Hey, so, I was hoping someone could break down the strategy or rationale behind team Biden’s current messaging? Cards on the table, I plan on voting for him in the general election and primary, but the Biden camp’s messaging seems insane to me. I know a single person irl who’s doing well financially right now, everyone else is feeling the pain. The messaging so far seems to be (and please correct me if I’m wrong): everything is fine actually, and we should all be praising him, and it doesn’t matter if you disagree because the other guy is Hitler. It just comes across as super disconnected, I don’t know any IRL left/Dem voters that resonate with it, and it honestly reminds me of the general vibe of the HRC campaign from 16. This election is too important to fuck up, so this messaging has got me concerned. Can someone explain how this is supposed to win Biden the election?
You said this election is too important… Why is that?
Because while Biden and the Democrats kinda suck, the republicans openly have plans to dismantle the republic and initiate something more on the order of a classical dictatorship or neofeudalism. I’m not an accelerationist, myself, and I don’t exactly trust that any revolution is going to go the way I’d like it to, so for me it’s a choice between getting Jeff Bezos’ balls in my face as he dunks on us for another four years or getting shot or imprisoned because I didn’t retweet our republican/billionaire gentry. It’s a shitty, but obvious, choice.
You answered your own question then. That’s why the messaging doesn’t need to clear because the alternative is the real message.
Wasn’t this HRC’s strat in 16? Can someone remind me how that went?
Oh shit! You’re right! The previous president when Hilary ran had shown that he was a criminal! He showed that he wanted to overthrow our government! Wait… No wait. That’s now. Before Trump was a novelty. This time he’s proof positive of a fascist regime.
Also, don’t think that me or anyone else reading this post and seeing your “I’m just asking questions” play acting that we don’t know that you’re a Trump supporter trying to sow dissent.
Haha, holy shit, wow, buddy. If that’s what you need to soothe the cognitive dissonance, sure, but I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life. Just to let you in on a secret, you can still be critical of the people you vote for, it’s an important part of being a participant in a democracy. I’m being critical of this strat because I think it’s a fucking garbage strategy, they’re going to fuck it up with their wrongheaded bullshit, and they’re going to hand the election and the future of the country to Trump. I came here hoping I was missing something, but apparently not. The plan is literally “2016 but it’s totally going to work this time you guys, I swear”. Jesus wept.