• Shadywack@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Biden literally signed into law a resolution that took away the ability of railworkers to strike. This is one of the most anti-union and anti-worker moves from the legislative and executive branches I have ever seen in my entire life.

    My choice is between that disgusting sack of shit, and an even worse more putrified fascist disgusting sack of shit scumbag pondscum asshole.

    I will not be voting for either, and instead will be selecting the candidate available to me on the ticket most closely matching my priorities and convictions. Either way, the electoral college will look at my vote and immediately trash can it to put the true vote to one of these bought and paid for pricks. Happy fucking democracy, what a goddamn joke.

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        biden prevented and even illegalized a movement that could have been just as big or bigger than the labour movement.

        the economic impact gets them precisely where it hurts: rich peoples pockets. thats how you really get what you want, not by begging.

        the 30hr workweek, or the fairer healthcare us people want so bad? yes, that big.

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        8 months ago

        Biden didn’t address the actual concerns. The points system is still in place, the “sick leave” has to be scheduled in advance.

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      I don’t like Biden either, he’s done things that offend me too. But it doesn’t matter. Assuming Biden or Trump will win the general, then the only rational move is to pick one of them. Your vote can only make the difference between 1st and 2nd. You can’t make the 3rd place candidate jump to first, and you certainly can’t cause the winner to be nobody.

      If you wanna vote for a candidate who matches your priorities and convictions, the time for that is the primary stage. The general is too late for that. In fact, if Trump wins that’ll make it even harder for a more liberal candidate to win the next primary, because (as happened after 2016) a Trump victory will scare democratic voters into thinking they need to move to the center to stop the far-right.

      I know, American democracy is a big disgusting knot that makes you do things that feel dirty. But just pretend it’s a game, because that’s what it is. If you wanna win in the end, that means on each turn you move towards the least bad outcome.

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      8 months ago

      that one was horrible. i think that strike could have sparked another workers rights movement to the likes of the one 100ish years ago.

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          forget the politicians blame game, they are doing just that right now, despite strikes or lack thereof. all for show, fuck them.

          the important part are the worker rights we could have permanently earned, just like our right to the 8hr workday back then.

          i dont care if one side gets to get to power over another as long as we have the worker power to bend them to our will. you seem worried about republicans but it ended up being democrat biden who illegalized strikes for an entire industry. this is really bad in the medium to long run.

          about having the people agreeing with it, most people supported it, and im doing my part right now in talking to the ones seemingly on the fence.

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          This precisely. Anyone who is arguing otherwise is being intentionally misleading. Republicans were practically salivating at the opportunity to attack Biden on economic issues.

          Maybe there’s a reason why leftists hate democracy - because they are too politically naive for it.

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            Republicans were practically salivating at the opportunity to attack Biden on economic issues.

            Well, thank God we avoided that outcome! As long as the Dems just cater to what Republicans want, we can ensure that Republicans won’t resort to baseless accusations.

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      He also turned around and got almost everything those rail workers were about to go on strike for in follow-up negotiations

      But sure, sacrifice minority lives because an establishment politician was more worried about supply chain snarl than about you getting to cum to all that juicy strike footage that wasn’t gonna come out anyways

      Don’t bother coming to pride this year, we all know you like our aesthetic more than you value our lives.