Does Joe Biden Believe in Democracy?
Apr. 10th, 2021 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dogriverI've spoken many times about my utter contempt for former president Donald Trump, and that has not changed one bit: Trump is a liar, a thief, a blasphemer, and many other contemptible things.
But what about President Biden, who, like Trump, promotes himself as being the ultimate pro-America president? Like Trump, Biden is convinced, as are his followers, that he is the only one who can save America. Like Trump, Biden is absolutely floored by the idea that anyone could have views that are different from his own, and again, like Trump, Biden is convinced that anyone who holds views different from his own is in the wrong and it is in the best interests of the country to shut them down.
So where do the two people stand on democracy? Trump manipulated the democratic process, big-time. He looked for loopholes, he used Hitlerian rallying and frenzy tactics to get people to raise his banner for him. Biden, on the other hand, would rather, it seems, just be a one-man show, avoiding democracy as much as possible. His way of getting things done has been the autocratic way: executive orders, finding ways around the two-thirds majority, basically making decrees. Trump nominated Supreme Court judges to suit his purposes, Biden wants to expand the Supreme Court to suit his, again bypassing the democratic process.
My Democrat friends, much like Trump supporters, will say this is all necessary to avoid obstructionism from the opposition: the end justifies the means. And, of course, the "end" that is so important is the Democrat agenda, just as the "end" that justified Trumps means was the Republican agenda. Whereas Trump manipulated democracy, Biden bypasses it. Is one way better than the other? Could Biden be aiming for the same kind of dictatorship that Democrats have been fearing from Trump? In the final analysis, will America be any better under Biden than it was under Trump? My opinion is no. I will never justify the things Trump did, or the person he is. But Biden is, in my opinion, just as dangerous. Maybe even more dangerous - beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.
But what about President Biden, who, like Trump, promotes himself as being the ultimate pro-America president? Like Trump, Biden is convinced, as are his followers, that he is the only one who can save America. Like Trump, Biden is absolutely floored by the idea that anyone could have views that are different from his own, and again, like Trump, Biden is convinced that anyone who holds views different from his own is in the wrong and it is in the best interests of the country to shut them down.
So where do the two people stand on democracy? Trump manipulated the democratic process, big-time. He looked for loopholes, he used Hitlerian rallying and frenzy tactics to get people to raise his banner for him. Biden, on the other hand, would rather, it seems, just be a one-man show, avoiding democracy as much as possible. His way of getting things done has been the autocratic way: executive orders, finding ways around the two-thirds majority, basically making decrees. Trump nominated Supreme Court judges to suit his purposes, Biden wants to expand the Supreme Court to suit his, again bypassing the democratic process.
My Democrat friends, much like Trump supporters, will say this is all necessary to avoid obstructionism from the opposition: the end justifies the means. And, of course, the "end" that is so important is the Democrat agenda, just as the "end" that justified Trumps means was the Republican agenda. Whereas Trump manipulated democracy, Biden bypasses it. Is one way better than the other? Could Biden be aiming for the same kind of dictatorship that Democrats have been fearing from Trump? In the final analysis, will America be any better under Biden than it was under Trump? My opinion is no. I will never justify the things Trump did, or the person he is. But Biden is, in my opinion, just as dangerous. Maybe even more dangerous - beware of wolves in sheep's clothing.
