(Accidentally deletedy previous post, sorry) but you make very good points. I wasn’t saying I thought he was the best candidate, it was more that’s what I thought their reasoning was for still running.

I overall also think someone else should run, that wasn’t my point. More that we should be focusing on how awful a candidate Trump is (and all his crimes, victims, his horrible plans for office) - and while these are all excellent points, that the Democrat candidate is almost insignificant in comparison. The Democrats establishment should be on the attack, on the defense. (Being super general). Make that the motivation to vote Democrat.

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I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, but we should also be aware of how this is shouldn’t be the major discussion we are having. Whether Biden runs or not, it will be the same advisors, the same policies. We’re allowing the media to run with the “Biden is old is somehow more of a concern” talking point.

There’s many more reasons for Trump to be called on to drop out, yet everyone is focusing so hard on Biden it’s overshadowing the story of Trump’s Epstein activity among other things.

And while we are arguing about whether Biden should or shouldn’t, Trump and his supporters are getting away with all manner of evil shit. Even if the Democrats picked another candidate I’m sure the media would then focus on how Biden dropping out somehow meant the Democrats were bad etc. not saying it shouldn’t be discussed, just don’t let it be the only discussion.

I highly recommend Mario Maker 2 to everyone who hasn’t tried it, especially if you have kids with an interest in learning game design. It’s a great tool.

I concur, Doom 2016 is excellent it’s a good one to start with

Glad it’s going to be recorded, wonder what the acoustics would be like in a place like that?

Across the whole world, any country with democratic elections it seems

It’s a lot of work, give them time

It’s ramping up absolutely everywhere.

Even in niche hobby subreddits (the only subs I still use) keep shoehorning political takes. The trolls and bots are cranking it up everywhere, it’s like they want it to be inescapable

Who would have thought the lying criminal predator guy would lie?

Even with the effed up immunity ruling, this all happened after he was president…

He’s right, the real story should be how badly CNN shit the bed with how they handled this debate. They basically let Trump run wild, didn’t challenge or correct him.

And all rveryone can talk about was how energetic trump was, and how Biden “stumbled” etc. The coverage is way more appalling than the actual debate. Hell even in Canada the media is running stories about how Biden ‘lost’ the debate and “time to panic!” Despite Trump making no sense and lying 100% of the time.

What in the fuck is happening here?

Sorry, I think I did misread your comment, apologies.

I do realize it’s growing in popularity, I am not suggesting anyone hide their head in the sand, though.

I was trying to say that this narrative of “were doomed” and “theyre both bad choices” feeds into this problem. Its more false equivalency, and discourages voting. I realize you weren’t saying this, and that this IS what people are saying. But I still find it gobsmacking that people are seriously saying it’s hard to choose.

Any leftist who doesn’t vote against a facist far-right candidate like Trump is pretty shit at being a leftist.

Well kind of (it’s addressed in the video)

It depends if you think lying is a big deal. If you don’t think brazenly lying is a big deal what is wrong with you?

I agree with a lot of what you’re saying, but it’s easy to choose the better of two choices here. Debate or not, how is it even a question who to vote for when one guy is openly a fascist?

Employment is not a right? Well if we continue with a capitalist system and give most people no way to earn a living, we will need something to replace jobs for most people. We should not merely accept that it sucks and let things go to shit. We could pass laws limiting the use of AI or protecting workers, or providing basic income…

Whatever we do we had better figure it out soon, though.

But the difference I think is this isn’t just affecting a few niche industries (horses, carts and their associated care). AI is going to replace a huge, huge chunk of the workforce with no new jobs created to replace them. Even in the industrial revolution there were new jobs created - shittier jobs, but jobs. This is different.

Ok, but acting like you can’t trust any sources of info on anything is pretty destructive also. There are still some fairly reliable sources out there. Dismiss everything and you’re left with conspiracy theories.