Cornel West is heading to Detroit to prop up the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike. West, who’s running as a third-party presidential candidate, told The Hill exclusively on Wednesday that he intend…
Are you really implying there isn’t a difference between what Biden is doing and what a Republican would do in that office? It’s clear Biden’s policies are far superior to what Republicans have to offer in every way, and this has serious implications for all of us, especially the most vulnerable among us
I just don’t see that happening without a move away from fptp systems, whether RCV, STAR, or some other system. And even in Maine where RCV is used there’s still a seemingly disproportionate lack of third party candidates, so it doesn’t feel like they’re doing the work to build a bench of viable candidates at the local and state level.
Can you show one example of this over the last century?
the Socialist Party of America is basically the only party that’s done anything of this sort at the federal level and they got nuked by a combo of being anti-war in 1917 and losing a lot of their big tent to CPUSA after 1919. you can probably point to the Nonpartisan League in ND and Farmer-Labor in MN as state-level examples, but past that it’s pretty sparse. not really a lot of groundswell for CPUSA, and historically the other significant “third party” bids have just been Dixiecrats getting mad at the Democratic Party before returning (or becoming Republicans).
He’ll be on the ballot. Nothing happens, until it does. The odds aren’t good but I’ll take an infinitesimal opening at real systemic change over choosing between a giant douchebag and a turd sandwich. There is a universe where Joe Biden strengthens his position by offering actual material concessions to voters that are considering voting for Cornel West. If you’re worried about independent voters choosing green over blue, you should be pushing Biden and the Dems to make a more compelling case to those voters. Their failure to do so is their missed opportunity.
i want biden to ignore the supreme court and forgive the student debt anyway. after that, i want him to abolish the BoP, FBI, DEA, ATF, CIA, and NSA. he is the chief executive and congress has stupidly been consolidating power in the executive. after that, he can use his power as commander in chief to redirect the defense budget to training medical professionals and start putting boots on the ground in hospitals to give free medical care. he can turn a couple aircraft carriers into public housing. if the pentagon doesn’t like it, they can literally quit.
Not a Biden fan myself, but will West even be on the ballot in all states? How’s the establishment candidate the spoiler if the “main candidate” isn’t even an option everywhere?
I didn’t imply anything. Republicans are worse is not a direct answer to my question. It is insufficient to play lesser evil when either option will drive you off an existential cliff.
Biden is protecting LGBTQ rights, strengthening labor organizing protections, enforcing fair housing, strengthening consumer protections, investing in technologies and creating policies to reduce carbon emissions and protect natural spaces, reducing student loan debt, making the tax code more progressive, going after wealthy tax dodgers, and so much more. What in the ever-loving fuck are you talking about
What, do you want a dissertation? Read the damn Wikipedia page
On inauguration day 2021, Biden fired pro-business Peter Robb, then general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, replacing him with pro-union Jennifer Abruzzo in February 2021. Biden’s NLRB has pursued action against Starbucks’ and Amazon’s alleged anti-union activities. On August 24, 2023, the NLRB reinstated Obama-era policies regarding union elections, speeding up the timeline by removing restrictions such as resolving litigation before holding an election.
Biden became the first US president to run for election with a unionized campaign staff for his 2024 election run.
Biden made Juneteenth (June 19) a federal holiday in 2021, celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S. In March 2022, Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law. With the enactment of that legislation, lynching was made a federal hate crime for the first time in American history.
In October 2022, Biden pardoned all past federal marijuana possession charges and announced an inquiry into whether cannabis should be removed from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. In December 2022, Biden signed the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act which was the first standalone cannabis-related bill ever passed by the United States Congress.
In December 2022, Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), required states to recognize other states’ marriage certificates for LGBT Americans.
On January 25, 2021, Biden signed an executive order that lifted the ban on transgender military service members. This reversed a memorandum imposed by Trump.
In January 2021, Biden directed the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce their usage of private prisons and ordered the attorney general to not renew contracts with private prisons, citing the need to “reduce profit-based incentives” for the incarceration of racial minorities.
The Biden administration rescinded work requirements for Medicaid recipients. The administration opened a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act as well as extending the normal enrollment period, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration provided larger premium subsidies.
In August 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The law allocates $64 billion for a three-year expansion of Affordable Care Act subsidies originally expanded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and $265 billion for prescription drug price reform to lower prices, including providing Medicare the authority to negotiate the prices for certain drugs.
In August 2022, Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. The bill included significant federal investment in domestic clean energy production, combatting climate change, and healthcare; it aims to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 40% from peak 2005 levels by 2030.
There’s so much more. Are you saying you prefer the Republican version of all these policies?
I prefer the repeal of taft Hartley and the abolition of the nlrb. the respect for marriage act repealed doma but who authored, introduced, and voted for doma?
lifting the ban on trans people in the military isn’t good: he should be dismantling the military industrial complex instead of giving it a link and purple paint job.
how many “welfare reform” bills did he author and vote for before his presidency? I’m not saying some of what you said is worse than republican policy. some of it is a vast improvement even over his own past policy. I’m saying he’s not good enough.
I know the difference, but the poster above me was giving Biden credit for legislative action so I thought it was fair to demand legislative action. does that only work if I’m sucking the dick of racist democrats?
Are you really implying there isn’t a difference between what Biden is doing and what a Republican would do in that office? It’s clear Biden’s policies are far superior to what Republicans have to offer in every way, and this has serious implications for all of us, especially the most vulnerable among us
Biden is the spoiler, he should feel ashamed and drop out.
Dr. West is the only one that has real policies and plans to change the status quo.
I do not think anyone else has a chance against Trump.
Feel ashamed of what?
And absolutely no path to achieving anything except making a Republican president.
Looking at the long term, 3rd parties will help bring in new sets of people that are not the status quo.
Local and state level grassroots movements is the overall goal.
I just don’t see that happening without a move away from fptp systems, whether RCV, STAR, or some other system. And even in Maine where RCV is used there’s still a seemingly disproportionate lack of third party candidates, so it doesn’t feel like they’re doing the work to build a bench of viable candidates at the local and state level.
Can you show one example of this over the last century?
the Socialist Party of America is basically the only party that’s done anything of this sort at the federal level and they got nuked by a combo of being anti-war in 1917 and losing a lot of their big tent to CPUSA after 1919. you can probably point to the Nonpartisan League in ND and Farmer-Labor in MN as state-level examples, but past that it’s pretty sparse. not really a lot of groundswell for CPUSA, and historically the other significant “third party” bids have just been Dixiecrats getting mad at the Democratic Party before returning (or becoming Republicans).
These are good goals, and i like what dr. West is promoting.
But if he draws votes away from Biden, do you think any of West’s proposals will have a chance under a Trump administration?
He’ll be on the ballot. Nothing happens, until it does. The odds aren’t good but I’ll take an infinitesimal opening at real systemic change over choosing between a giant douchebag and a turd sandwich. There is a universe where Joe Biden strengthens his position by offering actual material concessions to voters that are considering voting for Cornel West. If you’re worried about independent voters choosing green over blue, you should be pushing Biden and the Dems to make a more compelling case to those voters. Their failure to do so is their missed opportunity.
How have they failed? What do you want Biden to do differently?
i want biden to ignore the supreme court and forgive the student debt anyway. after that, i want him to abolish the BoP, FBI, DEA, ATF, CIA, and NSA. he is the chief executive and congress has stupidly been consolidating power in the executive. after that, he can use his power as commander in chief to redirect the defense budget to training medical professionals and start putting boots on the ground in hospitals to give free medical care. he can turn a couple aircraft carriers into public housing. if the pentagon doesn’t like it, they can literally quit.
he can pick any 2 of those for my vote.
@commie @protist
Uh, what about Ukraine?
i didn’t say anything about ukraine.
Not a Biden fan myself, but will West even be on the ballot in all states? How’s the establishment candidate the spoiler if the “main candidate” isn’t even an option everywhere?
To be fair nobody ever accused a Jimmy Dore fan of being intelligent
Nice.
I see, you specialize in having thought provoking discussions with others.
3rd Party voters don’t vote for bloods or crips, they just sit out if no one meets the standard.
I didn’t imply anything. Republicans are worse is not a direct answer to my question. It is insufficient to play lesser evil when either option will drive you off an existential cliff.
Biden is protecting LGBTQ rights, strengthening labor organizing protections, enforcing fair housing, strengthening consumer protections, investing in technologies and creating policies to reduce carbon emissions and protect natural spaces, reducing student loan debt, making the tax code more progressive, going after wealthy tax dodgers, and so much more. What in the ever-loving fuck are you talking about
a claim made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
What, do you want a dissertation? Read the damn Wikipedia page
There’s so much more. Are you saying you prefer the Republican version of all these policies?
I prefer the repeal of taft Hartley and the abolition of the nlrb. the respect for marriage act repealed doma but who authored, introduced, and voted for doma?
lifting the ban on trans people in the military isn’t good: he should be dismantling the military industrial complex instead of giving it a link and purple paint job.
how many “welfare reform” bills did he author and vote for before his presidency? I’m not saying some of what you said is worse than republican policy. some of it is a vast improvement even over his own past policy. I’m saying he’s not good enough.
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if you hadn’t flunked high school English, you might be able to make your tenses agree.
I know the difference, but the poster above me was giving Biden credit for legislative action so I thought it was fair to demand legislative action. does that only work if I’m sucking the dick of racist democrats?
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