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Joe Biden isn't a war criminal.

Legislation often has unintended consequences. The Crime Bill was very popular amongst black voters, who were more likely to be the victims of crime. That doesn't mean we should stand by all the impacts. Biden himself has suggested rolling back most of the worst parts including the elimination of mandatory minimums. https://joebiden.com/justice/
I don't think all this policy is coherent - for example, while eliminating mandatory minimums and eliminating racial sentencing disparities are both laudable aims, eliminating mandatory minimums is likely to exacerbate racial sentencing disparities. But I think the sum is positive.

Given Biden's climate policies I think it is difficult to argue he is a puppet for the fossil fuel industry. He wishes to end fossil fuel subsidies, end the issuing of licenses for hydraulic fracking on federal land, and net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Those are all policies which the fossil fuel industry would have good reason to oppose.

As for the claim he is a puppet of Wall Street, that is something that is frequently thrown at politicians without evidence. I would argue that if anything, Biden is embracing anti-business rhetoric with his call for a rise in corporation tax, his pro-union positions, a federal $15 an hour minimum wage. That is not suggestive of a corporate puppet - quite the opposite.

As I say, people might disagree with some of Biden's policies. I've no qualms criticising his anti-business policies, particularly the rise in corporation tax (a tax largely borne by employees rather than employers). But his heart is clearly in the right place. Politics is complicated, and pretending that it isn't doesn't help anyone. We will never agree entirely but Biden is someone with respect for the democratic process, which could not be said for his opponent.

Now maybe the Australians, the Canadians, the Europeans, the Middle-Easterners, and the other foreign members will back off and stop criticizing Americans for the choices our leaders have made.  Rejoice!  We no longer have an adulterous, deceitful, elitist, homophobic, nationalist, racist, sexist, xenophobic narcissist at the helm.  Instead, the have a moderate Socialist coming into power, just like (most of) the rest of the "Free World".

I'm not necessarily Pro Labour.

I'm a leftist.

Corbyn actually came closest to my views that any mainstream candidate has done.

I'm torn between voting with my head (Labour) next election and voting with my heart (Socialist Party).

I would need another leftist to persuade me one way or another though. Not a liberal.

I'm not sure what "centre right on an international scale" could ever mean, as national context always shapes national political discourse, but 2020 Biden is clearly to the left of centre-left Third Way figures like Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Bob Hawke, Emmanuel Macron, Matteo Renzi, Antonio Guterres, etc. I would compare him to figures like Keir Starmer, Francois Hollande, Martin Schulz, etc. I don't think it's fair to call him far-left by any means, but his platform in this election was in line with left-wing of the European centre-left. Few centre-right figures would adopt Biden's rhetoric on race, crime, gender, or trade, and his healthcare and education policies are in line with most European countries.

There is still a chance the Democrats could take the Senate if they win both runoffs in Georgia. But Republicans have historically done better in run-offs. There will need to be dedicated efforts to get Democratic supporters out to vote.

Biden, like Obama will do nothing to address climate change. Obama presided over a record increase in oil production, heavily promoted fracking, and opened up the Arctic to drilling twice. He also sat back and watched the indigenous people during the DAPL protests, who were defending their water from the pipeline forced through their land, get blasted with water cannons in subfreezing weather. Biden will do do jack s**t for the environment. He won't even support the Green New Deal.

Biden voted for the Iraq War, and supported all the five wars Obama got us into. He's a tool for the MIC.

Yes, he's definitely a war criminal. All U.S. presidents, as Noam Chomsky accurately stated, would be indictable for war crimes if held to the standards of the Nuremberg military tribunals.

Past Presidents no longer matter, so why are some people still obsessed with Obama?

They may as well be obsessed with Calvin Coolidge, and his alleged involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal.

Well, that largely depends on the following:

1. Will the US rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement?
2. Will the US roll back the tariffs and stop the trade war?

... as these are likely the two largest grievances with the Trump presidency at the international level...

And while President Biden will probably make good on his promise to rejoin the Paris agreement ASAP, it is likely premature to assume that he can (or will) simply "undo" the shift in US trade policy under Trump.

They matter because the same corrupt system that shat them out into our lives still exists. You're smart enough to understand that.

Yes! Congratulations! Biden is boring as heck, but while he'll certainly be less...interesting, he will also be more normal and not off his rocker. Hopefully Donald will get the help he needs, because he's clearly insane.

Biden is painful to listen to, because his voice is so grouchy.

Chill out Joe.

Like Trump, Biden wants to fight off-shoring of jobs.

Like Trump, Biden says he wants to protect American jobs.

Analogous to Trump's import tariffs, Biden suggested "a new 10 percent surtax will apply to US businesses whose foreign affiliates sell products or services into the US".
https://mnetax.com/the-protectionism-of ... plan-40215

It's true that context affects discourse and that some political figures would advocate different policies in different countries but it doesn't follow that you can't make comparisons between different countries. For example, having a public option instead of single payer would be considered center-right in most of the world and would put Biden to the right of people like Blair and Starmer on that issue. Not making such comparisons is misleading and entrenches the current overton window. I agree that his current platform is to the left of Bill Clinton and that the Democratic party is left-leaning on social issues.

Liberalism is closer to leftism than Fascism is.

One can be happy about the end of World War Two and still think Churchill was an imperialist tyrant.

Hopefully this will be just part of a string of future defeats for the right wing around the world. Putin, Orban, and Bolsonaro have one less friend in power.

Eh...it beats listening to Donald ramble. I'd take a sack of potatoes over Donald, and now we finally have one.

Trump might have stood a better chance if he hadn’t alienated the media 4 yrs ago ......
His statements were editted to make him appear evil . Biden was edited so he didn’t sound senile.
Biden is more of a figurehead than anything else . No. Doubt he has a very tough job ahead of him.
Trump was doing a great job of the economy . Biden will only do as him handlers will allow him.
And with a republican Senate , it may not be very far . Still wishing there was a third choice .