead]

From what I've read, American corporations that try to do business in China often don't do well. The Chinese aren't shy about royally fucking over American businesses.

It's truly incredible that Western companies keep trying to strike it rich in China, only to suffer the exact same fate every time. Sometimes it's getting stiffed on the quality of the materials or end product, which you won't notice until it's too late unless you're watching them like a hawk, and even then they'll probably get away with it. Sometimes it's being forced to give up trade secrets to your Chinese partners in order to gain access to their markets, which they'll just steal and pass along to a CCP-controlled company and then price you out of the country. And things you don't voluntarily give up, they'll just copy in some way. Before long, you've been replaced by a Chinese company and frozen out, as Hollywood is quickly learning now that the Chinese movie industry is well-developed. It might be a market of a billion+ people, but that doesn't mean jackshit if the CCP effectively bans you from the country within a few years.

And despite all this, companies continue to line up to suck Winnie's dick, hoping for a slice of the pie.

There's no fixing stupid, I guess.

 

[FAQnews Correspondent]

It's truly incredible that Western companies keep trying to strike it rich in China, only to suffer the exact same fate every time. Sometimes it's getting stiffed on the quality of the materials or end product, which you won't notice until it's too late unless you're watching them like a hawk, and even then they'll probably get away with it. Sometimes it's being forced to give up trade secrets to your Chinese partners in order to gain access to their markets, which they'll just steal and pass along to a CCP-controlled company and then price you out of the country. And things you don't voluntarily give up, they'll just copy in some way. Before long, you've been replaced by a Chinese company and frozen out, as Hollywood is quickly learning now that the Chinese movie industry is well-developed. It might be a market of a billion+ people, but that doesn't mean jackshit if the CCP effectively bans you from the country within a few years.

And despite all this, companies continue to line up to suck Winnie's dick, hoping for a slice of the pie.

There's no fixing stupid, I guess.

Shortsightedness and greed most of all, are a helluva drug. They'll see the dollar signs again, and try it again. And get burned. Again.

 

[thx1138]

14 days.... : https://www.theblaze.com/news/fauci-christmas-covid-twitter-reactions

If we'll be allowed to gather for Christmas?

Vampire lookin nigga I'll do what I fuckin' want to on Christmas!

 

[Gehenna]

It's truly incredible that Western companies keep trying to strike it rich in China, only to suffer the exact same fate every time. Sometimes it's getting stiffed on the quality of the materials or end product, which you won't notice until it's too late unless you're watching them like a hawk, and even then they'll probably get away with it. Sometimes it's being forced to give up trade secrets to your Chinese partners in order to gain access to their markets, which they'll just steal and pass along to a CCP-controlled company and then price you out of the country. And things you don't voluntarily give up, they'll just copy in some way. Before long, you've been replaced by a Chinese company and frozen out, as Hollywood is quickly learning now that the Chinese movie industry is well-developed. It might be a market of a billion+ people, but that doesn't mean jackshit if the CCP effectively bans you from the country within a few years.

And despite all this, companies continue to line up to suck Winnie's dick, hoping for a slice of the pie.

There's no fixing stupid, I guess.

It's not stupid, and new businesses opening up in China has ground to a complete standstill.

On the face of it, the deal wasn't even bad. They offered to subsidize the opening of businesses within their boundaries for far less taxes, way lower worker costs, to get a 'virtually identical product in the end. It presented a theoretical massive drop in overhead costs. And then... they did it. They kept it going for almost ten years with only a few mishaps. Which encouraged more deals, more movement of the industry.

Turns out, it was merely a slow-acting poison.

 

[Some Badger]

If we'll be allowed to gather for Christmas?

Vampire lookin nigga I'll do what I fuckin' want to on Christmas!

Do y’all know anyone who actually bought into Fauci’s BS last holiday season? My family just used covid as an excuse not to see each other over Thanksgiving and Christmas since no one really likes each other and we’re spread out across the country, but I can’t think of anyone within my sphere of friends who didn’t spend time with their families at the end of last year. At most, they just made sure to take a covid test before making the journey.

Maybe it’s because I don’t interact directly with Branch Covidians, but my understanding is that Fauci is generally reviled by the general public, and the evidence that points to his funding of the virology lab in Wuhan has destroyed his public image.

 

[ForgedBlades]

Biden underwater (albeit barely) in Illinois and Oregon according to this poll.

Civiqs

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[Vaclav]

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I can't imagine a better way to persuade someone to support your cause.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

I'm going to have a bit of a rant, because I see this a lot in this thread. If you, someone you know, or someone you merely watch says the line "The American people will forget everything" or any variation of that line. Know this makes you or them an idiot. Your/their view of the world is so utterly simplistic as to betray the fact you/they know -very- little about how people work.

Now that I am done personally attacking like, half this thread let me explain why.

The origins of this sentiment, like most, does have a kernel of truth. People can be stupidly forgiving of even major gaffes. The reason isn't that people are stupid, or sheeple, or whatever thing you have to say to make you feel personally superior. Largely, it boils down to three reasons, individually or any combination thereof. And I guarantee you do them too.
1: Everyone has their pet issues. Generally, 2-3 core issues that someone holds dear and focuses on to the exclusion of most else. They don't utterly ignore these issues, but these issues are the ones they consider -the- most important. The Left -really- invests in this one, and it's a good part of why they have a consistent vote. And they have worn away at it over time.
2: Just because you know it, doesn't mean everyone does. No, it's not their fault, it's yours. Most sane, healthy people don't spend their time on avian-themed websites which give them politics by the minute. They pick it up from their friends, their family, sometimes the news, sometimes their social media. In bits and pieces. Frankly, they are probably more well-adjusted than 99.9% of the people on this site, and the .1% who are better adjusted are feds. Still, this doesn't mean they 'forgot' or are 'sheeple' it just means they have lives to live and so don't really have the time or autism to go deeply digging into every single subject.
3: So we have focus on issues, and no time to look at everything. What does that leave? Simple, they just don't give a fuck. Interest in politics at large is a niche topic, it's depressing, probably shaving minutes, hours, even days off our lives. Often is messy, confusing, corrupt as fuck, and just plain unpleasant. There is a reason bread and circuses work, and its because people don't want to fucking deal with politics.


And the core takeaway of all of this? None of its permanent makes someone stupid or otherwise prevents them from remembering basic things. They do in fact remember, it's your job as someone who wants them to get angry over it to convince them to be so.

I'll be honest with you, it was fine when other people called me a retard when I was apolitical because I didn't know shit about what was going on, I only really got interested in politics during the Trump years and that's just because everyone was pulling their hair out over it. People call me a retard for not knowing the nitty gritty details of every ME country there is. People call me a retard for not knowing the ins and outs of tech & still being at entry level for programming because I spend more time on politics these days, & it's because people fault you for every granular piece of information you do not know.

So no, I will continue to call other people sheep or stupid for the things they do not know.

Fair is fair.

 

[Individualism Incarnate]

Biden going back to his racial roots. Yet, Black people STILL voted for him en masse.

Well no one ever accused niggers of being smart.

 

[Only A Retard Sometimes]

this is going to be insanely bad optics wises as this happens more often.

 

[Getting tard comed]

Yeah, that is what I've heard. Apparently, Shake Shack was/is opening franchises in China. I shorted their stock the day it came on my radar. Makin bank ever since. Honestly, I'm fine with that, I don't mind Nationalism as long as it doesn't go too far. American culture and Chinese culture doesn't work, just like the Middle East and Afghanistan.

Was this before or after that software or hardware company(I think they make microchips) had their entire Chinese branch stolen from them with their trade secrets with the CCP's blessing?

 

[JohnDoe]

It's not stupid, and new businesses opening up in China has ground to a complete standstill.

On the face of it, the deal wasn't even bad. They offered to subsidize the opening of businesses within their boundaries for far less taxes, way lower worker costs, to get a 'virtually identical product in the end. It presented a theoretical massive drop in overhead costs. And then... they did it. They kept it going for almost ten years with only a few mishaps. Which encouraged more deals, more movement of the industry.

Turns out, it was merely a slow-acting poison.

All part of China's long term economic warfare against the West and the US in particular. Like the trick they pull on an industry wide scale like with steel or shipping containers.

Step 1: The costs of producing product X in China are artificially reduced by State funding
Step 2: The ChiCom Corp floods the market with cheap Product X
Step 3: Industries in Y Country (the US, Australia, whatever) cannot compete with government funded competition
Step 4: After [number] of years those local industries are in dire financial straits
Step 5: Chinese controlled interests or sometimes local capital vultures acquire and dismantle the industry
Step 6: ChiCom Corp raises prices because what are you gonna do now that your local industry has been dismantled?

Now the Chinese state controls the industry for Product X, other nations are reliant on China, and have holes shot have been shot in their economy.

 

[Blackhole]

this is going to be insanely bad optics wises as this happens more often.
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Oh boy,more innocent people dying because there are not enough staff to save them.
Thank you Globohomo,very epic and cool!

 

[April Ryan]

Biden underwater (albeit barely) in Illinois and Oregon according to this poll.

Civiqs

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Does anyone knows what kind of coralation there is between approval rates and then performance in reelection? Do people refuse to vote for someone who they dis-approve of, or is it "yeah I hate him but he has a D next to his name"?

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

It's not stupid, and new businesses opening up in China has ground to a complete standstill.

On the face of it, the deal wasn't even bad. They offered to subsidize the opening of businesses within their boundaries for far less taxes, way lower worker costs, to get a 'virtually identical product in the end. It presented a theoretical massive drop in overhead costs. And then... they did it. They kept it going for almost ten years with only a few mishaps. Which encouraged more deals, more movement of the industry.

Turns out, it was merely a slow-acting poison.

They assumed that China's push towards capitalism was inevitable, and that any of the socialist troubles would be worth the risk in the short term, to be in the ground floor long term when they go full western economy. None of the foreign investors were prepared for China to flip the switch as hard and as fast as they are.

All part of China's long term economic warfare against the West and the US in particular. Like the trick they pull on an industry wide scale like with steel or shipping containers.

Step 1: The costs of producing product X in China are artificially reduced by State funding
Step 2: The ChiCom Corp floods the market with cheap Product X
Step 3: Industries in Y Country (the US, Australia, whatever) cannot compete with government funded competition
Step 4: After [number] of years those local industries are in dire financial straits
Step 5: Chinese controlled interests or sometimes local capital vultures acquire and dismantle the industry

Now the Chinese state controls the industry for Product X, other nations are reliant on China, and have holes shot have been shot in their economy.

Its not even that well planned out, I don't know where the idea that the CCP has such levels of forsight has come from.

China wants to be a world superpower, and the party members want to be fucking rich. So they invite in huge swathes of foreign capital to utilize their cheap labor force that can't fight for better anything under the governments boot. Foreign Industry explodes, kickbacks to the party make them rich, and things are good. Technology theft is the same vein, its not mass planning, its party members realizing that doing so will make them even richer, and they have the power to be safe from reprisal.

This changes the power dynamics in the party itself, which is extremely cutthroat. The recent moves to shut down and crush out foreign investment is more to do with kneecapping the upstart opposition groups internal to the party, to keep them from making a play for the leadership. State enterprise means the state controls who gets what kickbacks, and help control the distribution of power in the party. Same reason the decisions is being made to take more of the land revenues from the local provincial government and giving control of it to the state to hand back down as it deems fit.

Fucking over foreign enterprise is just a convenient bonus, its all about power, and controlling the money and industry is a surefire way to keep power.

 

[Getting tard comed]

It's not stupid, and new businesses opening up in China has ground to a complete standstill.

On the face of it, the deal wasn't even bad. They offered to subsidize the opening of businesses within their boundaries for far less taxes, way lower worker costs, to get a 'virtually identical product in the end. It presented a theoretical massive drop in overhead costs. And then... they did it. They kept it going for almost ten years with only a few mishaps. Which encouraged more deals, more movement of the industry.

Turns out, it was merely a slow-acting poison.

Do you feel like it's still not stupid? I get it a decade or two ago but now after everyone has seen how they operate it feels like a very dumb business decision to me.

You have to set up a Chinese company that has 51% ownership and if that Chinese company decides to take it from you there's Jack shot you can do about. The CCP will back up the Chinese Corp who just stole your business and intellectual property.

 

[MrJokerRager]

I'm starting to believe that our elites in the USA are in fact attempting to scuttle a good thing. We have no border and we have no country, time for corporations to find new loyalties to. China is their choice and has been their choice for years. Biden, I think, is just a symptom of the greater happenings. Freaking disheartening.

@HumanHive has talked about how many of the elites believe in managed decline over in the DC beltway.