Joe Biden Love Thread

[jwb]

Who owns the means of production in a small business?

[jwb]

Originally Posted by TheBig3

Not that you asked me, but Das Kapital was written in the 1860s. Business owners then aren't business owners now.

I think Chomsky was citing a similar disconnect between what Adam Smith called "Trade" and what we call trade today.

Considering that we are literally debating the Marxist framework this doesn't feel like a very meaningful objection here. Also I think the owner/ worker dynamic of a small shop would've been roughly the same back then for the distinction we are talking about.

[jwb]

Ah so you actually know you are wrong but are doing everything to avoid saying it. I think I'm done trying to hold your hand through this one. You are either bad faith or just bad at following. an argument.

[Norg]

why do yall like Joe biden ..???

[music_collector]

I haven't seen much of him on TV lately. The memes I see, where he starts talking, then spews out gibberish, incoherent babble, is that really how he is during a speech?

I saw another meme where he pulled a Ron Burgundy and read everything on the teleprompter, including "end of quote".

Is he ok, or is he on his way to dementia?

[Psy-Fi]

Originally Posted by music_collector

I haven't seen much of him on TV lately. The memes I see, where he starts talking, then spews out gibberish, incoherent babble, is that really how he is during a speech?

I saw another meme where he pulled a Ron Burgundy and read everything on the teleprompter, including "end of quote".

Is he ok, or is he on his way to dementia?

Joe Biden "Corn Pop" Story FULL Segment

[rubber soul]

Originally Posted by music_collector

I haven't seen much of him on TV lately. The memes I see, where he starts talking, then spews out gibberish, incoherent babble, is that really how he is during a speech?

I saw another meme where he pulled a Ron Burgundy and read everything on the teleprompter, including "end of quote".

Is he ok, or is he on his way to dementia?

He's fine. Biden has been gaffing it up for the past twenty years at least. He even managed to embarrass Obama a few times. I think the dementia thing is just another right wing attempt to demonize the people they don't like.


PS- At least Biden reads teleprompters.

[SGR]

Originally Posted by rubber soul

He's fine. Biden has been gaffing it up for the past twenty years at least. He even managed to embarrass Obama a few times. I think the dementia thing is just another right wing attempt to demonize the people they don't like.


PS- At least Biden reads teleprompters.

I don't know about dementia, but he certainly has a history of gaffes - it seems like his gaffes have been getting more noticeable though recently. And of course Republicans latch on to that and claim he's unfit for office.



Being the president is a very demanding job, and the guy is pushing 80. For a near 80 year old man, he's in pretty great physical shape - in fact, he could even be a role model for maintaining your health, all credit due to him - but let's not pretend people's brains don't start slowing down a bit by that point. There's a reason his staffers so often shoo out the press from asking questions of him after he gives a speech or makes an appearance somewhere.

I've said it before, but there's too many wrinkly asses in congress and god bless the old farts, but '70s and up seems like it's too damn old to be the President to me. At the very least, it should be a bigger electability issue than it seems to be. Anyone remember Reagan's second term?

[rubber soul]

Reagan's last year or two could have been potentially scary. There is a thought out there that he may have (unknowingly) been in the early stages of Alzheimer's as early as 1987.

[jwb]

You guys think there's gonna be a recession in 2023? How bad you think it's going to be and what's your biggest concern?