Biden's third such address will be something of an on-the-job interview, as the nation's oldest president tries to quell voter concerns about his age and job performance while sharpening the contrast with Donald Trump.

That was one of the more interesting SOTU addresses I’ve seen. Personally, I think he said most of the things that needed to be said, and he said them reasonably well. I’m sure he’s going to get some flack for attacking Trump directly (though not by name), but I was frankly glad to see it. Doing otherwise makes it seem like it’s just your typical election/political disagreements, but we’re past that now.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
    43·
    8 months ago

    makes perfect sense then why third parties do not have a fighting chance thanks for clearing the air

    Republicans and Democrats make sure the other parties cannot participate, take people’s votes away (am one of many not allowed to vote or participate in this “democracy”), and stack the board in their favor and both parties are backed by corporations that have their own interests that do not align with the citizens so the shareholders win no matter who gets to be president

    https://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/17/green_partys_jill_stein_cheri_honkala

    https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_republic

    • specseaweed@lemmy.world
      46·
      8 months ago

      …so then you totally did understand, you just wanted someone to waste their time explaining it so you could immediately come back with jill stein nonsense. that was a dick thing to do.

      • dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        21·
        8 months ago

        Earned them -14 points, so they don’t really look very smart here. But as pointless as it all seems, we need to keep relaying the message of electoral reform to as many people as possible.

        • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
          131·
          8 months ago

          Their whole spiel relies on reaching literally any bystander they can. Definitely worth dissecting their bullshit.

          Anyone pushing for Stein, Gabbard, or the likes of any of these people is quite clearly trying to wedge-drive and there’s a decent probability they’re a Kremlin bot.

          • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
            24·
            8 months ago

            or maybe they’re someone whose life has been affected negatively by different Democrat and Republican laws and policies their whole life and are just looking for some alternative some other way out because they feel stuck in someone else’s country that does not want them there to begin with

            anyone who supports the Democrat or Republican corporate parties has never been directly affected by either enough to know otherwise and are lucky to live in that United States

            not allowed to vote and participate in this game so what do I know anyways right

            rather some other party besides the “two” because do not want either of the two in power so what good is wedge-driving to someone like me who actually wants change to occur not the same shit on a blue plate we are always served

            tired of eating that horse shit and cannot wait until the rest are too

            • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
              121·
              8 months ago

              If you know that much but not the mathematical trend toward a two-party system that does not, again mathematically, permit a 3rd-party candidate without risking the FAR WORSE candidate via spoiler, Donald Trump, then you are arguing in bad faith or young and naive.