Whenever the media want to talk about Biden’s age, remember that I am more than six years older than that kid, and both of us could run circles around the Orange Guy.
Oh, and Biden’s never been charged with a felony, let alone 91 of them. Just saying.
@fluffy @georgetakei At some point, yes. Harris is relatively young and she's probably going to take the mantle when Biden's next term is up.
That said, a good person cares about what's going to happen to future generations, and does what they can to make things better. Age is less of an issue than simply caring.
@textualdeviance @fluffy @georgetakei
physically, Biden is only half, maybe a third, of the man Trump is.
Please don't confuse physical state with morality.
It's not clever, and it just tells the world you conflate being fat with being right-wing. Which is a pretty stupid thing to do.
@textualdeviance wow you’re assuming a lot about me and also reading a lot into my tiny milquetoast criticism of the state of the presidential election
If someone wanted to support me making a run for politics, sure, that’d be great. They’d be trying to elect a socialist disabled neurodivergent trans nonbinary furry. Good luck with that.
@textualdeviance you say there’s no “system,” right after describing exactly what the system is. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s a maintenance of the status quo. It’s a system in the greater sense of how politics operates. Emergent properties, not specific actions taken by individuals.
Whenever people refer to a system, that’s usually what they mean. The entire environment in which things take place.
@textualdeviance like compare it to the term “systemic racism.” It’s not that people specifically go out of their way to be racist, it’s that there are emergent and established structures in place that maintain racism at a societal level.
It is in that way that people talk about the political system.
@textualdeviance @fluffy so this whole thread has been going "oh you can change things by getting into politics! join up and be the change you want to see!" and when someone explicitly tells you WHAT they want to see, you tell them "no not that."
god liberals are pathetic.
@textualdeviance @fluffy @georgetakei
We have experience in the UK of folks doing PPE degrees and going straight into politics. Unfortunately these people don't tend to make very good representatives, as they have no worldly experience outside of politics.
@textualdeviance @fluffy @georgetakei A good country enshrines consideration of future generations in law. Biden/Harris should consider following Wales lead.
https://www.futuregenerations.wales/about-us/future-generations-act/
Your not going to find anyone remotely qualified to be president with a fraction of the empathy of Joe Biden, who knows damn well the import of his decisions for his grandkids and all of their generation.
It's fine to wish for things, critical to make momentous decisions with eyes wide open to the reality of available options.
So let me get this straight, you're complaining that we have an outstanding candidate who's already accomplished a shit-ton for America because he won't be around to see the full impact of everything he's done and will do?
I'm sorry God isn't available so we're stuck with the guy with the most impactful presidency in over 50 years.
I read what you wrote. You wrote that you want someone younger. Then you wrote you wish there was someone better (defined in part by your prior words as younger).
I made it clear there isn't anyone better, not because there aren't many excellent possibilities, but because we already have an outstanding President running for a richly deserved 2nd term which is apparently still not good enough for you.
@shaterri @fluffy @georgetakei
With negative partisanship, the right-wing echo chamber & epic failure of for profit media, each side starts at ~46%.
Jesus, Ghandi & Mother Theresa together would poll at maybe 48% in this environment, especially 13 months out with an active (if pathetic) GOP primary & no Democratic primary.
Give a listen to the Pod Save America guys some time, they do a good job explaining this stuff.
Also read Simon Rosenberg's Hopium Chronicles for a good view of the race.
@fluffy I don't think people in power think this way in general. Hence the climate crisis.
@georgetakei the media is failing so badly right now. :( We have a major party of actual fascists openly fighting tooth and nail to end our democracy, and all the media is focusing on is this blown-up Biden age issue, without mentioning Trump's age and health.
It's almost like many in the media would be just fine with fascist rule.
@georgetakei good point George.
I prefer my Presidents to have fewer felony indictments than their age 🙂
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