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biogene | 2 years ago

Most elections are about electing the least-bad person. Bush started wars, Biden/Obama dropped bombs on civilians (even US citizens), tortured detainees, trump.. well we all know what trump did. Most voters either voted for biden or trump, both have done "awful shit". Every politician has done "awful shit".

If you can't find a single positive impact of trump's (or any politician) policies or a single positive thing musk has done, consider that you maybe be in an echo chamber yourself, or you're just deluding yourself into thinking you have some kind of moral high-ground.

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leptons|2 years ago

Love how you oversell "Biden/Obama" as having dropped bombs on civilians while just handwaving away "we all know what trump did". Be more specific, maybe? Trump created an insurrection and tried to dismantle democracy itself, which seems far worse than accidentally dropping bombs on US citizens - let's be clear, Biden was VP at the time, not president, but you put Biden first? lol, you're so clearly trying to skew everything you wrote in all kinds of ways.

You're practicing whataboutism here.

>If you can't find a single positive impact of trump's (or any politician) policies or a single positive thing musk has done

A broken clock is right twice a day. So let's let broken clocks rule and profit as much as they want regardless of the consequences, I guess? That's what you're advocating for. trump and musk have very dubious ideologies, they are both awful businessmen that treat their employees like shit. They've proven this over and over. And yes, there is moral high ground and these two are not in the same category morally as many other politicians and business people. Your whataboutism doesn't make them seem any better than they actually are to anyone but yourself.

biogene|2 years ago

Thanks for proving my point. Goodbye.

spondylosaurus|2 years ago

lol I also like when people trot out the "Obama did bad stuff too!" talking point as if the non-establishment left isn't in full agreement there.

Like, yeah dude. You think me being pissed that Obama didn't close Guantanamo is a sign that I'm going to be more sympathetic about Trump's policies? Come on now.