• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    this like saying eating shit is a better option than starving. One is just slower, but it’s still going to kill you.

    Are you right that biden is better than trump? yes. Are you wrong in that, that is an argument for Biden? absolutely fucking wrong. that is an argument for-not-trump… of which there are hundreds of millions of people in the US that are both not-trump and eligible to president. there are at least “50 other democrats”, per Your-Dear-Leader-Himself that can absolutely beat trump.

    the question isn’t if Biden is better than trump- we’re still in the primaries. The question is, is Biden the best possible democrat candidate. to which that’s an emphatic “Lol, no.”

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      8 months ago

      I mean so who’s better than biden at this stage? I wish there was but I can’t think of anyone

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        8 months ago

        then that is a failure of your imagination.

        There are numerous options, any one of which- with Biden’s support- prove to be a far more popular and viable candidate. or did you think “Blue no matter who” only applies to centrists? Warren, Klobechar, AOC, Buttigieg, Even bernie, Phillips. Newsom. Probably, any candidate more progressive than a stick in the mud would have a better chance than Biden winning.

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      8 months ago

      the question isn’t if Biden is better than trump- we’re still in the primaries. The question is, is Biden the best possible democrat candidate. to which that’s an emphatic “Lol, no.”

      Is he the Democrat candidate with the best chance of beating Trump, is the important question.

      Regarding the importance of name recognition and the low-information status of most of the electorate, that is a ‘sadly, yes’ moment.