This is one bold example of the differences that matter in this election.
This is one of the reasons why it's disappointing to hear progressives and center-left people talking about not voting for Biden over his response to Gaza. There are literally thousands of other issues where a second Trump term would disastrous. Plus, Trump would be disastrous to Gaza as well. Makes no sense.
It's worse than that. Even if by some miracle we make it out of a second round of Trump, the DNC isn't going to learn their lesson. They didn't learn it in the past when they lost, they aren't going to learn it now. They'll keep on doing the same thing they always do, maintain the status quo at the worst, and make limp progress at best.
The problem here is systemic to our election system. It's not going to be solved by pissing away votes through 3rd party and protest votes. The DNC won't give a single shit. The only way this gets solved is if we dismantle FPTP voting in this country, and push hard for election finance reform, and a ban on lobbying.
So in the end, it seems like a bunch of people are going to end up letting Trump slip into office, and it will be a disaster. Accelerationism only hurts people. It isn't going to result in a utopia.
We gotta vote in every election and vote hard left when possible. And it's gotta be millions of us.
Otherwise, we're getting more of this. But I'll keep doing my part.
Agreed. For what little it's worth, I'm doing my part.
Yeah like fascism.
He did the same thing with his last term. This time he’s getting paid up front.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks-list.html
Just fascists doing fascist things
I know OP included it in the text description, but I feel like the title really needs to include "for $1,000,000,000." We've all known politicians have been susceptible to bribery since the dawn of humankind, but this has still got to be the most blatant, unashamed, fuckery that I have ever read.
The newspaper adds that, for their part, leaders at major oil companies “have been preparing for a possible Trump second term by drafting executive orders designed to be ready to sign as soon as he returns to office”.
It doesn't mention that the oil companies are writing the executive orders themselves because they don't believe anyone in Trump's second administration would be capable of writing an executive order that would stand up in court.
The US will not recover socially or economically from another Trump presidency. His massive tax cuts for the extremely wealthy alone pushed us 20 years ahead on worsening wealth inequality. Deregulating all industry and corruption at all levels would complete the decline into a banana republic and hasten the coming climate refugee crisis from the coastal areas. If America wants a 1/2 billion dollar tax fraud who loves to rape women and fuck porn stars who has never worked an honest day in his life so be it. Count me out.
But the oil companies have told us they are committed to helping with a green future. /s
Even if they were both the same, a loss for trump means a $1bn loss for the oil companies.
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