Yay Democracy // Variant Perception #49
“Hey America, it’s Joe. Yeah we’re over.”
Broken up by tweet. Not even a phone call.
Congratulations, Joe Biden, you’ve saved our democracy by…
Hiding your cognitive decline until it became blindingly obvious, your poll numbers plummeted, and your party, donors, and media demanded to replace you.
No, that doesn’t sound right.
Joe Biden, you’ve saved our democracy by…
Colluding with party insiders to prevent an open primary where the best, most suitable candidate could win.
Nope, that doesn’t sound good either.
Joe, you’ve saved our democracy by doing everything in your power to maintain your power only until it became obvious that you would lose that power (and therefore, your party would lose their power), so you used that power to make sure your party stayed in power.
God, that doesn’t sound good, either. This is not a partisan issue. In a focus group of Democrat votes, many agree the Democratic party circumvented democracy in favor of power.
Where have our standards gone? What’s happened to courageous, integrous American leadership? And when TF will people get held responsible for gross incompetence?
One week after Thoughts Prayers for Literally Hitler we now have thousands of influential people sharing how heroic, patriotic, and incredible it is that Biden stepped down.
I’m sorry, but being forced out by (rumored but probably true) getting 25th amendemented by your own party is not leadership.
Regardless of whether you are happy with the result, can we not pretend that a stubborn old man, power-hungry people, and propaganda did not directly lead us to this point? Had that early debate not forced Biden to come out of hiding he would’ve happily maintained his power and ran for office.
How can our integrity have dropped so low? Does nobody care about the intense gaslighting claiming any mention of cognitive decline was right-wing propaganda?
Can we no longer hold people accountable for poor leadership?
The truth is Joe Biden has not been a viable candidate (or President) for years, possibly before ever taking office. He’s hidden his decline by avoiding challenging interviews requiring him to speak in detail and without a teleprompter. This video (which is dramatically clipped) shows statement after statement from mainstream media praising Biden’s mental acuity.
The media carried water for the Biden administration for years, and they plan to continue this trend to support Kamala.
We can also assume every major Democrat (including new default nominee Kamala Harris) knew of his decline and also willfully hid it from the American public. This clip from a WSJ article shows that as far back as October of 2021, President Biden was seen as declining and ineffective.
But Jared! We must save democracy from Donald Trump, who is an actual facist, racist, Nazi dictator!
Here's the thing about integrity and standards: you do not lower them to prevent an outcome you fear, because in doing so, you become the very thing you're trying to prevent.
Yay Democracy.
-Jared