• Rentlar
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    1510 months ago

    The article lists a slew of accomplishments that can be touted as the Biden administration’s greatest, please feel free to read it.

    I know that acting President-like is something that should be a bare minimum expectation of a President, but here we are. I won’t lie there are a bunch of things I didn’t like from Joe but there are a lot I do, the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act is my top pick. It’s the first step in a while that the U.S. got serious in funding public rail transport.

    • cabbage
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      110 months ago

      Let’s also not forget that the republicans are in a position to hinder any real progress. That’s how the system is designed, unfortunately. Biden would have achieved much more had the republican party not been so strong, and the only way to fix that is forcefully at the ballots.

      Americans always act like the presidential election is the only one that matters. Having the presidency only gives you so much if you can’t rely on the senate.

      • @Maggoty
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        310 months ago

        The system was not designed that way. The filibuster is a self imposed rule that can be suspended and has been before.

        • Ænima
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          510 months ago

          And two shit bag “Democrats” fucked that prospect up, so what’s the point of bringing it up now? Filibuster may be “self imposed,” but when two wolves in sheep’s clothing stop any meaningful attempt to nuke it from orbit to get shit done, it is a sad rule the rest of us get to suffer because.

          • @Maggoty
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            410 months ago

            I’m just talking about the system. It was designed for 50+1 on normal votes.

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            010 months ago

            Why did you put scare quotes around Democrats? Manchin and Sinema are all the party is.

        • cabbage
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          210 months ago

          The system is designed with the assumption that politically elected representatives would seek compromises in an attempt to reach what is best for the country, making sure it is very difficult for one fraction to get absolute political power.

          The Republicans at some point realized the dominant strategy in this system, assuming their goal is power rather than the improvement of society, is to never compromise and to fuck everyone over at every option. The way the system is designed they are in a great position to do a lot of damage that way.