Summary

President Joe Biden leaves office with a legacy of leading the U.S. out of the COVID-19 pandemic, advancing infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, clean energy, and rallying global support for Ukraine.

However, since live television’s rise more than half a century ago, the skills needed to run for president have diverged from those required to govern.

This led many voters to doubt his capability despite his achievements, forcing him to withdraw from the 2024 race.

Meanwhile, voters have been less critical of Donald Trump’s age, overlooking unpopular policies like tariffs that hurt farmers and manufacturing.

Many Republicans and independent voters accepted Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election being stolen and justified the January 6 Capitol attack, enabling his return to office.

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I think it’s the only productive position. Suit your message to your goal, and your audience. You said the non-voters already know they fucked up, which is diametrically opposed to all the evidence I see. They’re putting all the blame on Dems, ignoring the fact of the greater evil, and comforting themselves that they themselves are virtuous and blameless because they refused to vote for genocide.

    I’m not seeing an active call to actually direct that criticism at the Dems themselves, it’s just a virtue-signal circle jerk.

    Again, I’m all for directing criticism directly toward the people at fault. Both the non-voters and Democratic leadership are at fault here. I will direct my criticism of Democrats to the Democrats, and my criticism of non-voters to non-voters. I won’t let either of them shirk their share of the responsibility by criticizing the one to the other, that way encourages complacency.