“He has so enraged young voters by supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza that I doubt he can win,” Klein said.
  • Zworf@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    It’s a good point. Biden’s unconditional support for Netanyahu is not helping him at all (even though he seems to be trying to mediate in the background, he’s not very successful and the optics are really bad).

    But the question is, who else would be a candidate with enough support? He’s counting on the incumbent bonus now but I also doubt it’s good enough, if “not Trump” is the main thing he has going for him. I don’t know US politics well enough to know about any alternatives. Buttigieg maybe?

    But another Trump reign would be bad for the whole world order and climate so I really hope that won’t happen.

    I think a Bernie win would be amazing but I doubt he has enough hardliner support even on the Democratic side.

  • yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    Everytime I read these kind of takes, I think to myself ‘Where the fuck is Russia getting all this money to mess with the USA election?’

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Naomi Klein is a real person with a real history of political opinions not controlled by shadowy Russian masterminds. Maybe, just maybe, you’re hearing this criticism all over the place because it’s actually a real issue and “must be Russians” is a comfortable mental shutoff to avoid thinking about how the ego of the most powerful person in the country could be leading us into political danger.