Withholding votes from Biden is a reasonable response to his support for genocide, but we need to think it through more to convert it to a winning strategy
1) If someone kills Biden because he is a genocidal piece of shit, Harris would finish his term, but how likely is it that she would run for a regular term against Trump in November?
2) Is it a thing where some progressives will vote for Trump specifically because his policies will cause the US to lose its superpower monopoly/status faster?
I have been unsparing in my condemnation of Biden over Gaza (for example: https://tonygreco.substack.com/p/israel-gaza-and-the-us) but sometimes responsible political engagement does require the tragic choice of the lesser of two evils. Barring a major medical event, Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee. That is the very unfortunate reality; any hope that he step aside is entirely quixotic. And, for the sake of preserving what’s left of American democracy, he must win. But not, you say, at all costs, not at the cost of thousands of more Palestinian lives. So, the crucial question is: will opposition to Biden’s nomination, or the threat to withhold votes from him in November, induce a significant change in the administration’s policy on Israel/Gaza? I’m very dubious. Undoubtedly, it’s psychologically difficult to say simultaneously that (1) Biden is complicit in war crimes and (2) we must support his re-election. But it’s possible, and necessary.
Two things I've been wondering about:
1) If someone kills Biden because he is a genocidal piece of shit, Harris would finish his term, but how likely is it that she would run for a regular term against Trump in November?
2) Is it a thing where some progressives will vote for Trump specifically because his policies will cause the US to lose its superpower monopoly/status faster?
I have been unsparing in my condemnation of Biden over Gaza (for example: https://tonygreco.substack.com/p/israel-gaza-and-the-us) but sometimes responsible political engagement does require the tragic choice of the lesser of two evils. Barring a major medical event, Biden will be the Democratic presidential nominee. That is the very unfortunate reality; any hope that he step aside is entirely quixotic. And, for the sake of preserving what’s left of American democracy, he must win. But not, you say, at all costs, not at the cost of thousands of more Palestinian lives. So, the crucial question is: will opposition to Biden’s nomination, or the threat to withhold votes from him in November, induce a significant change in the administration’s policy on Israel/Gaza? I’m very dubious. Undoubtedly, it’s psychologically difficult to say simultaneously that (1) Biden is complicit in war crimes and (2) we must support his re-election. But it’s possible, and necessary.