Thread by @WalkerBragman

Honestly, Joe Biden may go down as one of the worst, weakest presidents in history.

He epitomizes the sorry state of the Democratic Party — old, out of touch, ineffectual, beholden to special interests, and wasting time in the face of pressing crises.

Strong Weimar vibes.

For decades, the right has worked to weaken/dismantle/complicate the federal government to the point where another New Deal was impossible. It has largely succeeded (with help from neoliberal Democrats).

Between the filibuster, the unleashed political spending, and the outsourcing of government jobs to the private sector through public-private partnerships, government today barely functions.

And that’s really, really dangerous.

Through two major economic downturns — the Subprime Crisis and now the pandemic — Americans have been left largely to languish and die while corporations have been bailed out.

At a certain point, people stop believing in democracy.

This thread came out of a discussion with @MarkColangelo about what’s happening in the country/world.

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