I want you to understand that there is very little Joe Biden can do, even if Joe Biden by some miraculous transformation becomes an infinitely wiser, smarter, more charismatic and powerful leader whose election wasn't under any kind of pall from any kind of scandal
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If you've studied empires in decline, it's pretty rare for every single emperor in a sequence to be a colorful piece of shit, a Nero or an Elegabolus The monstrous ones are always replaced by "reformers" who try desperately to repair the damage
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The problem is when there's deep systemic damage -- to norms, institutions, consensus -- it is extremely difficult to reform from inside The "reformer" gets into power on the back of a corrupt faction he has to appease to stay in power
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Moreover, whatever faction benefited from the reign of the last colorful monster still exists, is still bitterly defensive of their power and will oppose even obviously beneficial things the reformer does out of spite and score-settling It's all predictable familiar shit
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I don't know why people think that Trump stepping down from power means that the people and institutions who put him in power will just disappear Or, for that matter, that the vast swathes of the good ol' regular folks who voted him into power will just disappear
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Even if you're the most milquetoast centrist moderate in the world who just wants things to go "back to normal", I don't think Biden can keep that promise No landslide victory in the election is going to turn 2020 into a good year by anyone's standards, and 2021 won't be either
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sure, Biden is problematic. but what's the alternative? we can't survive another four years of _any_ Republican as POTUS
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Sure I'm voting for Biden the same reason I'm continuing to wear a mask, because you gotta do what you gotta do as long as you've decided to continue to keep on living and not join the bad guys
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