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[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 110 points 4 days ago (14 children)

No Biden, your legacy will be that your ego was so big, you let your country fall into fascism rather than relinquish power. He never should have run for 2024, and the DNC should have had an actual primary.

Nothing else he did during his term will end up mattering nearly as much as how it ended.

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 58 points 4 days ago (5 children)

His end is similar to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Held on too long to power and totally fucked their legacy.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

the genocide enablement also didnt help.

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[–] GlobalCompatriot@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

He fucked his legacy back in the early 80s.

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[–] Jack@lemmy.ca 59 points 4 days ago (3 children)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/16/biden-oil-drilling-production/ :

As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” […] The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has.

[–] GlobalCompatriot@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Don't leave out that he's deported more people than Trump did, and nearly outpaced Obama.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Period. Period. Period. Period.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your legacy is going to be a combination of the worst moments of Neville Chamberlain and Paul von Hindenburg. Nothing else.

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 42 points 4 days ago (2 children)

When he said he wasn't ever going to pardon his son, I knew that wasn't true, and so did he. There was no reason to lie, yes it's a political witch hunt, and the only reason they went after him is because of who he was, but he knew that.

That's another reason why I am disappointed in Biden.

The democratic party needs all of its leadership gone, people like Pelosi are keeping the party down at the expense of the American people.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I'm actually of the opinion that he really meant what he said when he promised not to pardon his son. But then after the election I believe he was disappointed with the democratic party and the American public and realized that leaving his son in prison under Trump and a fully Republican Congress was dangerous (he'd already lost all of his other children). And decided to go against his own word. He really had nothing to lose in doing it. And I don't think he gives a damn shit about the Democratic party anymore. I mean, I know I don't.

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[–] Omgboom@lemmy.zip 54 points 4 days ago (14 children)

Oh word, is marijuana legalized Joe?

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago

Of course it isn't. But centrists will lie and say it is.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 53 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Green energy, EV investment, union empowerment (inb4), student debt relief marijuana pardons and likely rescheduling, infrastructure, drug price controls, Chips act, PACT act, non-competes banned (by FTC along 'party lines'), pardoning people kicked out of military for being gay, supporting Ukraine, etc, etc.

People saying he didn't do anything have their head in the sand.

Is this where we cue "but he didn't do everything, everywhere, all at once"?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 28 points 4 days ago (6 children)

inb4

You lost me the moment you thought the strikes were only about sick days. Look up the unions' demand and you'll see that sick days were only one of many, and Biden still gave them less of those than they demanded.

Edit: Typo.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

And then when the amazon strikers were being illegally arrested by the cops the other day Biden didnt do a damned thing.

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think people are more upset about the net change. Marijuana pardons, but he also pardoned someone who embezzled millions, as well as Hunter (after saying he wouldn't). He also showed no sympathy for union workers, like when he signed return to work for striking rail workers.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (24 children)

and likely rescheduling

Cannabis is still Schedule I.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (7 children)

He kept his word that nothing would fundamentally change.

[–] LiveLaughLong@startrek.website 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

He came in from Trump, and left with Trump.

The guy didn't really want to change anything, did he?

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Yep, Which was another way of saying nothing will fundamentally improve either. Where is that old "Mission accomplished" banner from George W's stupid flight suit speech after desert storm. Biden can reuse that.

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[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

Senile old man with a giant ego can’t remember what he’s said or what he’s done. A sad state

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Somebody crosspost this to NotTheOnion, because...

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[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 28 points 4 days ago (4 children)

idk he certainly did some decent stuff, and tried to do even more while being blocked by the other branches, but he broke his word several times.

I'll miss the boring politics as we faceplant back into potus orange haired toadus

It's been fine waking up every day simply concerned about the economy and people experiencing terrible things from afar, soon my morning concerns will include our local immigrants, a christofacist state, political retribution against some of the few politicians with some integrity, a further broken judicial system, broken education, banned abortions, broken social security, further broken health insurance. Ugh

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Spare a thought for the persecuted trans people. We need to actively defend the minorities the fascists pick on.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 20 points 4 days ago (7 children)
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[–] bowroat@infosec.pub 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tell that to the railroad workers friendo

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