• Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Reality is that Biden was the most liberal US president ever. You really can’t blame him, he was about as liberal as would be allowed for a US president at the time. Yes, he was bad for Palestine but when the top democrat schumer is a rabid zionist dog, supporting israel only half-heartedly was really the best Biden could get away with.

    (Was he still center-right compared to like UK or Germany? Yes, of course. But still more liberal than Obama, who was more liberal than Bill Clinton. Clinton was pretty much a staunch conservative, slashing welfare spending and corporate taxes+regulation. Clinton only appeared liberal while campaigning in poor urban centers. He could also be given some credit for “dont ask dont tell” which was marginally better than the previous policy of seeking out LGBTQ+ military members and discharging them dishonorably.

    Maybe Carter was most liberal actually but he was also somewhat ineffective or at least unpersuasive to get liberal policies into effect. Nixon was also one of the most liberal US presidents in terms of overseeing the creation of the EPA and improving relations with communist China, but otherwise he was pretty conservative.)