America Is Still Fucked
Biden can’t deliver $2,000, how’s he going to deliver the nation?
Joe Biden has to fight fascism and save America, but he can’t. He can’t even prosecute anyone for attacking the damn Capitol. He can’t even deliver a $2,000 check. America is still quite fucked. America’s deep problems aren’t going to be executive ordered away.
Faced with a similar fuckupalypse last century, FDR cut the military and passed much of the New Deal with 100 days. He pulled people out of poverty, consolidated power and laid the foundation of a half-assed welfare state.
Faced with worse today, Biden can only do cosmetic changes. He’s put a black arms dealer in charge of Defense (oooh, diversity), tripped over the filibuster, and reneged on the promise of a quick $2,000 in relief. Instead Americans are getting $1,400, much later. Biden has already stepped on his dick and Democrats could easily get their ass handed to them in 2022.
I know the news cycle feels better now, but the historical cycle spins unabated, and it has teeth. You can’t defeat fascism without defeating fascism. Ask Germany. You can’t stop structural collapse without big structural change. Ask the USSR. And sometimes you just can’t lead where people don’t want to follow. Ask yourselves.
