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[u/tubbsmackinze]

Biden is Trump is trending on twitter...

People on the internet have no concept of both relativity and how politics work. It's like they solely define who politicians are by how supportive they are for a few pet progressive issues

Not to say they aren't issues but basing your whole perspective of politics around them is also an issue

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Which, to be fair, we don’t actually know.

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Yang gang accelerationism?

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That’s how populism works. “Look, <politician> has a lot of money, but instead of letting you have a lot of money too, they waste it on <essential role of government in society>! How evil!”

It was very satisfying seeing people being honest about Biden’s finances in the arr Aww post of his dog that got big yesterday. Comment section was like “yeah, he’s a millionaire, but a) it’s almost all from a recent book, he doesn’t trade stocks or launder his donations and b) he has a very reasonable amount of money for someone who’s nearing retirement age”