President Biden warns of 'oligarchy' as he bids farewell to five decades in politics
Joe Biden, who will be replaced by Donald Trump in five days, defended his legacy and the importance of American democracy in an Oval Office address
"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy
Taking shape? Like it's new? Like it's only now just emerging? Jesus Christ, Biden...
Fucking neoliberal trash.
Guess you shoulda done something about that Joe. Like say, when you were president?
Properly prosecute Trump, for example.
He did. He helped build it.
Sleepy Joe is a good nickname because apparently he's been asleep for the last 50 years.
"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights, the freedoms and the fair shot for everyone to get ahead," Biden said.
You could have spoken up about this and done something about it over the last 4 years buddy.
He said democracy was at stake more times than I can count. But he was met with laughter, old man jokes, humiliation, claims of hyperbole and fear mongering, and takes like this from media:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4198204-no-president-biden-american-democracy-isnt-at-stake/
But eggs went up 25¢ so Hitler.
I mean he should've put his money where his mouth was in Trump's prosecution. The fact that Trump is walking free right now is unequivocally the fault of Biden and Garland.
He said democracy was at stake more times than I can count
he was met with laughter, old man jokes, humiliation, claims of hyperbole and fear mongering, and takes like this from media
These are not related. He was met with that treatment after saying 1 thing (democracy is in danger) while being a pathetic choice for saving it yet continuing on anyway. The actual response to him claiming danger was "cool, whatcha gonna do about it?"
"Democracy is in danger! That's why I, Me. We Beat Medicare, should stay in the race until the last minute!"
Yup. That's the job.
Maybe if he could speak with more gusto than a dying electronic greeting card, we'd actually believe that he meant it.
Haha omg this aged like milk
Before that, too. He's very much contributed to it himself, what with the bankruptcy bill, that awful crime bill that was so beneficial to the oligarchs who profit from carceral slavery, his tireless advocacy for MBNA, and much, much more.
His political NASCAR jacket would be so full that you wouldn't be able to read the individual names, but it would have an enormous Israeli flag on it.
It's only an oligarchy bc he lost
What is it that you propose he had done in the last 4 years?
The 2016 Maga tax plan doesn't expire until 2026, so that's out the window.
Executive orders can't really do much about economy or individuals.
Congress was deadlocked senate 50:50 and house majority was lost in 2022.
The FTC and other federal offices were already investigating monopolies and giving out massive record breaking billions in fines.
He cancelled billions if not trillion or more in debts for students, veterans, medical debts, etc.
The treasury and the fed controlling rates reversed the inflation that peaked in his first year as president despite it not serving the interests of hedge funds.
Seems like Biden was a good president who followed the rules and did everything that he could.
Biden was an og Congressional neoliberal. A prominent one. He helped Reagan convert Republican's former opposition party into the corpo bribe taking, social inclusion!... Economic die in the streets... party it is today, locking arms with Republicans to defend our murderous economy from us as they stoke social division between us so we don't look up at our sociopath owners.
Voted for him out of harm reduction compared to Trump, a vote for quiet not peace, but fuck Joe Biden.
Yeah, thanks dude, for not actually doing anything about it. Enjoy your millions in retirement.
President Biden warns of 'oligarchy' as he bids farewell to five decades in
politicsservice to the oligarch-beholden establishment
Fixed it for them.
If we allowed Biden and the DNC to write the tax plans it would have made billionaires eat shit. Instead the country reelected the guys who made the last awful tax plan just as it expires next year.
It’d be much better for him to just stay quiet and fade away into obscurity. Every word out of his mouth since that absurd debate has hurt him, his party, and the country at large. His legacy will not be what he hopes.
Biden may not be super-wealthy, but his presidency is a reflection of our country’s political stagnation. And while he’s no oligarch, he’s certainly the poster boy for elite entitlement to power.
Just a reminder, only a few days ago, Biden still said he would have beaten Trump. This man is not living in reality anymore.
Super-wealthy? No. Still wealthy. Worth $10 million, plus all of the government benefits.
Explains one of the many reasons why Trump ran. Get out of jail free card, and help get out of bankruptcy.
With hundreds of companies lining up to give him money as bribes, I'd say he's already got what his greed wanted.
Thank God Joe promised to address this issue before taking office:
"Nothing will fundamentally change."
Ah. Die of gonorrhea and burn in hell, then.
This just in: Oligarch warns about other oligarchs
This fucking guy...
He even turned off the “Contact Us” portion of whitehouse.gov. Trash.
Yeah, thanks for not doing anything about it and instead just coast for the last 2 fucking months. Super helpful.
Man worth 10 million dollars warns of rule by the rich.
I guess he would know.
(With all due acknowledgement that 10 million is chump change for the likes of Elan and Musky)
Dude 10 mil is like LA upper middle class
Hence "with all due acknowledgement" because I understand that 10 mil is nothing, comparatively.
But I also understand that, to the Amazon warehouse worker with a net worth of a few thousand, or the disabled person who isn't allowed to have a net worth greater than 2 thousand, 10 mil is a a fuck ton of money. You know, comparatively.
I'm pretty sure it still puts him in the top 5% of our population by net worth
For real, a couple of nice vehicles, a couple of properties, a business of 30-50 employees, and maybe a small team of domestic employees cleaners, sitters, contractors, security... thats what 10mil buys you. and im stretching it.
basically described my boss, minus the cleaners , sitters and security guards thing. (and his business is a modest sized car dealership..)
Oligarch warns of oligarchy
No
Biden has his faults, sure, but Trump & co are on such another level that it's literally not funny anymore
Without Biden, Trump and Co. had a pretty fucking decent shot at losing. Sorry, but between his breathtaking hubris for running again, and his inflexibility on Israel, I will never, ever forgive that man. He had one fucking job, and he fucking blew it. Same-sex marriage will be "state by state" by the end of the year, and I will be an old man before my LGBT and female friends and family have their rights restored - and that's if they have their rights restored.
That is a cost of decades upon the ones I love. I cannot and will not forgive that because he has a "D" next to his name when he did more than any single person to ensure that theocratic fascist cretinous scum with an "R" next to their names got locked into power.
"No one's standard of living will change, nothing will fundamentally change"
Should retire, right now, so Kamila is president for a few days. Just so technically she's a president. Just to annoy trump
She’s already been Sitting President, if you count that.
I can honestly say I have never given less of a fuck about what a president has had to say about his legacy.
Give it 4 years
You're more optimistic than I am because I don't think there's going to be a non-Russian style election in four years.
Rot in hell Joe.
He could use his Supreme Court given powers and do something with that?
We know, grandpa milktoast
*milquetoast
he had most opportunity do something about about it and did absolutely nothing to say the country and its people.
He could have put them all in gitmo or worse as an official act for security reasons including the illegitimate supreme Court members and it would have been totally legal,per the courts ruling
bro was given the choice to either ride off in disgrace, or be the man who willfully chose to do something that would start a second civil war. bro chose the former.
people are going to die. he just chose not to be the one to make the decision. its the runaway train / track problem. do nothing, and something horrific happens do something, and something horrific still happens.
Good riddance.
He probably should have led with this speech.
Lol he's a part of it
Asshole.
Joe biden lost a winnable election due to his own vanity and lack of human decency. Fuck him. He governed better than any democrat since what Lindon Johnson? But its far too little too late to pay for a lifetime of fucking people over
Well at least he's saying it. Hopefully that reflects a renewed interest in reform, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
My guess is analysts blame the misinformation campaign run against him and Kamala and are going to try and shift the message, 12 years too late. Hopefully.
Timely.
Crazy he didn't notice the USA has been an oligarchy the whole time lmao.
This warning would not have happened if Harris had won but the oligarchy would still exist. Bit too late to notice it now.
Crazy he is laundering billions of dollars for military contractors by funneling them into a genocide
Shoveling money to defense contractors is as American as Apple pie.
I no longer have any charity for these outgoing presidential remarks. What he is saying makes sense, but given that he didn’t bring this up or do anything about it when he had power, these sentiments are hollow pandering at best. Fuck you Joe Biden, your legacy is that you presided over the dissolution of American democracy and did genocide. No hollow words on your way out will change that.
Thanks for the comments to read through. I can now confidently say that America is a failed experiment based on these conversations alone.
It makes me feel less crazy that people in here are saying exactly what I've felt for years.
God it's nice to know others can see that the rotating seat of emperor has no clothes.
I see only hate for Joe, but you'll miss him. You have 4 looong years ahead of you to think about that... Or more.
Pretty fucking rich to warn everyone of the tech industial complex that he himself had a direct hand in creating with the Patriot Act. This kickstarted the idea of the US three leters creating PRISM and basically created an impermeable blanket of protection for big tech to spy on Americans and then turn around and sell that data back to the goverment.
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/27/biden-september-11-patriot-act/
Thanks for the warning Joe. Too bad you didn’t do everything you could have done to prevent it.
Good president, did everything he could for us and we hated him for it. Lack of education has ruined the USA.
Damn, everything he could for you like checks notes funding a genocide while the number of homeless rises at double digits percent each year. If that's the best a president can do, you need a change of system NOW
I wouldn't give him straight As, but I acknowledge he tried his best. Netanyahu felt pressured enough to come over and beg US Congress directly to stop restricting weapons shipments. Biden sent a naval fleet to provide aid to Gaza directly, even going so far as to construct a pier for shipments.
Losing Israel as a strategic base of operations amid aggression from Iran allied with Russia and China amid their aggressive expansion was simply never an option.
On several occasions white house staffers gave statements that Biden would swear expletives at the Israeli administration for doing high profile attacks on civilian encampments.
The USA vetoed many ceasefire agreements in the UN but also had their own ceasefire agreements vetoed by Russia and China.
All this hate is neat. Hey, is the armchair comfy?
are those knee and elbow pads you are wearing comfy?
Biden: beware of oligarchy
Losers who didn't vote for him or Kamala: STFU OLD MAN
I certainly did vote for him and Harris.
And still say STFU OLD MAN.
I'm also donating monthly, to Represent.Us and The Forward Party.
Fuck me, you people are so goddamn fucking dumb.
Indeed.
Everytime we get a "should've voted 'us' to stop 'them'" take the source is a dumb simpleton tribalist no matter what American Party the 'us' and 'them' is referring to - same stupid, simple, tribe-wedded parrotinbg, different tribe loyalty.
Biden is part of the fucking oligarchy. Voting for him would not have a changed a damn thing about the oligarchy.
