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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Well, first of all, Biden is an empty suit, so someone else would be running the country. The Obama/Clinton/Pelosi gang? Deeper into the swamp, the deep state and transnationals? Whoever would be in charge would LOVE Biden to be President because he wouldn't have an independent thought in his head. He would never travel the globe or speak with other foreign heads of state. He would never hold live press conferences. Everything would be pre-recorded in five-second sound bites.

But I digress.

All of the investigations into the political corruption of our security agencies would be shitcanned, as well as any investigation of Biden's and the Clintons' financial corruption.

More importantly, the Democrats would use the oppty to solidify their hold on power inDC. Make DC the 51st state? Offer instant citizenship to illegal immigrants? Change voting rules? Get rid of the electoral college?

What would they DO with that power?

Well, there are some things for sure they wouldn't do:

They wouldn't institute single payer because they're just as beholden to big pharma, hospital corporations, and insurances as Republicans, maybe more so.

They would never re-industrialize the USA bc the Obama/Clinton/Pelosi wing of the party has been pushing for offshoring American jobs as long as establishment Republicans. After all, how would Apple make its unconscionable profits if it had to assemble its phones in the USA?

They wouldn't REALLY reduce the wealth gap (altho they might make a show of it) because their donors belong to the international elites, who they don't want to piss off or drive away.

They WOULDN'T be able, or even willing, to fix Covid-19-induced economic problems.

The would probably want another bite of the Syrian/Libyan/Ukrainian/Iranian apples because it didn't go the way they planned. But because Russia and China would be standing in the way of their plans, hostility towards the other major powers would also increase. BTW, "interventions" would be framed as "humanitarian" bombings.

They would probably want to revitalize NATO, but the EU itself may not welcome such a move- Germany in particular.

And while the USA may want to "re-set" its relationships with major powers, it's unlikely to bear much fruit. Even if the people behind Biden want to institute the JPCOA with Iran, it will not cause Iran to undo the $400 BILLION dollar deal that it just inked with China, and neither China nor Russia are likely to succumb to the blandishments of the internationalists. (Russia because it knows better, and China because the 2008 collapse opened their eyes to the fact that, no, the western economy really DOESN'T know what it's doing.) The only wildcard in this sphere is India.

OH, AND REPORTING ON COVID-19 WOULD CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. The facts on the ground woudn't change, but you wouldn't get that drumbeat of statistics. I think the press would wind up ignoring the story.

So, since life-altering economic, healthcare, or foreign policy changes are not in the wind, what WILL the DNC do?

Well, my guess is that it will focus on identity politics morning, noon, and night. There will be all kinds of drama and meaningless concessions and speeches by politicians wearing kente cloth, and they and their base will try to outdo each other in "purity" tests: who can be the least racist/sexist/*ist and the most pure?

It will be like something after the French revolution and the Reign of Terror, except instead of losing their heads people will lose their reputations and their jobs.

After four years of totally meaningless and pointless drama, nothing will be better than before.

I got some of those ideas from here

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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
I would argue something perhaps had to be done...but Biden might have invited troubles by a political display some interpreted as weakness


“A Breach of Yemeni Sovereignty”: Biden Becomes Fourth U.S. President to Bomb Yemen

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/1/12/yemen_strikes_houthis_red_sea_g
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:


The next 4 years are going to be very amusing.

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