r/InternationalNews • u/Passervore • Apr 24 '24

Opinion/Analysis Biden launches police-state crackdown at US universities

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/24/vcgw-a24.html
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u/drawnred Apr 24 '24

its wild how he was a senator during the end of the vietnam war and doesnt see this as a bad PR move

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u/Significant-Ad-7182 Apr 24 '24

PR no longer matters for most voters in US. If it did you would be living in a multi-party system.

People who care about Palestinians are forced to vote either Trump or Biden.

Both of them wouldn't shy away from supporting genocide and silencing those who stand against it.

The democrats fucked over at least half of their voters because they know you feel forced to vote for them, only alternative being Trump who is no different but also brings a hole lot of other issues with himself for the country internally.

As an outsider I hope your parties actually divide and dissolve into various different parties because internal conflicts within the parties are already evident.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

People who care about Palestinians are forced to vote either Trump or Biden.

No we're not.

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u/DavidSugarbush Apr 24 '24

Agreed - especially if you live in the 40 or so states where the outcome is already determined, you don't even need to consider casting a defensive vote for Biden against Trump. In those states, you absolutely should vote for a candidate like Cornel West who actually represents the views of most Americans

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u/BluCurry8 Apr 24 '24

Really. I have no idea what Cornel West views are because I have not seen anything from him. If I was so inclined to vote for an inexperienced person for the presidency. Saying that most Americans agree with a persons view they know nothing about is a huge leap.

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u/DavidSugarbush Apr 24 '24

Read his platform and tell me which positions you think are unpopular: https://www.cornelwest2024.com/platform

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u/BluCurry8 Apr 24 '24

And how do you think someone with zero legislative experience is going to get this done? It is nice to say you are for things but there is more to being president than just having an aspirational list.

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u/D-MAN-FLORIDA Apr 25 '24

He wants to disband NATO, stop funding to Ukraine and develop peace talks, which means give Russia and Putin what they want, and stop the trade embargo with Cuba, but not force them to hold elections and to stop arresting people who have negative opinions about the Cuban government. He is a pro Russian hack, who is only running for money, attention and to get Trump elected. Don’t believe me, people at Trump rallies are trying to get signatures for Cornell West to be on the ballot, to split left leaning votes.

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u/OssoRangedor Brazil Apr 24 '24

They might just consider people who don't vote to be "in support of Trump".

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u/sfairleigh83 Apr 24 '24

Oh they already are doing that, and they haven't taken that L yet. 

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 Apr 24 '24

They will find a way to say that anything that didn't work out for them is helping Trump. They always do that. If they stumped their own toe they would find a way to blame progressives and imply they are secret Trump supporters.

What matters is the actions, and as we keep voting for their conservative candidates they will keep forcing them through the primary.

This election may not be the time to say no more, but it's gotta come soon. And frankly with the genocide supporting I don't know if even I can vote for Biden when he keeps doing this.

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u/OssoRangedor Brazil Apr 24 '24

You know when it's finally going to be the time to not participate in the duopoly of these elections? When people are at the point of no return, and civility probably won't be there to ease the process.

People won't find any civility with another Trump term, but the foundation is chipping away.

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u/Latter-Contact-6814 Apr 24 '24 edited Apr 25 '24

Yeah we kinda are. One of them will be president. You don't gain anything by not voting for the person you're more aligned with. But you certainly have the possibility of losing if you dont.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

You definitely don't gain anything by spewing this weak-willed pessimism at me.

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u/Latter-Contact-6814 Apr 24 '24

It's not pessimism lmao its a basic rule of political theory.