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| Topic | Politics Containment Topic 375: Joe Bidin' his time |
| HeroDelTiempo17 07/14/21 4:43:43 PM #420: | CaptainOfCrush posted... The muscle behind keeping it illegal (I assume it's primarily alcohol, tobacco, police unions, and prisons in general) must be even more influential than we realize. Every recent marijuana bill put to a vote in every state (including red states) has passed with margins so ridiculous, that I have a hard time believing it's Joe Biden's antiquated beliefs that are halting the push for legalization. It has to be backdoor influence. It's mostly muscle, but it is both. There's absolutely structural influences in the party against it and that's why they don't do it. But it's also very notable that it's Biden himself who is acting as the fall guy here. His decisions to just not get involved and let it quietly fail is pretty telling imo. And he hasnt exactly been shy about his personal opposition. In fact, given Biden's history (crime bill!) I would even go as far to say that he is likely closer to all this background corruption and opposition than most Senators! Biden was to the right of every other primary candidate on this, I have a hard time believing if someone else won they'd also be going "no comment" here. --- I definitely did not forget to put the 2020 GOTD Guru winner, azuarc in my sig! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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