Poll comes as the Biden campaign has ramped up its rhetoric in attacking Trump directly in recent weeks
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    26·
    5 months ago

    I’m not going to praise someone for doing something that should have and could have been done decades ago, no.

    • Blackbeard@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      72·
      5 months ago

      Then why would anyone do anything good for you, ever? If you’re going to blame them for the fact that it wasn’t done before now, then shouldn’t they completely ignore what you want and move on to someone else?

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        24·
        5 months ago

        We should not do good things purely for the praise of others, we should do good things because they are the right thing to do.

        • Blackbeard@lemmy.worldMEnglish
          62·
          5 months ago

          We’re talking about politicians who do things for votes. The whole system is predicated on popularity being the only thing that matters.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      21·
      5 months ago

      So once the perfect moment has passed, might as well never try to catch up.

      • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is… fuck it, I’m just going to complain that there aren’t enough trees.