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There is a lot to chew on in this piece and while we may take different opinions on what the speech meant, there are several points raised here worth some consideration:
Biden’s Philly Speech Will Be a Turning Point for America — And the World by
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This is an absolute CRACKER of a piece by and you will feel HAPPIER and MORE CONFIDENT about the whole world after you read it. Excellent.
“Biden’s Philly Speech Will Be a Turning Point for America — And the World”
RISE, DARK BRANDON!
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"Modern day Britain—and this is the sinister part—has evolved norms more akin to authoritarian societies than democracies, where people don’t speak up, where there’s no effective political opposition, where scapegoating works, because the cheap thrill of hate is all that's left."
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"Every other society I know of would be struck with horror and repulsion by the tales coming out of modern Britain, of old people left to die of cold and illness, of kids being neglected on a mass scale, of an economy simply being left to self-destruct like a supernova."
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"Britain is a nation with a broken spirit. It’s people have been left numb and shattered by decades of disinformation, Big Lies — Brexit is going to save us billions, not cost us even more than that — which culminated in scapegoating. Along the way, truth stopped mattering."
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"Britain is the world’s preeminent bellwether of social collapse at this point in history. The rest of the world is dusting itself off after a rough few years, and restarting the engines of progress. In Britain? Well, the engines of regress are pumping sewage into the rivers."
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I just published This Winter, Collapse Is Coming to Britain
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This was one time I actually wanted to watch!
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"An American President…installed with foreign interference...stealing boxes of classified documents…hiding them at home… until the government finally raided his house…to find even more than they ever imagined? The story is mind-melting."
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"Angry yet? You should be. There is an energy crisis, true. But beyond that is a crisis of institutions — ours are badly designed, obsolete, enriching a tiny few at the expense of everyone else, and dragging our societies down with them."
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"Since prices skyrocketed, there’s a wave of investment in dirty energy. Europe is building liquified natural gas ports. But that’ll have knock on effects of starving poor countries like India and Pakistan, leaving millions literally powerless."
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"America’s establishment is desperately trying to *stop* Biden. None of the major networks even carried his speech—precisely because they knew in advance what he was going to talk about. Think about that—not carrying a President’s most historic speech."
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.: "He stood up and called on everyone—everyone, not just Americans, but everyone—to fight this global tide of darkness and lies, put their minor differences aside, and unite in the house of democracy once again, or else it would surely fall. This, he said, was our job."
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"Biden issued not just a political call — but something much, much more vital: he issued a moral directive. He reminded us that each of us has a moral stake in this life, in the project of civilization, and those millions of moral stakes are what the house of democracy is."
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"The American Establishment is deeply uncomfortable with what Biden’s doing. They are trying to stop him. The networks didn’t fail to cover his speech and the Times and Post barely mention it — in some kind of coincidence. It’s how power works."
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"Some speeches are just speeches. The tedium of democratic bureaucracy — new policies, updates, like Zoom meetings for a society. And then there are *speeches.* Ones which change history, because they remind people of it, where they stand in it, and how it’s made — or unmade."
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I just published Biden’s Philly Speech Will Be a Turning Point for America — And the World
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I’m here for optimistic Umair! I agree, Biden’s speech was a historic turning point. He’s preparing the country for Trump indictment
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This tweet was so painfully dumb, so transparently idiotic, that even my European friends at the dog park were roasting this idiot today. This dude is literally a worldwide laughingstock
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There’s nothing unusual or wrong with a President delivering a political speech — it’s inherent in the job description — but doing it against a backdrop of two Marines standing at attention and the Marine Band is a break with White House traditions.
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What's worse than finding a bunch of folders marked "Classified" in an unsecured room in a resort hotel?
Finding EMPTY folders marked "Classified."
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The speech @POTUS gave last night is one of the most important I've seen a president give. We must name the threat our democracy faces–including a MAGA faction that incites violent insurrections and rejects the rule of law—in order to overcome it together.
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Everyone knows the classiest place to give a speech in Philadelphia is the parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping
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The hateful and despicable attack on America given by Biden last night appeared to be given from a basement in Hell.
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Donald Trump claims he’s providing financial support to the insurrectionists AND pledges to pardon them if he’s elected president. There’s a legal term for that: “giving aid and comfort” to the insurrectionists.
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Trump clearly violated the Espionage Act.
The only question is whether or not he will face any consequences for doing so.
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Yup. This is how societies change. It’ll take time. It’s not an overnight thing. But that really was a pivotal moment and it will take years for it’s effects to really be understood. After such moments there’s rarely going back
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Wow you are very positive about this. You have been quite foreboding for years. I hope you are right. I hope it makes a difference.
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Correct, why do I think I never ever appear on their dumbass shows? These people are fuckin cowards and idiots mostly
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Our media has failed. It's time to stop giving them audience.
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I knew Biden was responding to National Intelligence last night. That speech was a necessity. To protect the Republic from infidels. To maintain the legitimacy of US institutions. To actually save America. 🇺🇸
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Non MAGA elected Republicans: You have the power to save our Democracy. Let Liz Cheney be your North Star. No job is worth destroying 246 years of Self Rule.
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It’ll be a fight. But now it’s not one they can really win. Call a bully a bully, stand up to them, and the game’s over. The spell is broken and there’s no going back. Yes, ups and downs will happen. But the odds are now very much on our side
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God I hope you’re right but I feel like it’s going to be a long debilitating fight with many wins and losses where the outcome is still unknown.
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That takes time. And real psychological growth. First we loosen the spiritual and social shackles of fascism and then these changes become possible. One step at a time.
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It’s the end of the beginning at best, I fear. And there’s is no way around the discourse we need to have about how to re-calibrate democracy, reigning in capitalism, and take the planetary challenges we are facing head-on.
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I think this is a PERFECT screenshot, and it shows EXACTLY what's wrong with the press right now:
was one of the loudest voices CREATING this criticism, and now she's REPORTING that "Biden faces criticism over Marines in backdrop of speech."
YOU did that.
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When the president comes out as anti fascist and pro democracy and you feel attacked… Perhaps you need to do some introspection
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They hate being called fascists and extremists because fascism and extremism depend on falsifying reality.
The entire idea is to paint yourself as the victim in order to then justify your subjugation of those with less power.
When lies are power, truth is the antidote.
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