Joe Biden will not be the Democratic nominee in Novemberās presidential election, thankfully. He is not withdrawing because heās being held responsible for enabling war crimes against the Palestinian people (though a recent poll does have nearly 40 percent of Americans saying theyāre less likely to vote for him thanks to his handling of the war). Yet itās impossible to extricate the collapse in public faith in the Biden campaign from the āuncommittedā movement for Gaza. They were the first people to refuse him their votes, and defections from within the presidentās base hollowed out his support well in advance of the debate.
The Democrats and their presumptive nominee Kamala Harris are faced with a choice: On the one hand, they can continue Bidenās monstrous support for Netanyahu, the brutal IDF, and Israelās genocide of Palestinians. That would help allow the party to cover for Biden and put a positive spin on a smooth handoff, even though we all know this would mainly benefit the embittered president himself and his small coterie of loyalists. Such a choice would confirm that the institutional rot that allowed the current situation to develop still characterizes the party.
Dude, I donāt think you understood my comment.
If politicians/corporate media came out and said, itās unfortunate but thereās too much money, power, assets on the line, we have to let Israelā genocide continue and we have to continue to support them for X, Y, and Z reason Iād actually feel respected.
My understanding is that those groups have regularly dismissed any evidence that the genocide is happening, theyāve claimed protests by student and university faculty are stupid and due to them being brainwashed, and most-improtantly theyāve claimed anyone that doesnāt support Israel hates Jews.
Can you please respond with a slightly better understanding of my comment? Please ask if somethingās not clear.
Do you even care how their lies erode the trust Americans could/should have in there leaders and institutions?
They CANāT come out and say it or it turns into a real war rather than a background proxy war and that ends up causing more problems. The world is not a nice place, there are a lot of people (and governments) out to try to gain an advantage, including the US itself.
The Truth can be extremely offensive, and offending certain people can be dangerous. Some things need to remain a secret, or at least somewhat hidden, even from the American people.
American people donāt want to know how much their individual life is valued at for example. The government makes that decision every single day when it sets regulations or funds various programs, but people would be extremely pissed off to find out. That doesnāt help people, and it doesnāt help the government, so they bury that information under piles of statistics.
Gotta admit, itās interesting how I specifically mentioned politicians and media networks and you responded by alluding to a vague āgovernmentā entity that seemingly acts on its own.
In my mind, the government is just a name for the politicians people elected. Itās like saying corporations seek profit like they have feelings and desires or something, and not like theyāre falling explicit laws and instructions set forth by politicians, which again are human beings that weāve specifically elected.
That said, at least you answered my question, albeit without ever actually considering it