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Yay, now we can start criticizing the neo-cons' policies without being distracted by stupidity every 2 days.
Biden is going to be a *terrible* president for Americans. But compared to Trump, it'll feel like he's perfect. Don't hold him to that very low standard 😉
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@Matter the problem is it will only feel like he is perfect because he is more charismatic, not because he is less evil. The world will go on thinking he is mediocre, so will even like him, meanwhile his actions and history suggest he is far more evil than trump, trump was too stupid to really be very evil.
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@freemo again, your worldview seems completely divorced from reality.
Trump is an anti-science nutjob that doesn't even *believe* in climate change. That alone makes him worse than Biden, regardless of anything else.
Biden will at least pretend to do something about it, and not actively go against efforts to limit climate change
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@freemo also in what world is Biden charismatic??
He's a semi-senile guy that looks 80 and is barely able to say a sentence in one go.
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@Matter Its all relative. He is far far more charismatic than Trump could ever hope to be. Though I do agree he could be more charismatic, comparing charisma to trump is going to make anyone look good.
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@bhart I think you are confusing charisma with agreement or support/likability. There is certainly a group of people who agree with trump on many stances, including "lets only care about the US".. in turn this causes people to like him for president and support him because they agree with him. That is not the same as charisma however.
The vast majority of people who voted Trump, in my opinion. did so more because they agreed with his policies more so than Biden. but in the same breath most of the people are quick to point out that Trump is not very charismatic and that they simply have to overlook the **way** he talks and see past it to agree with what he is saying.
So while i agree biden may come across a bit slimy, and trump may have a stance some people like and agree with, overall I'd say even most trump supporters would gree biden is the more charismatic one, even though they like biden less than trump. In fact I've had many people state that the reason they support trump is his lack of charisma, because they feel charismatic leaders can hide their bad deeds more easily (and in that sense I would even agree as a general notion).
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@freemo Yeah, I can see what you are getting at.
But charisma is subjective, and to much of the US, Trump's "don't give a shit about anyone but US" attitude is highly charismatic.
To many dems, Biden is a bit slimy - riding on the coattails of a progressive dream but not likely to make much, if any of it, happen. I don't think he really inspired even a majority of democrats in the country.