@mattyglesias @DouthatNYT Mainstream media & political elites destroyed Biden for ending Afghanistan War after 20 years and guaranteed that progressives will face same uphill battle when elites drum-up their next poorly considered war, also end to war has not tied to economic & moral soft power we need.
While people & laws have shifted towards civil rights for LGBTQ, Republican courts & politics have shifted hard against minority voting, and women’s rights. And, while larger safety net is super popular & necessary: 0 Republicans are backing Biden policies.
Most critically one issue from early aughts was why/how Supreme Court could hand presidency to dude with less votes & (if they kept counting) less electoral votes, and he could act like he had all the political capital: Assault on fragile democracy has gotten way worse.
Confident if I time travelled from 2005 to today I would be pretty upset to know wars in Afghanistan & Iraq lasted another 15+ years, women’s healthcare was illegal in Texas, we still did not have universal healthcare, and Republicans were openly supporting ending the democracy.
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