Inaction is also an action that may determine whose fault it is.
You expect me to believe trump can throw a punch?
Biden is not responsible for what Trump is doing. He is responsible for letting it happen. He failed to fight maga during the 4 years he had all the powers to do it.
To be accurate, it is not a fault, it is a failure. His responsibility is on this failure, not anything else.
Are police also “responsible” for “letting crime happen”? I don’t understand the reasoning here.
There is something there, but I don’t know about Biden being the main focus. It feels like a little mini civil war where after the US Civil War for a very brief moment we had African American politicians, leaders, businesses, and equality seemed at least possible. Then you have the KKK and white supremacy pop up and it’s all gone. We had a brief run with what felt like some equality or equitable society, and then a big white supremacist movement came up and they are moving hell and earth to drag us back to the 1770s
“n’y thing”? What the fuck?
Battered spouses rarely leave their spouse.
The Democrats are a cesspool themselves, but at least they don’t flaunt screwing you over.
When someone robs your house, you blame the robbers. When the police refuse to do anything about it and you get robbed again by the same person 4 years later, you blame the police.
I blame the robbers for robbing my house and the police for not doing their jobs. I don’t blame the police for robbing my house.
Yeah that’s the point
That’s not how you phrased it, though.
If that was the point, then simply adding “as well” or “too” at the end makes that clear. Without it, it frames it as if the blame is being shifted instead.
When someone robs your house, you blame the robbers. When the police refuse to do anything about it and you get robbed again by the same person 4 years later, you blame the police, too.
I think most people reading it understood that was their point though.
Maybe. Maybe not. Because it’s not explicit, then you’re expecting people to fill in the blank. I’d say there’s more of an argument that most people did not make that assumption.
Now we need a version with the guy wearing a “don’t vote” cap and saying “this is all the Dems fault”.
Daddy would never hurt us!
Then later that night, in fact nearly every night…
“this is not happening this is not happening thisisnothappening MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB LITTLELAMB LITTLELAMB…!”
It’s not entirely wrong, Trump would probably not be caving his face in if Biden at respected his limitations.
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…yeah. It is his fault. Because Donald Trump should be in a dark cell deep under ground. I wholly blame Merick Garland and Joe Biden for the current situation.
I mean, over half a century of neolibs gutting the small semblance of social democracy we had did this. And Biden was certainly one of those people. It’d just be more accurate to say Trump, Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush again, Regan…
Now did you mean for all those words to come out of your mouth in that order, or are you just as surprised and confused as the rest of us?
Oh I must have been confused. I forgot that history doesn’t exist. Everything started with whatever was last on TV. Donald Trump is just randomly the president for no reason. There must not be any reason he has the power to do the things he’s doing. Nope. It’s a mystery. Carry on.
Oh I must have been confused.
It shows.
I forgot that history doesn’t exist.
It’s apparent.
Donald Trump is just randomly the president for no reason.
Being a Russian asset (sock puppet or fanboy… you can pick) … helps considerably.
There must not be any reason he has the power to do the things he’s doing. Nope. It’s a mystery. Carry on.
Legally speaking he doesn’t have the power to do a great deal of what he and his fascist
buyersfriends are doing.Legally the president doesn’t have the power to unilaterally go to war, but that hasn’t stopped them from doing it for the last 70+ years.
Basically ever modern president has grabbed more power for the executive branch without being properly checked by congress or the courts. Combine that with an ever expanding military and surveillance apparatus and it turns out you can do some pretty bad stuff, regardless of the legality.
As for the rest of it, idk man. Clearly you have your rosy view of history where the US was a super great place before the scary Russians came in to corrupt democracy. All I can say is you have more reading to do.
Let’s not mince words here and throw about whataboutisms. We can deal with your hand waving in a second:
Clearly you have your rosy view of history…
I know my history and have no illusions of what this country has done in the past- eugenics, experimentation on its own citizens, interfering with other countries… it’s a list. Surely. But because I know my history I can safely say that it is unprecedented what is being done today.
Only either the truly ignorant or malicious could look at what is occurring and attribute it to standard politics. Let’s be real: we’ve been observing the systematic isolation of the United States from its allies, the undermining of its protections, and attempts to dismantle or weaken it’s defenses… And that’s before we start to look at some of the other heinous shit that is going on.
The scary russians
Let’s not pretend like Russia hasn’t time and again been the aggressor and frequently is willing to cross lines (and borders) to enact it’s will. You might argue the US has some similarities in that… and you’d be right- however; it is a feature of our system that has allowed us to retain some semblance of humanity and good will - despite the rot. I think I speak for most Americans when I say we’d rather not tread further into the realm of dictators and fascists.
Your rhetoric is in line with what is frequently parroted by the willfully ignorant in echo chambers… So which is it: are you seeding the disinformation or a product of it?
It’s not about this being the same. It’s about what has contributed to allow this moment. Regular failures of institutions and vast wealth inequality that has been left undressed by the political system has made for a lot of angry people. Concentration of ownership in media has guided that frustration away from its true causes for the benefit of the rich and powerful. The electoral system is set up to favor conservative results and to squarely shut out left leaning candidates. The various expansions of presidential power and the tools needed to exercise that power has made it easier for someone like Trump to get away with things he theoretically shouldn’t. The courts being slowly corrupted. Etc.
What Russia is doing is besides the point. The US has plenty of it’s own oligarchs to mess with our elections already and we’re definitely messing around in other countries. If they weren’t touching anything, do you think we’d suddenly get some great elections that represent the people?
however; it is a feature of our system that has allowed us to retain some semblance of humanity and good will - despite the rot.
What is a feature of our system? You didn’t specify. As to us maintaining our humanity: We do terrible things regularly, but most people are so disconnected from those actions that they can’t really conceptualize the horror of it enough to care and do something about it. There’s always some excuse that helps them rationalize it. I don’t think most people WANT all the bad stuff. But in the absence of better education and media, it’s really easy to trick people into thinking all of this is actually good or at least not bad enough to do something about it.
… has made it easier for someone like Trump to get away with things he theoretically shouldn’t. The courts being slowly corrupted. Etc.
Trump, may I remind you, installed a number of those judges. Now the list you provided is lengthy and generally most of the talking points brought up when speaking about capitalism corrupting the system. They exist. Those things have nothing to do with the subject at hand however. Let’s keep it in between the lines.
What Russia is doing is besides the point. The US has plenty of it’s own oligarchs to mess with our elections already…
So you believe they should be allowed to install a sock puppet? I believe that was what we were talking about about, was it not?
What is a feature of our system? You didn’t specify.
Sorry I figured someone familiar with our system could interpret that as checks and balances. Something trump is currently trying to break. In what language should I provide your native translation?
partially, yes. sleepy Joe refused to pressure Republicans and the justice department to press charges against a know Russian asset and block them from the White House.
so yes…but no…but also yes.
edit: everyone hating on this let me ask you something.
when a murderous drug addicted rapist is loose in your community and continues to assault your community. who do you blame? is it the rapist? is it the mayor? is it the police?
IMO I blame all three. I also blame the community for not banding together to end the terror.
You are the one wearing the hat in this meme.
but I’m not.
Joe Biden failed to protect us from Trump by failing to pressure the DOJ to speed it up.
Joe was a good president, who did good things-- but his legacy is forever tainted by his administrations failure to act.
Joe, his administration, and the Democratic party failed Americans.
Also the courts that delayed cases, or handed out zero penalties. Also the courts that forced states to keep Trump on the ballot. Also the courts that let Republican gerrymandering stay because there wasn’t enough time. Also the judges that didn’t take the violation of purging voter rolls too close to elections. Also the voters who did vote for Trump.
But let’s blame everything on one person like in the meme. Just the one person didn’t do enough, all on him. Nobody else, it is ALL Biden’s fault.
yes.
do you know why?
because that’s what happens when you’re a fucking leader.
as a leader when you fuck up, they suffer. as a leader when they suffer, you suffer. as a leader you do everything within your power to give them a chance.
Joe did none of those. he ran. he ran away, pardoned his friends and family. he left us to suffer here in Magastan.
and for that, fuck Joe Biden. Fuck democrats. I’m done with all of them. know why? because I’ll never get a chance to vote in another presidential election again.
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What the fuck are you even talking about?
Are you forgetting that the American voters voted Trump back in again?
It is those sleepy voter’s fault.
The courts also followed the ‘let the voters decide’ bullshit even when the judge wasn’t nominated by a Republican because they didn’t want to seem impartial by letting a criminal actually get prosecuted if he was on a ballot they forced states to keep him on.
The voters (who were allowed to vote) was the icing on top, sure. But after staging an insurrection Trump shouldn’t have been eligible for office in the first place.
Democracy is still democracy when your team doesn’t win.
A stacked deck is still cheating.
Where are the court cases?
I hate how some democrats saw the republicans’ denial of Biden’s win and want to emulate it.
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I hope you mean like there.
hold up, musk stole the election for Trump. I thought we all agreed that is what really happened.
I don’t disagree though, those that even supported Trump are the problem.
but the comic was pointed at Biden, which I partially agree with.
Democrats completely dropped the ball. not once. not twice. but for over a decade, every turn they took was steeped in corruption and backroom deals just to stay in power so they could keep making money.
so yeah, I’ll stand by what I said. Fuck Joe Biden and fuck anyone who thinks he doesn’t have any blame in this shitty place we find ourselves in. fuck Donald Trump. fuck magastani terrorists.
The comic says it is ALL Biden’s fault, not that he is partially at fault.
The comic also blames Biden for what Trump is actively doing in the comic.
I saw something very different in the comic - a red hat blaming Biden for all Trump’s ills, as they like to do.
I’m surprised you got that far in the comic since you failed to read what I said.
so yes…but no…but also yes.
Musk didn’t steal the election for Trump, the voters voted him in.
That’s an article not a court case.
aaaaaaand blocked.
That’s a shame I was enjoying our conversation.
