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?

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

A country with active genocide of muslims wants to do deals with radical muslims elsewhere?
Surely nothing can go wrong here.

China has a history of tricking other nations through debt traps and other ordeals. Only time will tell if Afghanistan is based or not.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

China has a history of tricking other nations through debt traps and other ordeals. Only time will tell if Afghanistan is based or not.

As if a shitstain like Afghanistan will play ball when China will call in its debt. Should be interesting to see how hard will China cry when they are on the cheated side of the plot.

 

[Gehenna]

"To be fair", I am sure most of us also thought Kamala would be the "real President" by now and Biden was just a way to latch onto those Obama vibes once Kamala bombed out of the primary.

I never would have guessed that Kamala would have as little power as she currently has, even though most of us suspected she would be a puppet as well in reality.

We all knew she'd be puppet, but even those who guessed that weren't expecting literally no power. Hell, I'll cop to being wrong. I thought they'd give her a sort of minimal level of power and let her play pretend while only pushing forward specific things.

Not every single thing.

As if a shitstain like Afghanistan will play ball when China will call in its debt. Should be interesting to see how hard will China cry when they are on the cheated side of the plot.

What will China do? Invade the grand graveyard? It'd be their death and amusing to watch.

 

[SeniorFuckFace]

This is happening faster than I thought it would.

So, there are 4 major entities/factions within the Biden Administration. 3 for sure, one speculated by me. All of them are using Biden as the pawn.

1: Kamala Harris
2: The Oligarchs behind it all.
3: The Progressives. (separated from the Oligarchs in that the Oligarchs are the business interests only wanting to make money, the Progressives are the True Believers)
4: Jill Biden (speculated)

The top three are for sure in a slowly brewing war. Harris was promised the reigns of power to be the power behind the man and realizes she's meant to be a puppet. The title means nothing if it doesn't have power behind it, and unlike Joe Biden, her mind isn't swiss cheese enough to be content with it. So she has a brewing discontent with 2 and 3. 2 and 3 have to deal with the fact that they have rapidly diverging interests but neither can just remove the other without losing basically all actual power. Jill Biden is a speculated 4th power. As the Wife of Joe Biden, he remembers her best and clearest and anything she says he'll go along with -way- more readily than anything said by 1-3. And as his mind deteriorates, that power only grows. She's a blatantly political animal with a lot of ambition of her own, and I speculate that she's not happy having her husband used as a mask... and doubly hates that she has no power by extension. She's supposed to sit there and be pretty.

So 1 and 4 hate everyone else, with 2 and 3 hating each other and having to worry that 1 or 4 might begin to assert power, all while their puppet degenerates more and more with every passing day and with it their ability to keep the charade up.

This situation is untenable, it's -going- to crash and burn. The question is how and what the fuck happens when it does. If Joe Biden kicks it or degenerates past the point of hiding, then they have Kamala... who if she was discontent as VICE President, that discontent is going to magnify as President when she is still stripped of any real power.

Is the puppet propping of both Biden/Harris a new way of structuring the administrative power hierarchy or is it just exasperated?

To clarify, I always tended to see individuals in Presidential and Vice President positions as proxies influenced by those who surrounded them that shape their final decisions for there own self-serving reasons.

It seems less cordial now, at least more transparent to the VP that they just do not give a fuck about her, nor her opinion on matters, nor what she has to generally offer and, in-fact, assigning policy issues to her to unravel that are well beyond her ability to manage.

As for Biden, I bet he is a ruthless mother fucker behind closed doors and largely unpredictable forcing everyone to walk on eggshells and to fail exactly into line...Harris does not yield that same stick.

 

[Salubrious]

We all knew she'd be puppet, but even those who guessed that weren't expecting literally no power. Hell, I'll cop to being wrong. I thought they'd give her a sort of minimal level of power and let her play pretend while only pushing forward specific things.

Not every single thing.


What will China do? Invade the grand graveyard? It'd be their death and amusing to watch.

I never thought we would get to July, and Biden is still making more public appearances than Kamala. I was absolutely convinced she would be the black female "face" of the administration.

 

[Gehenna]

Is the puppet propping of both Biden/Harris a new way of structuring the administrative power hierarchy or is it just exasperated?

To clarify, I always tended to see individuals in Presidential and Vice President positions as proxies influenced by those who surrounded them that shape their final decisions for there own self-serving reasons.

It seems less cordial now, at least more transparent to the VP that they just do not give a fuck about her, nor her opinion on matters, nor what she has to generally offer and, in-fact, assigning policy issues to her to unravel that are well beyond her ability to manage.

As for Biden, I bet he is aruthless mother fucker behind closed doors and largely unpredictable forcing everyone to walk on eggshells and to fail exactly into line...Harris does not yield that same stick.

The Presidency has always had advisors and influence groups, but it would be those groups trying to ploy their influence filtered through an intelligent and capable political mind who'd have the final say. Through this, a unified vision is formed and strategy can be implemented.

This is a bunch of interest groups and oligarchs decreeing policy and then battling each other for how to put it down. There is no filter, no strategy, no unified vision.

As to Biden... his brain is mush, and even when it wasn't mush his actual political acumen was... pretty bad, actually. He was made Obama's VP because the man was...

Alright, lets get one thing straight. Biden is, has always been, and will always be a bad politician. He is weak-willed, easily converted or pushed from his positions, utterly unambitious, corrupt, sleazy, and a constant political gaffe machine. He was made VP because of these traits. He was a White, male, Catholic meant to shore up a very weak section of Blue Dog and Moderate Christian's that Obama utterly did not appeal to. But his absolute weakness meant he'd never, ever be a competitor or threat to Obama's Cult of Personality.

All of Biden's ambitions have been pushed by Jill. All of em. All Biden has ever taken initiative on was things that benefited him personally and didn't require too much work on his part.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

A country with active genocide of muslims wants to do deals with radical muslims elsewhere?
Surely nothing can go wrong here.

Yeah, let's see how Xi the pooh will menage to deal with the talibans.

 

[Gehenna]

I never thought we would get to July, and Biden is still making more public appearances than Kamala. I was absolutely convinced she would be the black female "face" of the administration.

God no, and I don't really get why people thought she would be. Kamala failed to get any traction in the primaries because the woman is as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. The reason she was made VP is because she's such a weak candidate. If/when Biden pops off, the Powers Behind Biden want someone who -has- to kow tow to them. If it were anyone actually strong, they'd risk that person being able to say "Fuck you, imma go my own way". But since Kamala is such a weak and poisonous candidate, they don't have to worry about that at all so long as she wants to keep the appearance of being in power.

But, and lets be clear, she was the -only- one who fit the racial, gender, and power criteria. And she is absolutely hated by anyone who sees her for any amount of time. She was never going to be the face because people fucking despise her. She's just meant to sit down, shut up, and be away.

Though I think there was a shift in tactics at some points. Once it became obvious Biden cannot continue for long they have tried to buff up her appearance. To make her more likable. To get people to not hate her. I think the efforts there might be what caused people to think as you do, but to be clear it very clearly came later. It was never the original intent.

 

[AcidityLiquidity]

Yeah, let's see how Xi the pooh will menage to deal with the talibans.

He will do a lot better since China A: Doesn't want forever wars to line Israel's pockets and destabilize it's local enemies and B: Doesn't give a fuck about human rights, so are open to all sorts of fun stuff to smoke out the goat fuckers.

 

[Gehenna]

He will do a lot better since China A: Doesn't want forever wars to line Israel's pockets and destabilize it's local enemies and B: Doesn't give a fuck about human rights, so are open to all sorts of fun stuff to smoke out the goat fuckers.

Neither did the USSR, but they too found the place to be a graveyard. Or the Brits, though they at least had some standards about how to inflict war. Nobody who invades the Graveyard comes out of it good, hell I could even explain exactly why if anyone wants me to. But it is inevitably a loss.

 

[Salubrious]

God no, and I don't really get why people thought she would be. Kamala failed to get any traction in the primaries because the woman is as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. The reason she was made VP is because she's such a weak candidate. If/when Biden pops off, the Powers Behind Biden want someone who -has- to kow tow to them. If it were anyone actually strong, they'd risk that person being able to say "Fuck you, imma go my own way". But since Kamala is such a weak and poisonous candidate, they don't have to worry about that at all so long as she wants to keep the appearance of being in power.

But, and lets be clear, she was the -only- one who fit the racial, gender, and power criteria. And she is absolutely hated by anyone who sees her for any amount of time. She was never going to be the face because people fucking despise her. She's just meant to sit down, shut up, and be away.

Though I think there was a shift in tactics at some points. Once it became obvious Biden cannot continue for long they have tried to buff up her appearance. To make her more likable. To get people to not hate her. I think the efforts there might be what caused people to think as you do, but to be clear it very clearly came later. It was never the original intent.

My reasoning was that because she fit all of the "criteria", she would be propped up as the face of the administration to fight the good fight against all the systemic racism and sexism in our society.

The fact that she is completely unlikeable is actually a bonus. Whenever she gets criticized for being a total bitch, then the MSM can point to that criticism as the PROOF that this country still hates blacks and women in power.

 

[SeniorFuckFace]

Interesting to see Kamala Harris's 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries rankings:

Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

hell I could even explain exactly why if anyone wants me to

Run with it...

 

[Gehenna]

My reasoning was that because she fit all of the "criteria", she would be propped up as the face of the administration to fight the good fight against all the systemic racism and sexism in our society.

The fact that she is completely unlikeable is actually a bonus. Whenever she gets criticized for being a total bitch, then the MSM can point to that criticism as the PROOF that this country still hates blacks and women in power.

Here's the thing. The Powers Behind Biden doesn't need the fawning praise of the media. They need someone who the American People find, at worst, to be unobtrusive. They need someone who can smile, sign their name on the latest bill before them, and most of America can go "Yes, we acknowledge this". The media isn't relevant here, especially on a narrative line that not even most of the democrat base wouldn't buy.

The whole reason they can't just oust Biden for Kamala is that due to her being supremely unlikable, they will completely turn off moderates and even a good chunk of their own base and then come the midterms or 2024, they get fucking destroyed. Or, if they somehow manage to avoid that, they simply get massive swaths of the country simply ignoring their laws when the states begin to say "nah". They need the puppet to be as beige as possible.

Run with it...

Afghanistan has no infrastructure. Now, what does that mean?

Well.

The only reason to invade Afghanistan is that it has massive amounts of untapped resources. But stop and consider what that means paired with the lack of infrastructure. To get it, you will need to build the infrastructure, spending decades to just be able to -begin- tapping the resources. So off the bat, you are looking at around half a -century- just to see the break-even point.

But wait, there's more.

This land is occupied by hardcore zealots, who are bordered by hardcore zealots, and the whole nation is viewed as the most ideal honeypot by a ton of hardcore zealots who will fund the fuck out of whoever is fighting against the latest invader. These zealots that reside within it are hardened veterans of a strong military culture and absolute masters of a form of warfare that perfectly counters the tactics of any standing army. These zealots will be a constant source of bleeding attrition to setting up that infrastructure.

But wait, there's -more-.

So you have started building infrastructure. Guess what blows up -really- easy? So yes, those zealots from before will be actively pushing your progress backwards into the stoneage it came from. Meanwhile, while you are throwing your money on a big ol bonfire, you also have to deal with the fact that you can't just send your worst troops to hold it. You need to constantly send your best troops just to maintain the status quo. And their gear. And every single loss in battle costs you -way- more than it costs the zealots. If you kill 10 zealots for every 1 of your guys it's a loss for you.

But WAIT, -there's even more-.

They will -never- run out of men. You see, there is no unified Afghanistan identity. Rather, it's a nominally Islamic area with no unified identity, and sees a -constant- influx of Islamic men from all around the world. And they all exist in a continuous state of total war against you as the invader. They won't be cowed by shock and awe, no horror done on them will dissuade them, hell it might just -embolden- them.


So you have a constant hell slog of war, in which you won't even -begin- to see profits in -decades-, possibly -never- seeing profits within a -century-.

Welcome to the Graveyard of Nations. There is no victory.

 

[Sithis]

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"Well I'm glad that China is beginning to ramp up infrastructure and build more roads, but what do belts have to do with anything?" - Joe Biden, probably

 

[soy_king]

Neither did the USSR, but they too found the place to be a graveyard. Or the Brits, though they at least had some standards about how to inflict war. Nobody who invades the Graveyard comes out of it good, hell I could even explain exactly why if anyone wants me to. But it is inevitably a loss.

Alexander, Qinggis Khan, and the Ummayads would like a word.

 

[Gehenna]

Alexander, Qinggis Khan, and the Ummayads would like a word.

Want to know what all three of those have in common? They are -way- premodern. When all you need is horses and men on foot to battle horses and men on foot, your ability to ignore a lack of infrastructure is significantly better.

When you kinda need that infrastructure though....

 

[soy_king]

Want to know what all three of those have in common? They are -way- premodern. When all you need is horses and men on foot to battle horses and men on foot, your ability to ignore a lack of infrastructure is significantly better.

When you kinda need that infrastructure though....

Tbf, what they had in common was a refusal to take half measures or play nice. I'm thoroughly convinced that if it wasn't for the US giving those goatfuckers Stinger missiles and generally shitting on them, the Soviets would've probably won after murdering 10% of the population.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

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I already have that. I have a car.

 

[LurkTrawl]

The Presidency has always had advisors and influence groups, but it would be those groups trying to ploy their influence filtered through an intelligent and capable political mind who'd have the final say. Through this, a unified vision is formed and strategy can be implemented.

This is a bunch of interest groups and oligarchs decreeing policy and then battling each other for how to put it down. There is no filter, no strategy, no unified vision.

It's almost like allying yourself with fractious backbiting retards (progressives), and hysterical mongoloids who have no idea how the world actually works (socialists, communists), and people who are as soul-less and self interested as you are but with not even a quarter of the wit of how to manage their flying monkeys (race pimps and other assorted grifters), is a bad plan that is doomed, at some point, to fail catastrophically.

God no, and I don't really get why people thought she would be. Kamala failed to get any traction in the primaries because the woman is as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. The reason she was made VP is because she's such a weak candidate. If/when Biden pops off, the Powers Behind Biden want someone who -has- to kow tow to them. If it were anyone actually strong, they'd risk that person being able to say "Fuck you, imma go my own way". But since Kamala is such a weak and poisonous candidate, they don't have to worry about that at all so long as she wants to keep the appearance of being in power.

So to put it more succinctly, they're scared shitless of an 'Obama 2.0' situation where a president becomes too capable of being independent of the party. I never looked at it that way but it makes perfect sense.

 

[Systemsprenger]

Trade. The silk road used to run through Afghanistan, and its a sort of crossroads for regional trade between Asia and the Mediterranean, and by extension everything connected to that sea. Both China and Russia have/had land borders with Afghanistan, China directly, and Russia through Turkmenistan back when they were part of the USSR as a whole. On paper, if a power were to stabilize the region enough and build up the requisite infrastructure to do large volume trade through the area, they would be in a position to make a lot of money, and in China's case, it would give them another artery that would be difficult to cut off if conflict were to arise, unlike their coastline and their unproven navy.

This is definitely a part of the reason, and has been since prehistoric times (fex. there was a complex trade network in the Bronze age linking the Akkadians, early Indo-Europeans in Russia and agriculturalists of Afghanistan, India and Pakistan together).

Another factor to consider - Rare earth metals and minerals. The Hindu Kush mountains are chock-full of these (as are the Zagros range in Iran, though Afghanistan has a greater volume and easier access if I recall right).

China and Iran have, following the US' (temporary it seems) unseating of the Taliban, made inroads into extracting these rare earth metals/minerals from Afghanistan.

The Afghan national government has (like with Pakistan and Turkey with NATO) played a tenuous game of balancing opposing forces looking to invest in the extraction process - Thus far, Iran and China have benefited (though I seem to recall that China's operations are more extensive and focused around the Badakhshan area, near Tajikistan, which is the most rich area, from memory).

I don't know what Iran hopes to achieve from such extraction operations long term, but China's clearly siphoning off resources from other third world nations in the hopes of simultaneously developing their export status as a high-tech manufacture (and later service) superpower (presumably keeping these countries as client states indefinitely), in addition to maximizing their superconductor output for future large-scale automation. Presumably, Iran has similar goals (ie. regional self sufficiency).

It will be interesting to see whether the Taliban recapture of Afghanistan will significantly alter this arrangement.
Ideologically, the Taliban (Deobandi-Salafi Sunni Muslims) are principally opposed to Iran's ayatollah's Shia variant, and they're also clearly opposed to Godless Communists who are actively eroding the presence of Islam in Uygur areas. However, the Taliban leadership have shown some pragmatism after the 2001 war, as they have formed an unofficial alliance with the Iranians.
Purely based on religious grounds, I would expect a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan of 2021/22 to grant Iran greater access at the expense of China (irrespective of doctrinal differences or history, Muslim > non-Muslim 'people of the book' > polytheist > unbelievers/atheists). This would undoubtedly draw a reaction of some form from a bullish, and clearly expansionist, Communist China.
However, any deference towards China by the Taliban elite would undoubtedly cause dissent within their power structure. We may nonetheless see fracturing of their control (due to local warlords or clans who prioritize economic incentives over religious piety) irrespective.
We are due for interesting times, is my prediction.