Think problems are over after Biden is President? Oh you sweet adorable summer child

[Retirednsmilin308]

The Biden Era Will Be Neither Normal Nor Boring

Having spent the past four years with the political equivalent of heavy metal music blasting outside their psychic windows late into the night, millions of Americans are hoping that the Biden administration will usher in a new era of calm. They are likely to be disappointed.

Only half tongue in cheek: Trump will move to Russia and Putin will set him up with a state of the art production studio and TV/radio station. From there, Trump will channel Tokyo Rose and Lord Haw Haw and keep his marching ant followers riled up.

Godwin's Law on the very first post of the thread. That did not take much effort, did it?

[Mini Me]

I can see you laughing all the time. Sitting on a park bench or in a restaurant alone laughing. Walking down the street laughing. That’s why people avoid you.

Tahuy, your not exactly a funny guy! You always seem to suck all the joy out of the room! LOL!

[Tahuyaman]

Tahuy, your not exactly a funny guy! You always seem to suck all the joy out of the room! LOL!

And you just suck.

[Rationalist]

The only saving grace will be that US global economic influence has deteriorated under Trump , so however the new government runs things , the implications will be felt more domestically , than internationally............which I think is a good thing . We are heading into an era where independence and self sufficiency will be paramount for all countries.

When exactly has that ever been the case?

If you want to go back to the Stone Age, maybe that would apply, but in the last several centuries, economic interdependence has been the name of the game. There are several power players in the world economy, and if one falls, the others will pick up the slack.

If America collapsed today, all that would mean is that China would expand its influence a lot more. They would possibly even become the world policeman.

[The Booman]

Biden damage control has already begun...

[Rationalist]

I don't remember anyone screaming Trump wasn't president for the past four years.

We did mention he totally sucked at it and was engaged in criminal activity, but no one denied he was, regrettably, president.

Tighten up.

Usually, it was the "not my president" thing. So while many progressives didn't deny Trump was president, they engaged in a fantasy that somehow he wasn't president over them.

It doesn't really matter at this point, however. Biden will be president, but like most presidents, he will serve special interests, not the common man. That is how our government operates.

In the meantime, the masses will attack each other as the elites rob us blind.

[Rationalist]

I agree. And it is not only a reaction to the unpredictability of the tЯump regime, but also as reaction to perceived excesses by "globalists." To give some meat to this prediction: we will see nationalistic calls for "independence and self sufficiency" but these will be fulfilled in practice via corporations... many of them being the exact same "people" (remember, corporations are now people, too) that have been committing globalist outrages.

We are headed for a long period, perhaps several centuries, of what I like to call "corporate feudalism." States will still exist, but will be toothless.

Depends on the regime. Singapore is very much nationalist, and the quality of life is high. The same is true for Japan. Some Western countries are managing it as well, like Poland.

The conceit of Western cultures, however, is that their focus on individualism has often shifted away from the concept of common interests. During WW2, America was very nationalist, and it helped us win the war. Few on the left would decry this, since Democrats largely held the reins then.

Nationalism can be genuine and functional, but it has to be well adapted to international trade. Countries like Singapore and Japan have basically perfected this, but it does help that they are both rather collectivist in orientation.

[Rationalist]

The US has shown that it can go "off the rails" in the space of a single election. It is now likely that no other country with rational leadership will ever trust the US again for any issue - economic or military - with a life longer than the term of whoever the current President will be.

If you believe the mainstream media, that might seem to be the case. The reality is that Trump made the mask drop. Because he actively fought with the elites, it revealed the ugly underside of our system. Anyone paying attention should now realize that our government is only representative in theory. The public is only allowed to go so far out of line with what the elites want. Go further than that, and the system will be compromised to get the result they want.

Most of the time, elites buy the candidates of both parties, so choice is just an illusion. Each party has a different base to throw a few bones to, but ultimately, the same wars are fought overseas and the same pork is funded for special interests.

Elections are for show. It's much easier to control people who believe they are free.

[Rationalist]

Only the ones whose parents give a shiat about them.

Fauci said it was ok for kids to return to school. Granted, he also said at one point that masks didn't help. Given the low mortality rate of children with COVID, however, children would seem to be at a much lower risk from it than most other groups.

[Rationalist]

Lol, on what planet? 'Cause on this one we went from "leader of the free world" to laughingstock in four easy years.

"Leader of the free world" was always an arrogant title that didn't actually apply. Our foreign policy over the last 20 years would be more accurately described as "leader of destabilizing other countries."

Trump may have lacked the decorum of most world leaders, but he bombed less people than the last 2 presidents, even if you only count 1 term of either one.

I'd say that's an improvement.