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

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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?
 
Can someone with a good grasp of political history explain what the fuck changed from 2000-2008. It seemed like the right got us into a bunch of wars. The left was controlled opposition and with the rise of obama 2008-2016. the right became controlled opposition.

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about the arizona audit?

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about jan 6?

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about all the shit we follow here. They sure the fuck made hay about christy meeting obama, fuck I remember obama getting shit on for holding a coffee cup.
I mean. All can be explained if you view both R and D as part of the loose coalition of uniparty stooges. They might have once been genuinely different parties with genuine political ideals, but that was probably back in the 70s... maybe 80s the latest. By the time of Clinton et al, there's just this performative opposition by the other side, but nothing actually seriously challenging the other side in power... until Cheeto Hitler at least.
 
Can someone with a good grasp of political history explain what the fuck changed from 2000-2008. It seemed like the right got us into a bunch of wars. The left was controlled opposition and with the rise of obama 2008-2016. the right became controlled opposition.

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about the arizona audit?

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about jan 6?

Why arent the gop leaders making hay about all the shit we follow here. They sure the fuck made hay about christy meeting obama, fuck I remember obama getting shit on for holding a coffee cup.
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The Right and Left got together and made a Uniparty who sought to control everything, this was mostly run by the left who were in it for massive personal power where as the right was in it for massive personal gain. A distinct if fine difference.

GOP leaders right now aren't making hay of the Arizona audit because right now it's going through a battle in their Senate to determine what exactly they should do about it. Until then, and until they weather whatever backlash many come, other states are keeping quiet to let it play out.

January 6th is a nothing burger. It's just... blegh. The right can't use it because it was a riot, even if a not very destructive one. The left -want- to use it, but the only actual death from it was on the right and no real damage happened. There is no way to -use- it.

In the end, the GOP is busy being slowly purged by Trump, and anyone not in line for that is waiting for events to continue to figure out how to use any of it.
 
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Barnes is a solid glimmer of factual hope. Y'all better not be sleeping on his podcast appearances
 
For all the talk about coups and such, just a reminder of what an actual coup looks like:


Saddam Hussein was an evil genius with these things.

CGP grey also has a great video about what you need in order to remain in power once you get it:


For people who don't have 18 minutes to watch stick figures explain rules of remaining in power, he outlines :

0th Rule: Without power, you can affect nothing.
1st Rule: Keep the key supporters on your side.
2nd Rule: Control the treasure.
3rd Rule: Minimize key supporters.

Biden seems to be failing at all of these. Political capital is spent, key supporters are fighting, DNC is out of money if reports are right, and there are too many key supporters that all have their own goals.
 
For all the talk about coups and such, just a reminder of what an actual coup looks like:


Saddam Hussein was an evil genius with these things.

CGP grey also has a great video about what you need in order to remain in power once you get it:


For people who don't have 18 minutes to watch stick figures explain rules of remaining in power, he outlines :

0th Rule: Without power, you can affect nothing.
1st Rule: Keep the key supporters on your side.
2nd Rule: Control the treasure.
3rd Rule: Minimize key supporters.

Biden seems to be failing at all of these. Political capital is spent, key supporters are fighting, DNC is out of money if reports are right, and there are too many key supporters that all have their own goals.
The big important thing about controlling the treasury is the idea that you must be in control of how and when you reward supporters. They must remain reliant upon you, just as you must be reliant on them. The problem for Biden is that he has nothing to reward at all. It becomes a catch-22, because he cannot control the treasury he cannot keep key supporters which means he cannot refill his treasury. The reason he couldn't originally pay off his supporters was because they had too many with two divergent views, meaning they couldn't agree how to pay, meaning he couldn't satisfy them.

It is three separate rings all making a venn diagram of fuck.
 
For all the talk about coups and such, just a reminder of what an actual coup looks like:


Saddam Hussein was an evil genius with these things.

CGP grey also has a great video about what you need in order to remain in power once you get it:


For people who don't have 18 minutes to watch stick figures explain rules of remaining in power, he outlines :

0th Rule: Without power, you can affect nothing.
1st Rule: Keep the key supporters on your side.
2nd Rule: Control the treasure.
3rd Rule: Minimize key supporters.

Biden seems to be failing at all of these. Political capital is spent, key supporters are fighting, DNC is out of money if reports are right, and there are too many key supporters that all have their own goals.
Man should stick to these types of videos rather than complaining about death and the existential dread it makes him feel.

America and the west have become like the democracy turned dictatorships he mentioned: the false gold of corporations has led to the crypto facists thinking they can somehow take power.
 
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