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She already has made it clear that she doesn't even want to run for president. In any case, can Biden convince enough moderates, independents, blacks, latinos, working class people, and young voters to vote for him instead of them voting for a third party or not voting at all? Even my parents and my uncle, all of whom are 74 to 83 years old have told me that Biden really shouldn't run again because they are getting very worried that too many Americans perceive him to be a doddering old man who's not gonna make it and the polls are still showing that about 70% of Americans don't want Biden to run again for president. Plus, Harris is the most unpopular vice president we've ever had since like Truman in the 1940s. TYT keeps saying that Biden is "gonna lose in 2024!" and that "he needs to be primaried!" Now, I am skeptical about Biden definitely going to lose in 2024, but it is concerning that Biden is not being covered in fair enough light by the media as a highly successful president and a far better alternative to any right-wing extremist such as Ron DeSantis or Trump.

Recently, Professor Chomsky was found to have associated with Jeffrey Epstein. The Wall Street Journal reported that Chomsky admitted to have occasionally met with Epstein, but emphasized that they met each other only during the period of time that Epstein had already served his first criminal sentence and before he got arrested again in 2019 and Chomsky said that "According to U.S. laws and norms, that yields a clean slate." However, according to an article from Insider, Noam Chomsky told The Wall Street Journal that his meetings with Jeffrey Epstein are "none of your business" https://www.insider.com/noam-chomsky-mit-wsj-wall-street-journal-jeffrey-epstein-2023-4 I have a lot of respect for Chomsky, but is what he did seem very suspicious?

Okay, now you're coming up with a conspiracy theory. Well, I still believe in Professor Chomsky. Besides, despite how cynical he can often sound, what he said a couple of years might be encouraging:

I still don't get why Mexico's economy is not nearly as rich as the USA or Canada or even Chile.

Could AI inadvertently cause even greater political polarization in 1st world countries like how the rise of the internet, big-tech platforms, rise alt media platforms, right-wing and left-wing echo chambers have been largely responsible for making the political climate increasingly since the 90s?

I know that the unemployment rate has generally always been about 1.5 to 2 times the overall unemployment rate in the US. However, according to the latest employment report, the unemployment rate of black people in America has gone down to 5.0%, which the lowest on record it has ever been in the history of the country for all black people in America. Plus, for the first time ever in US history, the employment-to-population ratio of African-Americans in the US is now higher than the employment-to-population of White Americans. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/16/1170293913/the-black-unemployment-rate-has-hit-a-record-low-but-it-might-be-too-early-to-ce Btw, the employment-to-population of Latinos and Asians have always been higher than the employment-to-population of White Americans. Therefore, the angry white men, Republicans, and other right-wingers out there really can no longer say that black and brown people are "lazy." In fact, according to some news sources, white men in America are the ones who are getting lazier.

Now, according to the April 2023 US jobs report, the unemployment rate of black Americans in April 2023, 4.7%, which is another another all-time low in the history of the country for all African Americans! The gap between the white/Black unemployment rate also shrank to a record margin! Some blacks did actually decide to not look for work last month, which is part of why the official unemployment rate of black Americans went down to a new low, but African Americans have lately been getting even more worker power and more opportunities to choose where they want to work more than ever before. While this is something worth celebrating, this of course does not mean that we should be satisfied or complacent with the progress that has been made for black people. I know that Black Americas are still suffering even much more so than white people, or even brown people, from the crisis of economic inequality that's been going for decades in the US. No doubt is that unacceptable problem and a real injustice to all African Americans. Nevertheless, America is still continuing to make significant progress in giving the respect, power, opportunities, equal rights, and real freedom that all black Americans deserve. https://www.axios.com/2023/05/05/unemployment-rate-milestone-black-americans

Given the concern over Biden running again at the age of 82 years old, a lot of people in the US are saying that Kamala Harris will be seen by the American people as the "true" presidential candidate. I think she's eminently qualified for the job of being POTUS, is still well in her prime age-wise, physically attractive, and comes off as a no-nonsense moderately liberal or centre-left Democrat with even slightly more progressive viewpoints than Biden does. Unfortunately however, Harris has turned out to be least popular VP in modern US history and she hasn't really been perceived by Americans as having been an influential VP, even though the VP generally has such limited responsibilities and generally has much less opportunities to present themselves to the public. They say that she's not likable to most Americans and lacks charisma. That's why some are saying that she could be a liability to the Democrats in 2024 if she doesn't improve her popularity or ability to command widespread respect from the American people.

I really like Biden and respect a lot of the great work he has already done for this country, but I wish Obama could save my country by being president again.

Ok, that makes sense to me. Thank you.

If I wanted to just have a one-night stand with some random girl I met from a night club in LA or in Vegas for or if I wanted to have a friends with benefits kind of relationship with a girl I met from cold approach or what have you, do I still need to be romantic with that girl in order to seduce her into sleeping with me? Or could that actually mislead her into thinking that I want a serious relationship with her even if I don't want that?

So, not everyone who is either poor or middle class or working class is able to become financially well off without sufficient intervention and regulation from the government?

Okay, so in that case why does the government need to fix the economic inequality problem?

I agree with that, but just to play Devil’s advocate, what about the argument made by the right-wing in America, which is that “if want to improve whatever situation you’re in, then don’t depend on the government to save you. If you want to improve your standard of living and/or improve your level of education, or have the opportunity to focus on higher conscious pursuits, then it’s your responsibility to achieve those things yourself. You have to power to do all yourself and by asking for the right help from those in private sector.”

Polls shows that most Americans don't want either Trump or Biden to run for president again. However, it's looking like 2024 is going to be a rematch of these two old white men. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/upshot/polls-biden-trump-2024.html https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/29/biden-trump-2024-polls-old-white-men Will this substantially dampen voter turnout due to lack of voter enthusiasm for these two and for politics in general....... or will this once again cause voter turnout to skyrocket to such a historic level like what has happened in 2018, 2020, and 2022 because of how incredibly polarizing and threatening Trump is and how increasingly divided and politically charged America keeps getting?

@aurum @Roy Yeah, I am with both of you on those points. That's why it kinda makes me wonder sometimes if there is any need or urgency for anymore liberal or progressive economic policies for those who are not wealthy. Do you think that the growing economic equality in the US needs to be fixed?

and who do you have in mind? Can you come up with anyone for SURE who would be as popular as Bill Clinton or Barack Obama? The fact is that none of the Democratic politicians in the US who are clearly anymore popular or likable than Biden is. Same thing with Trump and the GOP. There is no one in the Republican party who is more popular than Trump. I'd like to think that Gavin Newsom might become the Bill Clinton of the West Coast; however, given his wide reputation of being the governor of California for more than 4 years, he might very well come off as being way too liberal for those in the Southern states and in the heartland of the US. Besides, he's already made it clear that he will not run for president in 2024. A lot of others are saying that Gretchen Whitmer, might have a chance, but she may not have enough charisma to overcome the fact that she's a woman. Too many Americans, especially those in the South and middle America, are still averse to the idea of a woman being POTUS, particularly after we already had a black president. Personally, I'd like to think that either Josh Shapiro or John Fetterman from Pennsylvania would seem to have great appeal to the America people, but they just got newly elected as the new governor of the state and new US senator of the state respectively. So, neither of them would be ready to run for president yet. I can't think of anyone who would have a better chance than Biden. So, I don't see anyone who would be a better alternative for 2024.

To be fair, that's true. He did sign the First Step Act into law which led to federal prison reform for the better. He also signed into law the raising the minimum age of smoking from 18 to 21 years old and the signed into law the creation of the US Space Force. Furthermore, the CARES stimulus package he passed with Congress during the very beginning of the COVID pandemic was really good too. However, in terms of the overall legislative accomplishments he made as president, he only achieved minimal success that was less than any president since perhaps the worst years of the Gilded Age. According to "Several political scientists described the legislative accomplishments of this Congress as modest, considering that both Congress and the presidency were under unified Republican Party control." Plus, according to a contemporary study, "House and Senate GOP majorities struggled to legislate: GOP fissures and the president frequently undermined the Republican agenda. Most notably, clashes within and between the two parties (for example, on healthcare issues) strained old ways of doing business." The only legislative success he got that most Americans really noticed was his big Tax Cut law that primarily benefitted wealthy Americans and corporations. It was primarily through his executive actions that Trump followed through on many of his promises (all of which where terrible far-right wing policies that really caused serious damage to the US and to many other parts of the world). These included: withdrawing America from the Nuclear weapons accord with Iran, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement on climate change, withdrawing from the Treaty on Open Skies, withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Reagan had negotiated with Russia, revamping immigration policy by separating the families of undocumented immigrants, imposed a travel ban on residents of certain foreign nations (particularly muslims), seized money from the military to build his "border wall," eviscerated clean air and water regulations, and throttled back efforts to control catastrophic climate change. Not to mention that he appointed three christian nationalist Justices to SCOTUS, which undoubtedly cemented a conservative supermajority in the US Supreme Court, and he appointed about a quarter of all federal appellate federal judges. All of these federal level judges got easily confirmed by the devious machinations of then-Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell and the rest of his Senate GOP caucus. The total number of federal level judges that he appointed and got confirmed throughout his entire presidency became a modern record for a president in his first three and half years as president. Consequently, all of these Trumps judges at the federal level already have and will continue to have such a decisive role in American jurisprudence for decades in a way that's incredibly reactionary. Moreover, while his military/foreign policies thankfully did not lead to some disastrous war or some major foreign policy failure for America, his military/foreign policies were really not so great. In fact, his relations with every NATO ally were terrible and he was bed with Putin, Kim-Jong Un, and some very corrupt middle eastern leaders. All of his key foreign policy initiatives had failed. Rather than drawing down, North Korea actually ended up ramping up its capacity to produce nuclear weapons and develop missile delivery systems. Iran did not abate its support for international terrorism and instead relaunched its program for building a nuclear bomb after Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear accord and failed to negotiate a new treaty. Russia continued to increase its dominance in the Middle East and was not deterred from its aggression in Ukraine. Even though he made a paper treaty with Afghanistan, it did not help to prevent the Taliban from taking over the country. His order of the assassination of Qassim Soleimani, only ramped up tensions in the Middle East, and lead to the ISIS terrorists to come back with a vengeance. Biden at least made good on his promises to finally end the forever war in Afghanistan and finally put an end to the failed idea of nation building in underdeveloped countries in the Middle East. Plus, his handling of the War in Ukraine has without a doubt been highly strategic, wise, effective, and hasn't cost any American lives or even the lives of anyone in any of the other NATO countries. Plus, he's been taking a tough, but shrewd stance against China with regard to intellectual property rights and trading. Additionally, despite the fact that the Democrats lost control of the House in Congress, they defied electoral history by winning the 2022 midterm season overall while being the party in power. That gave Biden even more leverage to run for president again. Regarding the economy, yes the US has been suffering from the inflation issue for over two years now, but during Biden's first two years as president, the US economy had a historic boom and recovered, at breakneck speed, all of the several millions of jobs lost from the COVID pandemic recession. Plus, the US unemployment rate has been at a historic low for almost a full year now and Biden has now presided over way more than a million new jobs (many of which are good paying ones) in addition to all of the jobs recovered from the pandemic. Lastly, Trump incited violence, fanned the fires of hatred and racism, sowed chaos in America especially during his last year in office. Biden, on the other hand has significantly dampened down chaos, violence, racism, and the rise of hate groups in America.

Most people in America and in many other parts of the world wish that there was some Obama-like superstar candidate running for president in 2024 who is either centre-left or centre-right. Of course, America ideally needs a progressive president like Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, or JFK/LBJ. Unfortunately, there hasn't been anyone over the past 2 years since Biden has been president who has been able to clearly demonstrate themselves as either a charismatic moderate liberal or inspirational moderate conservative or a progressive who has enough popular support from the American people. Furthermore, believe it or not, but Biden has actually turned out to be so far one of the most successful US presidents we've ever had since LBJ in the 1960s. Btw, Biden succeeded to bring back a lot of manufacturing jobs back in America. When Trump ran for the 2016 presidential election, he made a big promise to working class Americans that he would bring back those good old manufacturing jobs that paid well and protected the national interests of the American people. That's partly how Trump won in 2016. Yet, Trump was never able to make that happen when he became president and probably never had any real intention to do so. Nevertheless, Biden was the one who was able to get it done.

According to Robert Greene, who is the author of the book, The Art of Seduction, it was actually women who were the first in all of history who first learned how to seduce men before men learned how to seduce women. Cleopatra of course is prime example of a woman in history who used her great ability to seduce men to rise to power herself. Other well known examples of women who use their seduction to rise to the top including Anne Boleyn, the 2nd wife of Henry VIII, Agrippina, the Powerful Roman Empress, Harriette Wilson, Agnès Sorel, etc. They weren't just physically beautiful, they also learned how to sexually appeal to men by learning game. Furthermore, many of the sexiest female celebrities, most successful female strippers, and top female pornstars out there since the 1900s didn't just become rich and famous simply because of how hot they look. They also learned the skills to seduce tons and tons of men. Listen to female dating coach, Kezia Noble, talk about how they have been some female strippers who look somewhat above average actually but were able to hook men much better than the other female strippers who were the 9s and 10s but didn't have the sexual charisma: If that was true then why haven't there been a lot of women these days in our modern era, especially with the current rise of feminism in every developed country around the world, who approach, make the first moves, and flirt hard with the men they talk to?

@Lila9 It's true that the waves of feminism in developed have really given women such power over men sexually. @Something Funny Ah, okay. I see your point. However, if women want to attract and keep the kind of men they want for a LTR, then they are also going to need to learn how to seduce men and learn the skills needed to behave and talk in a feminine manner. Unfortunately, most girls/women in first world countries don't know how to be compliant and supportive to a man they are attracted to:

This might force Fox News to tone down it's extreme right-wing conspiracy rhetoric to some extent, because they know from a business standpoint that they can't afford to do an unlimited amount of settlements, especially when you consider the fact that Fox News is actually a dying cable news channel that will one day lose its major influence it has had over the American public in about a couple of decades from now (possibly even sooner than that):

That's why it blows my mind that there hasn't already been a massive uprising against the rich and corporations and the government to demand affordable housing. The right-wing billionaires, far-right Republican politicians, and right-wing corporate elites in America have already gotten away with having stolen about 50 trillion dollars from the poor, working poor, working class, and upper-middle class since around 1980. Plus, construction businesses and most politicians haven't wanted to build more houses for people in America since the beginning of neoliberalism. It's really no wonder why more and more people can't afford their own home without being in debt. One day, there will be untold violent attacks on the right-wing billionaires, far-right Republican politicians, and right-wing corporate elites in America because of their boundless greed and how unbelievably out of touch they have been with the masses over the past several decades. Believe me, I wish such violence didn't have to happen, but it is inevitable and what goes around comes around.

It does bring some momentary relief to us left-wingers that he will no longer be working on Fox News. But the right-wing media will still become as toxic and as dangerous as it always has been. So, I am not sure if this really changes anything for the better.

So, why can't China's Congress, courts, law enforcement, or military put a check to his power? Trump failed to take over the country and overturn the 2020 election like a dictator because of the checks and balances we have in America.