To be clear, though some folks like to make a big deal about someone being on .ml, I am not a communist, and the part that was significant to me was that our trajectory was being openly called by folks that far back, not any message regarding communism.
It’s kind of scary that people are responding so passively and pessimistically this time.
I'm arguably part of the problem here. The fact that he won again, and that Dems ran the 2016 playbook again, and that they have openly moved to the right on various issues since 2020, and will probably run the 2016 playbook again in 2028 even if they would deserve another vote, has really just taken the wind out of my sails.
It's not that I don't understand those concerns, I just don't think those are reasons to reject the concept, nor the obligation to make an effort.
How would you solve that problem?
I doubt I have the necessary understanding of the nuance to propose any good solution. That's not evidence that one doesn't exist, however. And if the folks who should be responsible for such things are choosing to abdicate that responsibility, I'm going to need a better reason than "because it's hard."
All fair points, but what do you suppose the Taliban would have done to those same people and more if the US had not pulled out when Trump told them we would?
Fair opinion I guess, but I think there are plenty of things you can cleanly give Biden shit about before you get all the way down to complying with the troop withdrawal schedule that Trump committed us to.
Instead of going to war against this oligarchy he chose to cash his political capital on a rushed pull out of Afghanistan
I don't see how this is laid on Biden since Trump agreed to the withdrawal and timeline, and then R relentlessly hammered Biden for not getting on it, then relentlessly hammered him for the problems related to rushing it.
THCA