It’s not Biden or his administration's fault that the world is destabilizing.
So, there was a guy on TikTok who was complaining about the US government building a train across the moon through Northrop Grumman. He argues that we could either use the money for trains in America or other more beneficial policies such as healthcare and likely education. And while I disagree, I think the US being an empire/hegemon/superpower/very powerful territory with a government is going to do what powerful powers always do to ensure they continue to be powerful; I understand. I come from the largest metropolitan area without passenger rail. There is light rail in Cleveland up to the Northeast but not in Columbus Ohio. And imagine if the US did the same thing China did where they put passenger rail across most of the eastern seaboard like China did to the Chinese heartland. Also, full disclosure my student loans are being forgiven, and while I don’t have healthcare, I am not doing that bad personally compared to many people in America and worldwide. But Biden is doing his best and making the correct calculations based on his experience.
His calculation on economic policy is simple. He will do everything he can for the working class, middle class, and upper-middle class without killing his reelection or making things worse overall for America. He forgives as much student aid as he can without sidestepping the courts like a dictator would and this would likely also make the national Republicans do the same as what many state republicans did in my state which was sidestep the courts when funding schools more fairly. (without property taxes being unevenly distributed based on property values) This would create a situation where Republicans in many states could sidestep the Supreme Court and we would have even more deaths and poor policy. This could easily get people killed at the southern border, get more police killings, more local journalists being sued perhaps, and even policies that I can’t think of that would happen. Yes, health insurance is expensive, and drugs are expensive but without high healthcare costs we would likely see both the demand rise from more people using healthcare unnecessary and the supply fall due to lower wages and staffing issues. I agree with a public option, but Biden expended most of his political capital on climate change and infrastructure which is one hundred percent worth it over healthcare. Also, if and when he goes full Bernie Sanders the rich could flood money to his opponent, and he would lose the election, no politician will do this other than a saint or a one-term idiot. While Bernie Sanders would have had a better foreign policy on Gaza, and maybe on Ukraine, and a better bureaucratic policy, he wouldn’t have gotten the new Green Deal or infrastructure passed and I doubt he would have gotten money out of politics which would be needed to secure a second term.
His foreign policy again is a policy that looks bad but isn’t that bad when you consider additional facts like world events, and alliances. The policy on Gaza for example where let’s say Biden and Blinken get Israel to back off on annexing Gaza by forcing the PLO to pacify the region isn’t going to work. The Kenya military refused to go into Haiti, the Indian and Pakistani militaries refused to go into dangerous enforcement missions in Africa like the Congo and the PLO refused to go into Gaza without American funding and Israeli backing then the same idiots who are complaining about US foreign policy of “giving money to countries like Ukraine” would complain about this. Why are we funding Western appeasement? This is imperialism, and you get the point. The only way forward is to slowly ratchet the pressure on Israel. So why did the US deny the Palestinians a state, I don’t agree with this, but I can think of a few reasons, one is Israel is a nuclear-armed nation and yes if they were sanctioned some of their tech wouldn’t work, but they will find a way, and another rogue nuclear actor would spell havoc for the region and the world. Two the US would be seen as pulling support from a critical ally in the region which could prove the miscalculation trigger for China going into Taiwan and that could cascade into a whole series of problems. The third is that Biden makes the policies, and Blinken has to meet with other world leaders like Israeli leaders face to face, so, of course, he’s going to have to play a softer hand to Netanyahu, it’s good cop and bad cop.
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